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 futures rose $18 to 1,660.5 on Thursday but fell […]
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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 should the economy need help. Data showed first-time claims for unemployment
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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, markets for weeks have been searching for and positioning themselves for more monetary easing. They were sure that the Fed
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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 benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1%. The overnight lending rate has
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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 Jones industrial average lost 125 points.
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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 highest settlement in nearly two weeks. Investors were buying up gold futures last
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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 must know the language, the “lingo” the “jargon”
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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 monthly meeting. Given the topic is hot it may be worth taking a ‘lite-bite’
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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 in 2008-2009. I’ve provided a link to the main body of the information, but it’s
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