Crude Oil Drifts Lower
Crude oil prices have eased back at the start of this week, with a barrel of Brent costing $62.25 and WTI $57.25.
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Gold Bugs Bathe In The Warm Summer Sun
For gold bugs, and even for their lesser brethren in silver, not only is the sun shining in the summer months, but the sun is truly shining on gold as a confluence of factors helps to propel the precious metal ever higher, and one wonders when the angst laden doom mongers will appear forecasting an overbought position.
Copper Shorts Squeezed As The Red Metal Shines
The current bullish trend for copper shows no sign of slowing just yet with the red metal touching a 3 year high largely driven by increasing demand from China(FXI, quote), along with a fall in inventories in the London warehouses.
Gold Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place Ahead Of US CPI
Gold has been undermined by rising government bond yields owing to major central banks generally turning more hawkish while the still-buoyant equity markets means there has been reduced demand for the perceived safe haven asset.
AUDUSD Forecast July 7, 2017, Technical Analysis
The Australian dollar went sideways and a very choppy session on Thursday, finding resistance just above the 0.76 handle.
Crude Up For Fifth Day Ahead Of US Oil Inventories
Believe it or not, crude oil is actually up for the fifth consecutive day now. Despite on-going bearish news flow and downbeat sentiment, oil prices appear stable ahead of the official US weekly crude inventories data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) later this afternoon.
Crude Remains Undermined By Rising US Oil Supply
Crude oil was unable to hold onto its gains on Monday after appearing for a while to have ended its bearish run. Oil prices have fallen for three consecutive weeks after the OPEC and Russia failed to surprise the markets with their decision to extend the oil production deal.
Gold Makes Significant Bullish Breakthrough On Soft Dollar
Thanks to soft US economic data of late, expectations about an aggressive rate hiking cycle by the Fed has diminished.
AUDUSD Forecast May 23, 2017, Technical Analysis
The Australian dollar had an explosive session on Monday, initially gapping lower, filling the gap, and then continue the down move.
AUDUSD Forecast May 22, 2017, Technical Analysis
The AUDUSD pair had a very strong session on Friday, reaching towards the highs that we had touched on Thursday. That’s a very bullish sign, and I think that the market is now trying to reach towards the 0.75 level above.