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PRECIOUS-Gold stays firm after Fed raises rates
December 17th, 2015
Gold held gains on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, as expected, making clear it was a tentative beginning to a “gradual” tightening cycle. The U.S. central bank’s ...
FED raises interest rates first time since 2006
December 17th, 2015
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months, and the ...
Here’s how the Fed actually raises interest rates
December 16th, 2015
For the Fed, voting to hike interest rates is the easy part. The tough work begins as U.S. central bank officials implement the right maneuvers to ensure rates go where they want. Essentially, the heavy lifting gets assigned to ...
Shares climb, dollar dips as Fed prepares to lift rates
December 16th, 2015
Shares and bond markets rose and the dollar dipped on Wednesday, as investors readied for what is expected to be the first rise in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade. After more than a year of posturing and ...
FINRA: 3 Things to Keep in Mind if the Fed Raises Rates
December 15th, 2015
As media stories report on a potential hike in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve, here are three things to keep in mind. First, while it is generally true that bond prices fall when interest rates rise, ...
December 14th To 18th: A Week Of Reckoning For Global Stocks If The Fed Hikes Interest Rates?
December 14th, 2015
Are we about to witness widespread panic in the global financial marketplace? This week is shaping up to be an absolutely critical week for global stocks. Coming into December, more than half of the 93 largest stock market indexes ...
Gold braced for Fed rate hike
December 14th, 2015
Historical data shows that this isn’t the time to initiate shorts on gold Gold has been lost for direction in recent weeks, moving sideways in the range of $1,060-1,080/ounce. Last week, it ended at $1,074/ounce, down 1.1 per cent. ...
Asian stocks at three-week lows on oil drop; Fed eyed
December 8th, 2015
Asian stocks hit three-week lows on Tuesday as a rout in oil prices knocked energy company shares lower and many investors moved to the sidelines ahead of next week’s meeting where the Federal Reserve is expected to raise U.S. ...
Why the Fed Has to Raise Rates
December 4th, 2015
No empire has ever prospered or endured by weakening its currency. A great many insightful commentators have made the case for why the Fed shouldn’t raise rates this month–or indeed, any other month. The basic idea is that the ...
Asian markets close on three-week lows, weighed by ECB, Fed
December 4th, 2015
Asian equities slumped to three-week lows Friday, following a global sell-off overnight as investors digested comments from the Fed and the European Central Bank (ECB). Overnight, Fed chair Janet Yellen said in a testimony before Congress that recent economic ...
