Posts Tagged ‘syria’
Gold and Oil News - September 10, 2013 18:36
Syria Bombing Fears Recede Along with Gold Prices
Now that Vladimir Putin has played most of his hand at the G-20 meeting, getting the Assad government to agree to placing its chemical weapons stockpile under international control, the Obama administration has to back down from unilaterally bombing Syria in the name of Qatari and Saudi gas pipeline interests. This has gold seeing profit-taking […]
Jobs Number Sends Gold Back Near $1400
The market’s knee-jerk reaction to this morning’s Non-Farm Payroll miss — 169,000 jobs vs. expectations of ~180,000 — sent everyone intorisk-offmode as Gold spiked more than $20 on the news to trade around the $1390 level. Silver rose $0.60 and looks like it will challenge the elusive $24 area as we approach the end of […]
War Trade Pushes Gold Back Over $1400
Last week we were assured by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the U.S. would definitely be going to war with Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad Government. That pushed gold above the June high at $1423 briefly before cooler heads — and the doves in the U.K. House […]
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