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By Austin Kiddle |
March 1, 2013
In the past few days, positive economic data from the major economies have accompanied the falling safe-haven demand for gold.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 26, 2013
The reverse in the euro caused a reversal in oil and to be honest, it was due for a sell off. The technical picture is playing out as we expected with the bottom in December to the top near $97 and now a target of $91.
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By Austin Kiddle |
February 22, 2013
The release of the January FOMC minutes on Wednesday brought about gold selling. The market particularly focused on the governors' discussions of the risks and costs due to additional asset purchases.
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By Justin Pugsley |
February 13, 2013
At some point central banks will probably give up on QE, reasoning that the balance of risks outweighs positive outcomes. Until policy makers come to that conclusion, there's still a bullish case to be made for gold.
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By Futures Staff |
February 1, 2013
In a year dominated by crises — both natural and political — squeezing our annual list of largest influencers down to 20 was difficult. One thing this year highlighted was that money and power trump all as we learned that — at least in the banking world — there are...
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 16, 2013
Weaker growth, the U.S. debt ceiling discussions and the hopes for more central bank stimulus have been supporting gold prices.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 14, 2013
Oil prices are staying strong, not so much because supplies are tight, but because of global economic stimulus.
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By Michael McFarlin |
January 8, 2013
Some pundits recently have advocated the Treasury Department mint special $1 trillion coins to side-step the looming debt ceiling fight. But would it work?
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 4, 2013
Gold, stocks and bond prices plunged on Thursday after the release of the December FOMC minutes, which revealed that QE3 could end this year.
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By Bill Gross |
January 3, 2013
It was Milton Friedman, not Ben Bernanke, who first made reference to dropping money from helicopters in order to prevent deflation. Bernanke’s now famous “helicopter speech” in 2002, however, was no less enthusiastically supportive of the concept.
