Now that the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery including the better than expected NFP report and retail sales, the market is slowly adjusting again to a possible rate hike this year. And higher rates also mean a slower…
Even though the recent NFP report presented much better than expected gains in jobs – 287K compared to 175K outlook – the bullion market didn’t react much and if anything silver kept rising on Friday. It seems that the ongoing…
Gold and silver gained momentum last week as Britain voted to leave the EU. And even though equities have recovered, the high uncertainty in the markets is likely to preserve the risk-off market sentiment, which only benefits bullion prices. Besides…
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 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…
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 NFP report made it rain again for the gold and silver as their prices recovered following the extremely lower than expected headline figure of only 38K jobs in May; even the mitigating factors (the Verizon labor dispute) could have…
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.…
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…
The bullion market lost some steam over the past week as the USD rallied against the Euro and Yen; overall gold and silver declined by 1.6% and 2.3%, respectively, on a weekly scale. Looking forward the focus in the markets…