You may already know that the best time to find great deals on grills and patio furniture is at the end of summer, and that the best new car deals can be had at the end of the year, but what about when to buy gold bullion coins? Understanding how precious metals prices move isn’t…
After a dramatic campaign, Donald Trump garnered 62 more electoral votes than Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. Now everyone’s wondering…is this “Brexit for America” or a “time for America to bind the wounds of division,” as Trump said in his first address as president-elect? In truth, only time will…
Gold has had a pretty favorable year. Despite tempered buying across China, India, and many emerging central banks, the price of gold has “risen close to 20%” this year, notes the World Gold Council (WGC). This price increase is due, in part, to shifting perspectives on normalizing U.S. interest rates as the Fed has teetered…
Markets were quiet last week as they awaited Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comments at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In short, she stated that “the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months,” thanks to “continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation.”…
You’ve read the headlines. The dollar is slumping, interest rates aren’t budging (or are they?), and the economy isn’t performing as economists and financial analysts predicted. How are these elements contributing to the price of gold? Read on for a brief summary of how each could be bolstering the price and demand for this year’s…
With five months left in 2016, there remain a bevy of domestic and international financial and political events that have yet to play out, and each one could leave its mark on gold and other precious metals. Find out how forecasters and market veterans are thinking about gold in the upcoming months to learn more.…
The past 10 years have been very good for investors, but not so much for savers. Since 2006, the S&P 500 stock market benchmark has surged more than 60 percent (and more than 200 percent if you count from the time the bull market began in 2009). In the same period, however, folks squirreling away…
Less than two months after the Fed enacted its first rate hike in more than nine years, market talk already has turned to whether the central bank’s future may not be more hikes, but rather negative rates. Intensifying recession fears, volatile financial markets and moves toward negative rates by other central banks have triggered speculation…
The US Federal Reserve risks triggering “panic and turmoil” in emerging markets if it opts to raise rates at its September meeting and should hold fire until the global economy is on a surer footing, the World Bank’s chief economist has warned. Rising uncertainty over growth in China and its impact on the global economy…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Wednesday that prolonged low interest rates fueled by central banks’ quantitative easing pose a serious threat to the solvency of pension funds and life insurers that could send ripples through the global financial system. As interest rates are expected to stay low for an extended period,…
