The latest sentiment in the precious metals sector has become somewhat sour, with eyes in the professional market turning once again to the Federal Open Market Committee meeting next week with expectations for a 50-basis point rate hike, along with a likely decision on the timing and size of balance-sheet run-off (i.e. reducing holdings of […]
Archives for April 2022
Gold trying to break higher – markets firmly in risk-off
It’s always a sign of extreme nervousness when the dollar, Treasury yields, and gold are all moving higher. With the markets now fully expecting a 50-point rate hike from the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting of 3rd and 4th May, attention has been increasingly focused on geopolitical risk, which of course revolves largely […]
Gold – tracing out another sideways trend
After sliding by almost 9% in six trading days from its early-March peak of $2,070 to touch a low of $1,895 in mid-month, gold has been trading in relatively thin conditions in a sideways range bounded by $1,890 and $1,944. The past week has seen it confined within those boundaries and testing neither (all prices […]