Forex Calendar

Gold prices increased on Friday and came back from previous lows as a positive U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report did not change the belief that the Federal Reserve will still use a bullion-friendly stimulus to increase economic growth.  During the week, bullion was down by 0.7% and faces its 2nd weekly loss.  The metal dropped to [...]

There are contradicting views on the gold market.  On one hand, Wall Street continues to be downbeat on gold and caps the price between the 1,700 and 1,730 an ounce level amid the fiscal cliff and a rather subdued inflation outlook for global inflation which is the main driver for gold demand. On the other hand, retail investors are strongly bullish on [...]

In the last couple of weeks the price of oil has been affected by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East as the conflict between Hamas and Israel has driven concerns about crude supplies. The initial conflict spurred a rally which sent the price of oil from $85.71 to $89.60 a barrel, offsetting the otherwise continuous [...]

Hi everyone!   As I promised in my “Low vs. High leverage” post (etoro.tw/Virf8s) I’m going to give you a detailed explanation of my strategy and a step by step guide on how I open my trades. Due to length issues I will cut this article into 2 parts.  In part 1 I will give [...]

The price of gold has increased today by it will still suffer a loss for the week as investors are experiencing uncertainty over the U.S. fiscal crisis.  Yesterday, gold dropped by more than 1% and hit a low point in the week following the drops in the equity markets.  In response to the drop in [...]

An Exxon station in New Jersey was blocked off with orange traffic cones, and a worker alerted drivers who were aimlessly walking along the highway, that there was no more gas.  These scenes have become a common occurrence since the monster storm Sandy struck the east coast of the U.S. last week and completely cut [...]

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Written by iannicholas81   Many individuals out there are not familiar with trading in the currency markets. Or even the commodities or indices. Many who hear the term forex, instantly without a doubt categorize it as gambling. And one of the main reasons behind this social stigma is due to the fact that almost 80 [...]

Prices of food and energy as well as other commodities have been steadily rising over the past 12 months.  Inflation has become an issue for many Asian and European companies, as well as, Latin American EM countries.

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