Tom Reese ETF Daily News •August 7, 2017 From BullionStar: Financial market prices are generally set by the trading venues which command the highest trading volumes and liquidity. This is also true of the gold market where the venues with the highest gold trading volumes – the London over-the-counter and COMEX gold futures markets – establish the […]
August 4, 2017 Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan shares his concerns about a bubble brewing in the bond market. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/alan-greenspan-interest-rates-government-113300389.html Credits
Aug 3, 2017 Here’s the good news/bad news story for savers in light of the Federal Reserve Board’s policy since late 2015 to nudge interest rates up: The good news: Some banks and credit unions are finally offering higher interest rates on their CDs and savings accounts. The bad news: You probably can’t get these juicier yields […]
Richard Turnill, The BlackRock Blog August 2, 2017 Industrial metals have rallied this year on healthy demand and lower supply, and bellwether firms in related sectors have reported upbeat earnings and outlooks. We see stability ahead in industrial metals commodities prices but are selective in related stocks and bonds. The BlackRock Blog Industrial metals have generally […]
Aug 2, 2017 We are 10 years on from the beginning of the credit crisis, but are seeing many of the same signs of hubris that were present then. However, one thing that is definitely different is the shadow that China now casts over the global economy. In 2008 China announced a massive stimulus package […]
Frank Chaparro August 1, 2017 Bitcoin power brokers were unable to come behind a single solution that would have preserved a unified cryptocurrency by Tuesday morning’s deadline. As such, the digital currency has split in two: bitcoin and bitcoin cash. “There seems to be some technical issues that might be slowing it down, but yes, the fork […]
29 APRIL 2017 The past few weeks, there has been a lot of fuss about the GDXJ ETF. An Exchange Traded fund issued by Van Eck which aims to track the index of junior gold mining companies. The ETF has always been extremely popular amongst investors as it provided an easy and low-cost access to […]
Apr 20, 2017 By RACHELKONING BEALS Gold prices fell for a second straight session Thursday even as the dollar eased, pulling back after a five-day run had driven the safe-haven precious metal to five-month highs that failed to clear the closely watched $1,300 mark. June gold slipped a narrow $1.10, or 0.1%, to $1,282.30 an […]
Akin Oyedele March 28, 2017 A gauge of US home prices rose to a 31-month high in January.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home-price index climbed 5.9%, not seasonally adjusted, according to a monthly report published Tuesday. The highest price increases were again recorded in the red-hot markets of Seattle, Portland, and Denver.”The recent action by the Federal Reserve raising […]
Mar 24, 2017 The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the oldest and best-known indexes in the world. It has, by its nature as a benchmark for the largest stock market in the world, become an important barometer of global confidence over the years. Larger version of the chart Chris Kacher, managing director of […]