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Gold and Oil News - December 12, 2012 0:35
Gold Holds onto $1700, Closes Flat Before FOMC
Tomorrow is the latest policy statement by the FOMC and as such always creates certain types of havoc in the markets. If Bernanke and the Fed announce the actual commencement of the QE program that they promised back in September, then this latest relentless attack on the price of Gold today can be seen as […]
Markets Closed, Gold Drifts Sideways
With Halloween falling on a Wednesday this year this may be another opportunity for some kind of dislocation in the Gold market as the November contract expires on that day. I say this because of what happened the last time the month ended on a Wednesday, the Leap Day massacre that dropped Gold by more […]
Gold Ends Strong, Still Off $10 for the Week
The evening rise in Gold was cut short early last night around midnight EST where data coming out of Europe spooked the market back down towards $1700 and for the third time in three days, the level held. U.S. GDP data sent the metal higher on the COMEX open and it again took a run […]
Yuan Hits All-Time High Vs. The Dollar
Slowly but surely the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department are getting what they want, a weaker U.S. Dollar (AMEX:UUP). If you were to watch the trade-weighted USDX you might not see it as it is being managed on practically a tick for tick basis these days. Headlines are timed to ensure that the […]
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