On Thursday gold price surged to a two-week high, as markets interpreted the Federal Reserve's statement as dovish...

Gold and silver have a little trickier of a situation to navigate and invest for maximum returns over the next 2+ years. The most important thing to realize is that when a full blown bear market starts virtually all stocks and commodities drop including gold, silver and oil...

Asian stock markets rise on Thursday, led by Wall Street where stocks surged at the close boosted by the Federal Reserve's announcement - which traders viewed as dovish regarding the outlook for interest rates...

1. Don’t Fight the Tape That’s an old Wall Street saw you might have seen before. What does it mean? It simply means you need to go with the trend when investing and trading. If you “fight the tape,” it means you make boneheaded moves like investing in stocks that are in a downtrend...

The Hidden Pivot methodology shows the current 3 leg pattern (A-B, B-C, C-D) in play. The first leg started in September 2012 which marked point A, and reached point B in June 2013. The second leg, a bounce, was a very shortlived move from June 2013 (point B) till August 2013 (point C...

On Wednesday the euro was almost unchanged vs its US counterpart before FOMC statement which is expected to provide insight into the timing of an interest rate increase. The dollar surged against its Swedish counterpart after Sweden's central bank slashed rates further into the negative territory...

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U.S. stocks were set to decline at the open on Wednesday ahead of a statement by the Federal Reserve due at 2 pm EDT, with the bank expected to be clearer on how soon it plans to tighten monetary policy...

On Wednesday the pound dipped to nearly five-year lows against its U.S. peer, after a report showed that the U.K. unemployment rate remained unchanged in January and that average U.K. earnings rose less-than-expected...

On Wednesday gold traded at more than four-months low before Fed's upcoming statement, as investors expect the central bank will signal a June rate hike by dropping a pledge to be "patient" from its statement later in the day...

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd predicted that gold demand in Asia is likely to double by 2013 and drive prices to a record, as investment and jewelry purchases climb...

On Wednesday West Texas Intermediate oil futures neared the lowest level in six years, amid expectations supply data will show U.S. crude inventories rose to the highest level on record last week...

Step Coupon Bonds: These are bonds whose coupon rates increase over the duration of the bond. Often these bonds start by yielding below what similar bonds do, but end up with a higher than average yield...

On Monday, OPEC released a report predicting the U.S. shale oil boom could be over by the end of 2015, almost declaring the "mission accomplished" in its efforts to battle the US shale oil boom...

The New Zealand dollar was weaker against its peers in the Asian session on Wednesday, after dairy prices in Fonterra's GlobalDairyTrade auction dropped for the first time in three months. Japanese yen was trading flat against the dollar...

US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be readying to correct lower as negative RSI divergence warns of fading bullish momentum. Near-term resistance is at 12221, the 50% Fibonacci expansion, with a break above that on a daily closing basis exposing the 61.8% level at 12335...

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On Tuesday the greenback held steady against the Japanese yen, after the Bank of Japan left its monetary policy inchanged and as investors awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve's monthly meeting on Wednesday...

On Tuesday the U.S. dollar climbed against its Canadian peer, as downbeat Canadian manufacturing sales data pressured the local currency, although a disappointing report on U.S. housing starts limited the greenback's gains...

Fears that a nuclear agreement with Iran could end sanctions imposed on the country and flood the already oversupplied market with oil are "unduly bearish," the managing director at Clearview Energy Partners said in an interview on Tuesday...