Search Results for: Gold Prices
Oil, Metals Rally as Fading Fed Move Prospects Keep Dollar Weak
June 9th, 2016
China markets closed; consumer prices rise as May PPI slips Kiwi strengthens; Japanese shares decline as yen advances Oil and metals advanced as mounting speculation the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates until later in the ...
Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
Asia Stocks Fall With Oil, Copper as Yuan Weakens; Aussie Jumps
June 1st, 2016
Crude oil sinks below $49 before OPEC meets Thursday Korean bonds rally as export slump weighs on the won Asian stocks retreated with commodities and the yuan weakened as Chinese manufacturing data pointed to lackluster growth in the world’s ...
Regulation – the hidden curse
May 27th, 2016
Regulations are nearly always introduced with the best intentions. In financial services, they aim to stop unscrupulous brokers and banks from ripping off the public through bad practices. Manufacturers are banned from making products which are dangerous to children, ...
Asian Stocks Extend Global Rally as Oil Regains $50; Yen Climbs
May 26th, 2016
Crude Rises on falling U.S. oil stocks, supply disruptions Norwegian krone, Malaysian ringgit strengthen; gold rebounds Energy producers led stocks higher in Asia and the currencies of oil-exporting nations strengthened as Brent crude traded above $50 a barrel for ...
The Eurozone is the greatest danger
May 23rd, 2016
World-wide, markets are horribly distorted, which spells danger not only to investors, but to businesses and their employees as well, because it is impossible to allocate capital efficiently in this financial environment. With markets everywhere disrupted by interventions from ...
Unintended Consequences, Part 1: Easy Money = Overcapacity = Deflation
May 20th, 2016
Somewhere back in the depths of time the world got the idea that easy money — that is, low interest rates and high levels of government spending — would produce sustainable growth with modest but positive inflation. And for ...
Undeniable Evidence That The Real Economy Is Already In Recession Mode
May 19th, 2016
You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown. In the “real economy”, stuff is bought and sold and shipped around the country by trucks, railroads and planes. ...
Europe Shares Rise With Banks as Investors Speculate on Fed Hike
May 19th, 2016
Fed presidents said that at least two hikes may be warranted Burberry retreats after reporting drop in annual earnings Banks propelled a rebound in European stocks, while investors weighed the possibility of the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates sooner ...
