The British referendum ended with a surprise result as around 52% of the voters decided to leave the EU. This decision shook up the financial markets with the British pound falling by 8% against the U.S. dollar and the Euro…
The Brexit vote is still expected to have consequences – mostly negative – on the financial markets as investors and traders shift to risk-off assets. Now the question will remain how this Brexit impact markets in the coming weeks and…
The FOMC decided, as expected, to keep rates unchanged this time, but left the door open for two rate hikes this year. But the FOMC also lowered its outlook for rate hikes in the coming years (as indicated from the…
Now that the Fed meeting concluded without any change to its policy all eyes will set on Britain and the upcoming referendum regarding a possible Brexit. The economic ramifications on Britain and the rest of the EU will be dire…
The market sentiment remains bearish in the markets – in part driven by the lingering adverse impact the disappointing NFP report. This sentiment helped bring down long term interest rates, which in turn, also coincided with the recent rally of…
The highly expected FOMC meeting will take center stage this week and will eclipse the major economic reports that will be released this week. Nonetheless, until the FOMC statement is released, some economic data could drive market sentiment; some of…
The latest NFP report fell short – really short this time! – of market expectations with only 38K jobs added in May. And even though wages still grew at a pace of 2.5% per annum, the headline figure was really…
Precious metals took another dive this week after the hawkish FOMC minutes kept resonating the markets. And the recovery of the U.S. dollar – mostly against the Euro and Yen – also contributed to the weakness of the bullion market.…
The market is slowly adjusting to a possible rate hike in June by the Fed and even Chair Yellen in a recent interview stated that a rate hike in the coming months could be appropriate; but before the Fed meeting,…
Gold and silver took another hit this week mainly after the minutes of the last FOMC meeting were released and managed to convince the market that a June rate hike is a viable option – albeit the chances are still…