Gold surged Thursday, with investors factoring in nearly 100 basis points of US interest rate cuts in the coming year. Thursday’s weak US economic data supported this expectation. Futures markets now indicate 98 basis points of Fed rate cuts for next year, up from 73 bps a week ago. US jobless claims (Source: US Labor Read More…
Introduction As geopolitical tensions continue to simmer, gold’s status as a safe-haven asset is once again coming to the fore, driving buying interest in Gold Futures (GC). With an eye on the short-term trends, let’s look into the daily chart for a technical view of where GC futures stand. Resistance at the $2019.7 high The Read More…
Introduction Not much has changed since our previous analysis in GC, as sentiment remains bullish in the medium to long term. There is a small pullback at the moment, which is looking close to providing a long opportunity in the yellow metal though. With the increasing uneasiness in the Middle East, we could see gold Read More…
Gold prices increased on Thursday despite Powell’s comments that interest rates may not be high enough to combat inflation. This increase might be because investors had already priced in Fed hawkishness earlier in the week. Some Fed officials are emphasizing the possibility of further rate hikes if inflation does not decline toward the 2% annual Read More…
Intro NQ has rallied 9% in a little over a week and is now only 4% away from all-time highs. With all the geopolitical mentions going on around the world it just shows that markets are 100% completely disconnected from reality. We are living in a ‘fake’ time and nobody is considering the risks that Read More…
On Thursday, gold prices remained relatively stable as the US dollar and Treasury yields declined amid expectations that the Federal Reserve might halt interest rate hikes. The dollar index slipped, and US 10-year note yields hit a three-week low, bolstering gold’s appeal. Bob Haberkorn from RJO Futures noted that gold was strengthening due to indications Read More…
