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 […]
Weekly markets round-up for Coininvest
Welcome to a very brief overview of the recent performance in the markets. The essentials are captured in the table below and each week we will show a chart of interest. Swiss Gold Trade The Swiss trade figures are usually a good barometer for the state of the precious metal markets, given the importance of […]
Weekly markets round-up for Coininvest
Welcome to a very brief overview of the recent performance in the markets. The essentials are captured in the table below and each week we will show a chart of interest. Since we last wrote a fortnight ago the gold market has been subject to further dislocation, with the COMEX June contract moving to a […]
The Italian Crisis — FIU
Italy took centre stage yesterday after the inconclusive result from the general election. Price action in Italian Government bonds is certainly not positive for the markets. After an initial weak opening, domestic institutions took prices higher and yields lower after the initial re-pricing of the yield curve. The gradual selling throughout most of the day, […]
Central Banks are seemingly the saviour of the world’s economy and financial markets — FIU
After Ben Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole where he highlighted the weakness of the US labour market in the Fed’s failing of its dual mandate, Friday’s very weak employment report has given rise to more speculation as to whether the FOMC on Thursday will announce a new large scale monetary easing. As I have argued […]