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By Emma Charlton and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
April 24, 2013
The euro’s 25% jump against the yen over the past six months underscores the rising pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to cut interest rates as the region’s exporters lose out to Japan.
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By James Ramelli |
April 11, 2013
With the continuing asset purchases by the Federal Reserve and recent policy shifts in Japan, can the ECB afford to maintain their current policy?
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By Alasdair Macleod |
March 28, 2013
The chaos that is Cyprus has mesmerized markets, including gold and silver. At the time of writing there are signs that markets were beginning to emerge from their hypnotic trance.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 26, 2013
Oil prices as well as other markets are riding the wave of emotions as the markets try to figure out if the Cyprus bailout is a good or bad thing. Bailouts are bullish and the market acted accordingly.
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By Marc Nemenoff |
March 18, 2013
The imposition of a levy on Cypriot bank deposits has sent the market once again in “risk-off” mode as participants headed for safety in U.S. Treasuries.
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By James Ramelli |
February 28, 2013
With euro currency futures approaching their lows for the year, many traders are asking themselves if there is more downside to be had. Use euro options for a well-defined risk vs. reward trade.
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By Jana Randow, Bloomberg |
February 5, 2013
The European Central Bank’s balance sheet shrank to the smallest in almost a year after euro-area banks started to repay emergency ECB loans.
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By Jon Nadler |
January 18, 2013
Gold prices touched a one-month high near $1,699 on Thursday as a slightly weaker greenback and a spike in black gold inspired short-term specs to buy the metal at its daily lows in the morning hours.
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 11, 2013
Better than expected Chinese exports data cheered the stock, gold and commodities markets. In December, Chinese exports jumped 14.1%, compared to a forecast of 5%.
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By Austin Kiddle |
October 10, 2012
Gold price weakened on expectations on weak industrial numbers from Italy and France and retreated as a response to various multilateral organizations lowering global economic growth.
