Gold and silver continued their upward trend as the growing concerns over how the Trump administration is shaping up are starting to raise the unrest in the markets. The talks over fiscal policy, trade policy and border adjustment tax, just…
The recent FOMC meeting ended, no surprise there, with no change in policy all awhile keeping the boat of from rocking. And even though the NFP report showed a higher than expected gain in jobs – 227K jobs compared to…
The markets are slowly realizing that perhaps the U.S. fiscal stimulus may not come anytime soon and perhaps some of its – mostly in the form of tax cuts – will be executed in 2018. But for now, the markets…
So the Trump train is still flat on its tracks as the “risk-on” mode in the markets is slowly dissipating. But this doesn’t mean, it’s going to be smooth sailing for gold and silver even though both metals have rallied…
The bullion market is slowly recovering as long term treasury yields – which had risen up until a couple weeks ago following the U.S. elections over expectations of higher inflation pressures – have started to decline again. This shift in…
The year has kicked off to a bullish start mainly in equities. Gold and silver, unlike bonds, also had a solid start, even though the markets are slowly adjusting to the Fed raising rates 2-3 times this year. The latest…
Winter is coming but the markets are likely to heat up…and the same can be said about precious metals: Even though gold and silver will continue to face downward pressures — if the USD were to keep strengthening and yields…
With the year winding down as we are heading towards the last week of 2016, the markets are likely to demonstrate – as they did last week – low volatility and liquidity. For precious metals, this could be a chance…
What will 2017 look like? We discuss monetary policy, politics and markets throughout the year. Some of the big changes seen in 2016 will spillover to 2017 with new challenges joining in. What’s next for currencies, stocks and commodities? We…
Gold and silver took another hit last week following the more-than-expected hawkish tone that came out of the FOMC meeting and Yellen’s press conference that followed. The big surprise was the upward revision in the dot plot that currently indicates…