Posts Tagged ‘fed’

  • Gold Bounces On FOMC

    Gold Bounces On The FOMC

    Apr 27, 12 • 4156 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on Gold Bounces On The FOMC

    After the main event of the week, the FOMC meeting on Wednesday, gold futures ended down only $1.5 or -0.09 percent. Mid day gold fell $15 to $1,625 after the FOMC policy statement was released, and then swiftly rebounded to $1,650 and settled at $1,642.3....

  • Gold Rises On Dovish Fed

    Gold Climbs On Dovish Fed

    Apr 27, 12 • 4346 Views • Forex Precious Metals, Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Gold Climbs On Dovish Fed

    Gold climbed for a third day  as weak U.S. employment figures disappointed and a softer tone for the dollar was set Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said he remained willing to buy more bonds...

  • Federal Open Market Committee Meeting

    The Main Event This Week Was A Dud

    Apr 25, 12 • 5270 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on The Main Event This Week Was A Dud

    The main event this week—the Federal Open Market Committee meeting/Ben Bernanke press conference—concluded today. Markets and investors, news casters and financial analysts had built this into the meeting of all meeting, market expectation were high,...

  • Central Banks In The News

    Central Banks And Monetary Policy In The News

    Apr 17, 12 • 5730 Views • Market Commentaries 4 Comments

    The Fed goes into black-out mode ahead of next week’s FOMC meeting which will be a key meeting in that it will share updates of quarterly staff projections and forecasts from FOMC officials. The Bank of Canada announced Tuesday that it will keep its...

  • Forex Precious Metals - Gold Price Reality Check

    Gold Price Plunges To Reality

    Apr 5, 12 • 4512 Views • Forex Precious Metals, Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Gold Price Plunges To Reality

    Gold has plunged to its lowest level in three months. Gold fell almost $US58 to $US1, 614 per ounce on Wednesday. It has declined 15% since September 2011, when it hit a peak of $US1, 907 The tumble brought a nasty day to the stock market – the Dow...

  • Forex Precious Metals - Bernanke Speech Sends Gold Soaring

    Fed Chair Bernanke Sends Gold Soaring (Again)

    Mar 26, 12 • 4371 Views • Forex Precious Metals, Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Fed Chair Bernanke Sends Gold Soaring (Again)

    Gold sky-rocketed Monday as speculators took profits on a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke earlier in the day, taking it as an indication that loose monetary policy is set to continue. Gold rose 26.95 to hit 1691.75. That’s the...

  • Forex Market Commentaries - The FED Is Your Friend

    The FED Is Your Friend

    Mar 14, 12 • 4339 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on The FED Is Your Friend

    Remember the Fed is your Friend. Those who follow it are often rewarded with handsome profits. It is not as easy as it seems on the surface because the Federal Reserve Bank does not directly advise on gold, silver, stocks and bonds. To understand the Fed one...

  • Forex Market Commentaries - Japanese For Quantitative Easing

    The Original Japanese Expression For Quantitative Easing

    Feb 1, 12 • 7203 Views • Market Commentaries 3 Comments

    量的金融緩和, ryōteki kin’yū kanwa The markets have been subjected to a softening up process over the past month or so, with regards to an expectation that further Q.E. will take place by the UK’s Bank of England possibly at their next...

  • Forex market Commentaries - Saint Fed

    St. OMO, The 'Beatification' Of The FED May Take Some Time

    Dec 23, 11 • 4592 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on St. OMO, The 'Beatification' Of The FED May Take Some Time

    Bloomberg have released a Christmas cracker for investors this morning, under the USA Freedom of Information Act they’ve obtained the detail on the loans made to the banks and various financial institutions from when the banking system began to implode...