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By Ilya Spivak |
May 1, 2012
Commodities look to the US economic calendar for direction, with the spotlight on the US ISM manufacturing gauge. Forecasts call for a mild slowdown in April that keeps the modest uptrend carved out from July of last year intact.
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By Jon Nadler |
April 13, 2012
Precious metals prices headed lower this morning as the final trading session of the week got underway in New York. Yesterday’s “Fedspectations” turned down a notch as market participants had somewhat bigger news "fish" to fry this morning.
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By Ilya Spivak |
April 10, 2012
Commodity prices continue to reflect sour global growth expectations coupled with rebuilding hopes for additional Federal Reserve stimulus. Cycle-sensitive crude oil and copper on the defensive while gold and silver edge higher.
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By Ilya Spivak |
March 29, 2012
Commodity prices are sinking in European trade amid broad-based risk aversion following comments from Standard & Poor’s analyst Moritz Kraemer warned that Greece may have to undergo another debt restructuring.
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By Jon Nadler |
September 1, 2011
September's first trading session got off to a mixed start in the precious metals' complex as traders were on hold for the release of US economic data and as they were digesting similar bits of information already in the pipeline from overseas.
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By Jon Nadler |
May 16, 2011
As trading action got underway in New York this morning, the commodities' sector was still exhibiting some weakness and a predilection for selling among players, despite a largely dormant US dollar.
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By Jon Nadler |
March 25, 2011
The final trading session of this second week of intense world events opened on a mixed note in various assets. Investors continue to digest fast-moving news stories and attempt to keep one step ahead of volatility and counterintuitive market moves.
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By Jon Nadler |
September 3, 2010
The dollar-yen-swissy trio are seen by some as providing a more liquid, secure umbrella than gold for dodging falling assets.
