Category: Economic News
Is the Fed Losing its Relevancy?
Federal Reserve Meets, Leaves Rates Alone – Again As the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing was drawing to an end in December 2014, the Federal Reserve conditioned market […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 7-29-16
The Fed Back in the Spotlight The Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold earlier this week following its July meeting. The Fed’s assessment of the economy was upgraded from […]
Clinton, Trump and Third Party Candidate Possibilities Create More Economic Uncertainty – Part 2
A Trump Presidency Would Bring A New Set of Financial and Political Uncertainties Yesterday, we discussed the uncertainties surrounding a possible Hillary Clinton presidency in light of potential ongoing leaks […]
Clinton, Trump and Third Party Candidate Possibilities Create More Financial Uncertainty – Part 1
Presidential Uncertainty Just Rose To a New Level Due to events surrounding the U.S. Presidential campaigns in recent days, U.S. political uncertainty is joining ‘global economic uncertainty’ at the top […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 7-22-16
Brexit Fallout Limited? In the run up to the Brexit vote, central banks, politicians, media pundits and the International Monetary Fund warned that a vote by Great Britain to leave […]
Are Gold Bugs Donald Trump Supporters?
According to a CNBC Poll, Trump supporters prefer gold to stocks as the best investment Recently, CNBC host Steve Liesman remarked ‘Trump voters tend to be gold bugs’. This was […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 7-15-16
Strong Non Farm Payroll Number Puts Fed Back in Focus After the Brexit vote last month, equity markets cratered. By July 12, U.S equity markets had recovered all their post […]
U.S. Presidential and Domestic Uncertainty
Gold and Silver Do Well In Times of Uncertainty Financial markets have focused and obsessed on “global financial uncertainty” resulting in large part from the Brexit vote. Many uncertainties have […]
The Market Fascination With The Non Farm Payroll Report
The Monthly Non Farm Payroll Number Has the Power to Move Markets Arguably, the most important economic data point released each month is the Non Farm Payroll (NFP) report issued […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 7-08-16
Brexit Continues To Cast its Shadow Over the Currency Gold and Silver Markets A few months ago, global currency movements and the prices of gold and silver were influenced primarily […]
The Price of Silver Explodes
Silver Rises From $17.75 – $20.31 an Ounce in One Week Silver’s Rise of over $2.50 an Ounce Equates to 14.4% Increase in One Week Prior to the Brexit vote […]
Mid-Year FX Review
Mid Year Market Assessment The first half of the year did not turn out as expected. At the end of 2015, many financial commentators were projecting a stronger dollar and […]
After Brexit – Who’s Next?
Other European Member States Eye the European Union Exit This week attention has been primarily focused on the British people’s vote to leave the European Union last Thursday and the […]
Brexit Jolts Markets – Gold and Silver Provide Safe Havens From Market Turmoil
Brexit Vote Throws Global Markets into Turmoil The voters of Great Britain decided to leave the European Union last Thursday. The vote was close, but not too close, 52-48%. The […]
Chinese Gold Reserves Unchanged In May
Chinese Central Bank Reports 1,808 Tons of Gold as Reserves Chinese Gold Reserves In May 2016, the People’s Bank of China added no tons of gold to its reserves. Since […]
Russian Gold Reserves Grow By Just 3 Tons in May
Russia Slows Gold Purchases in May Russian Central Bank Adds 3.11 Tons of Gold to Reserves in May The Russian Central Bank announced this week that its gold reserves had […]
Own a Piece of British Monetary History
The British Gold Sovereign is the World’s Oldest Continually Minted Coin 2016 is an historic year for Great Britain. It will always be remembered as the year that Britons went […]
Fatal Shooting of British MP Blamed On Brexit Leave Campaign
Brexit Campaign Highlights the Role Emotions Play in Political and Financial Decisions Emotional Triggers Last week the tragic stabbing/shooting death of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox brought an added […]
Brexit Fall Out: Switzerland Withdraws EU Application/Netherlands Wants Vote to Leave EU
No Matter How the Brexit Vote Turns Out, EU Membership Will Remain Hotly Debated On Thursday, Britons will vote to stay or leave the European Union. While the impact of […]
FX Friday Global Currency Review & Forecast For 6-17-16
One Down, the Big One To Go Markets have been awaiting two big events – The outcome of the Federal Reserve’s June Open Market Committee Meeting on June 15 and […]