Don’t let the dollar’s strength confuse you Miserable gold generates even more bearish technicals, but is now oversold Silver is relatively stable given gold’s action; the ratio is down from 96 to 94, but still very high. Net short the largest since May 2019. Dollar remains strong but gold is now holding just above $1,700 […]
The Coin of the Year Awards 2014
In December 2013, it was announced that France had won the prestigious 2014 Coin of the Year Award sponsored by World Coin News. The Monnaie de Paris’ Yves Klein 10-euro silver coin features a distinctive blue hand design, which contrasts against the silver background of the coin. The French coin was announced as the favourite […]
Fixed Income and the Markets-ahead of US elections — FIU
As we go into the US elections the market seems to be positioned for an Obama re-election and the latest opinion polls of the swing states seem to suggest that too. The market view seems to be that an Obama win will see 10yr US Treasury yields at 1.50% and a Romney victory would see […]
What is Bernanke’s plan? — FIU
When I listen to Central Bankers these days I am hearing so much less than what the rest of the markets seem to hear. So when last Friday I heard Bernanke stating that the bar for further QE was very high, others heard him say that the Fed was just about to embark on another […]