Gold Prices Holding Firm Above $1500 - January 20, 2020 12:34

Gold prices have seemingly found a comfortable level above $1500 this last week. This comes after a phenomenal rise in late December in anticipation of the USA China trade deal being signed off and the President’s impeachment. This rise continued to accelerate into January when the USA assassinated the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Worries of […]

Oil Prices Fly Whilst Stocks Say “Whatever” - September 17, 2019 12:56

As you most likely know there was a little bit of an incident in Saudi Arabia at the weekend. Something about an Oil refinery being attacked and set ablaze, and the worlds Oil supply being disrupted. There’s currently lots of finger pointing happening from all sides on who is to blame for these attacks, but […]

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 […]

Gold and Silver Prices Continue to Creep Higher - December 18, 2018 12:08

Gold and Silver prices continued to push towards their recent highs yesterday, aided by the US Dollar which began to slide further away from the 2018 highs. Gold has been on a run lately, after breaking through the 1230 resistance area following the end of November Non-Farm Payroll report. Currently the gains in Gold and […]

Is Crude Oil Set to Bounce After a Month of Falls? - November 5, 2018 11:17

It’s fair to say that Crude oil and Brent oil prices were under serious pressure for the whole of October. Brent oil retraced around 18% from the high of the 4th October, which helped fuel a wider market sell off. Brent is now trading around the levels of July and August 2018, which held firm […]

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 Prices Jump On Further Rate Increase and Forward Guidance - March 22, 2018 10:19

Gold prices jumped $30 from the lows after the FOMC rate increase of 25 basis points. Along with what was a largely expected rate hike, the Fed hinted that rate increases may continue in a steep upward curve over the next few years. Alongside the hike came comments that the Fed intended to sound hawkish […]