By: Adam Hamilton, CPA, Zeal Research - 22 September, 2017
This week’s landmark Federal Open Market Committee decision to launch quantitative tightening is one of the most-important and most-consequential actions in the Federal Reserve’s entire 104-year history. QT changes everything for world financial markets levitated by years of quantitative easing. The advent of the QT era has enormous implications for stock markets and gold that all investors need to understand. Full Story
– £1 trillion crisis looms as pensions deficit and consumer loans snowball out of control – UK pensions deficit soared by £100B to £710B, last month – £200B unsecured consumer credit “time bomb” warn FCA – 8.3 million people in UK with debt problems – 2.2 million people in UK are in financial distress – ‘President Trump land’ there is a savings gap of $70 trillion – Global problem as pensions gap of developed countries growing by $28B per day Full Story
Once again North Korean risk is supporting gold. Today and Monday there is not much US economic data releases. One needs to look for signs of weekend profit taking in everything. Hedge funds have already taken positions for next quarter. Retail traders will take positions for the next quarter from today and till next week. I reiterate that Asian physical demand and premiums on physical will be the key to price moves. Full Story
A December interest rate hike and more hikes next year is more or less a certainty. This is the first time this year that the Federal Reserve has been very clear on the US economy and the US interest rate cycle. Any reduction on North Korean risk can result in another wave of sell off for gold and silver. The fall is good for a sustained medium term rise in gold and silver. Full Story
By: Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report - 20 September, 2017
Gold gained $4.80 to $1315.90 in London before it dropped back to $1310.90 in early New York trade and then bounced back higher into midday, but it then fell to a new session low of $1296.10 after the release of today’s fed announcement and ended with a loss of 0.8%. Silver slipped to as low as $16.968 and ended with a loss of 0.92%. Full Story
In an extensive, must-read report published on Monday by Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid, the credit strategist unveiled an extensive analysis of the “Next Financial Crisis”, and specifically what may cause it, when it may happen, and how the world could respond assuming it still has means to counteract the next economic and financial crash. Full Story
By: Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report - 19 September, 2017
Gold edged up to $1310.60 in midmorning New York trade before it fell back to $1305.40 in early afternoon action, but it then shot back higher into the close and ended near its late session high of $1311.70 with a gain of 0.21%. Silver rose to as high as $17.326 and ended with a gain of 0.52%. Full Story
Global debt may be under-reported by around $13 trillion because traditional accounting practices exclude foreign exchange derivatives used to hedge international trade and foreign currency bonds, the BIS said on Sunday. Bank for International Settlements researchers said it was hard to assess the risk this “missing” debt poses, but that the main worry was a liquidity crunch like the one that seized FX swap and forwards markets during the financial crisis. Full Story
The trend after the FOMC meet tomorrow in precious metals and currency markets will be interesting. Global shift to electric cars over the coming years can put copper and nickel prices into inertia in the next few years. Some electric cars makers are considering making the car body from Aluminum to reduce car weight. Aluminum could also get a boost from electric cars. Long term fundamentals are looking extremely bullish for industrial metals. Full Story
By: Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report - 18 September, 2017
Gold drifted lower throughout most of world trade and ended near its early afternoon New York low of $1304.80 with a loss of 0.95%. Silver slipped to as low as $17.062 and ended with a loss of 2.22%. Full Story
– Bitcoin price action shows cryptos vulnerable to commentary and government policies – Bitcoin falls to low of $2,980, down by $1,000 in week as China flexes muscles – Volatility major issue: In 3 days btc fell 40% before bouncing 25% off lows – BIS state risks of cryptos cannot yet be fully assessed and says technology still unproven – Apple and Google developing a payment API for cryptos – may give governments full oversight – Bitcoin and cryptos current volatility and exposure to governments underlines gold’s safe haven status Full Story
Yen as well as gold can be affected on speculation that Japanese prime minister may called a snap general election next month. But first we have the FOMC meet this week and thereafter the German general elections and later US September nonfarm payrolls on 6th October. Over the next three weeks there are market moving news and events which can change direction of metals, energies and currency markets. Full Story
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