Why is gold hated more than ever by both governments and the financial services community? Some analysts consider it is because it has now become imperative to keep the illusion of confidence in sovereign debt and paper currencies...
The increasing strength of the dollar represents a threat to the stability of emerging economies, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a global financial watchdog has warned. At the same time, the bank is being positive about oil...
The Australian share market has started the week in a positive mood, with strong gains for airlines and the major banks offsetting losses by the mining and energy sectors. The All Ordinaries index closed up 35 points at 5,349 and the ASX 200 rose 37 points or 0...
Although there has been much press recently about the US Dollar loosing its status, there is no doubt that as of this lesson and most likely for the foreseeable future, the US Dollar still reigns supreme over all other currencies of the world...
Gold after U.S. employment data was lose its price second day. Those data was supported the dollar, but gold fell as much as 0.4 percent to $1,187.27 an ounce, and traded at $1,194.50 now...
The majority of emerging-market stocks dipped, as declines by technology and consumer companies overshadowed a rally by Chinese shares. About three stocks fell for every two that rose on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which slid less than 0.1 percent to 985.32 at 2:24 p.m...
US stocks dropped after benchmark indexes closed at record highs, with energy shares dropping and the European Central Bank saying that it would wait until the next quarter before considering additional stimulus measures. According to Bloomberg: the Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 0.3% to 2,068...
German bonds rose for the first time in five days as the European Central Bank was said to be a preparing a package of broad-based asset purchases...
The US Marshals Service (USMS) received more than two dozen bids for 50,000 Bitcoin seized during the FBI’s raid on Silk Road wallets. Lynzey Donahue, a spokesperson of USMS, revealed that that government received 27 bids from a total of 11 bidders. The winning bids will be announced today...
Josh McCleary, co-founder of SilverSaver.com, took some time to talk with us about how to diversify into physical gold and silver, and the benefits of doing so. Why should people choose gold or silver as opposed to other investment options...
Emerging-market stocks declined after U.S. payrolls data, while Russian government bonds were poised for the worst week since 2009 amid speculation interest rates will rise. The Russian currency climbed...
Recently, government officials from the Netherlands, Germany, and France have gained attention for expressing interest in repatriating their gold. What does this mean, and what consequences might it have for the precious metals market...
The yen was flat and the Aussie dipped on Friday in early Asia with the focus on key U.S. jobs data ahead. The euro was almost unchanged against the U.S...
In last week's Swiss gold referendum, roughly 78% voted against expanding central bank gold reserves to 20% of central bank assets from the current 7%, as Forbes reports...
Gold raised as higher energy prices pressed concern that inflation will remain low and spurred demand for the precious metal as a store of value. Weaker gold prices are incentivizing demand in Asia, with Shanghai trading in the metal hitting last year's record...
“There’s no doubt lower oil prices will act as a stimulus to growth in the region,” Frederik Ducrozet, a Paris-based economist at Credit Agricole, said by phone to Bloomberg. “Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy would be clear beneficiaries.”...
It’s almost the end of the year and you know what that means - it’s time to look back and review the movers and shakers of the currency world! So which currency pairs dominated 2014 trading? 1. USD/JPY (+13...
After unexpected USD weakness on Monday allowed commodities and metals an opportunity to recover some recent heavy losses, the USD regained its momentum on Tuesday...
Amazon stocks might be in for more gains, as price just recently broke through a key resistance zone. Price just closed a few days above the 200 simple moving average. MACD is heading higher, indicating that there’s buying momentum present and may be enough to sustain the rally for Amazon stocks...
