Gold Prices, Yield Curves and Rate Cuts - August 28, 2019 13:49

It’s been a strong year for Gold. Prices have surged during the second quarter (and into the third) with rate cuts, China trade war and the so called inverted yield curve being the catalysts for a flight of money into Gold. After breaking out of the early year range at the very end of May, […]

Gold Price Hitting New 6 Year High But Will It Continue? - June 26, 2019 11:29

Gold prices have been on a fantastic run higher for the last 4 weeks after a breakout of the early 2019 range. The breakout came with the speculation that the Federal Reserve may begin to lower interest rates after a period of hikes. Whilst no rate cut has yet been implemented there are many commentators […]

Gold Prices – Have We Hit The Resistance? - January 15, 2019 11:23

The strength of Gold prices has remained high over the last 10 days since reaching the resistance at just under $1300. If you look left on a daily chart, you can see this was the area that clearly broke down in June 2018. Gold is fighting against higher prices here, a true battle of bulls […]

Stock Markets Wobble and Completely Fall Down - October 11, 2018 10:30

European shares continue to fall hard. The trigger began as the US markets were hit hard during yesterdays trading session, as investors were seriously concerned about a possible trade war and US bond yields. Asian stocks joined in the trend as they plummeted to an 19 month low overnight. Share price valuations have been extremely […]

Gold Price at 12 Month Lows with Non Farm Payrolls to Land - August 3, 2018 10:57

After several negative weeks and months Gold prices are sitting at their lowest point in over a year. The Federal Reserve opted to hold rates on Wednesday which seen Gold sell off further and approach this very important level of $1200. The US Dollar remains strong, as it has since early April this year, whilst […]

Gold Stuck In Rut – For How Long? - March 17, 2018 1:11

The first quarter of 2018 has given very little excitement to those who trade Gold. Prices have been range bound in a tight area around the highs of the early 2016 rally. There’s some resistance up here, and it seems like the price is waiting for a catalyst to decide what happens next. It’s entirely […]

Dow Jones Index Hits New All-Time High As Fed Prepares to Hike - June 13, 2017 23:32

Another day and another new all-time high for the Dow Jones industrial average index. It seems like groundhog day with this strap line, but here it goes again. The DJIA was buoyed by tech stocks rebounding in tremendous fashion, with the Nasdaq 100 also pushing higher after a few days of the wobbles. Movers within […]

Gold Price Shoots Higher As Trump Offers No Clarity - January 12, 2017 12:05

The US dollar fell hard whilst gold prices shot higher as Donald Trump began his pre-presidential speech, which provided little clarity on future financial policies. The price of gold began the US session to the downside, hitting a low of $1177 before reversing strongly heading towards $1200. It seems the speech by the soon-to-be US […]

Latest Hilsen-Rumor Put Cherry on Equity Rally - June 13, 2013 21:19

After last night’s thrashing on the TOCOM which saw the Nikkei 225 drop 843.94 points to close at 12,445.38 (or minus 6.4%) the US equity markets were looking at another potentially ugly day. But the Yen abruptly stopped appreciating and began turning back toward Â¥95, which it achieved just before the publication of the latest […]