Yesterday the FOMC concluded their September meeting yesterday, leaving rates at their 22-year high. It signalled another rate hike was coming, this side of Christmas. The FOMC also amended its projection for 2024 rates, raising them from 4.6% to 5.1%. Unsurprisingly the US dollar surged whilst gold fell back. Prior to the FOMC statement gold […]
In a comment to MarketWatch last week we said that traders this week would be most focused on the CPI report that came out yesterday. In that very report, Inflation came in hot, above expectations, and posted its biggest monthly increase in August this year. It’s up 3.7% from a year ago. However, markets didn’t […]
It’s that time of the month again when we bring in a top chart analyst to take us through what they’re seeing in the markets, right now. This month we have the brilliant Gareth Soloway. Gareth explains why he’s watching the US Dollar, what he means by “Good news is bad news” and when we […]
Over the August period, it’s easy for people to switch off and to some extent, it might feel like the precious metals have been doing the very same! However, if you look at the YTD performance of gold across key currencies in the World Gold Council table provided below then you will take some heart […]
Buckle up, because India isn’t just racing on the path of economic transformation; it’s blazing a trail. We’re talking about a nation that has evolved from contributing just 6.3% of global GDP growth in 2007 to a projected 17.4% by 2028. The underdog is gaining ground on China, and gold investors might be the unexpected […]
This week the world has needed the eyes of a hammerhead shark in order to keep track of the meetings that are taking place. First up the BRICS nations, and interested parties, met in Johannesburg for the 15th summit of the group. And, yesterday saw the start of the Fed’s annual three day Economic Policy […]
Next Tuesday the BRICS nations will meet in South Africa for the group’s 15th summit. This could be a game changer for gold. For something that only officially existed eight years after the term ‘BRICs’ was created, the bloc known as “The BRICS” has rapidly gone from an informal term for a group of fledgling […]
All developed economy central banks have come to, or are fast approaching, the end of their tightening cycles. On the face of it, many are congratulating themselves for a “job well done”. Yesterday’s US CPI data will almost-certainly exacerbate these misconceptions. But of course not all developed banks are feeling like they may have achieved […]
There is so much going on at the moment, both politically and financially that it can be difficult to know what to focus on when it comes to managing your investments. At times like these, it’s good to try to filter-out all of the “noise” and identify the major developing trends that will have the […]
Since 1975 worldwide obesity has nearly tripled and it is now one of the leading causes of death. Despite this, rarely does someone have ‘obesity’ recorded as the cause of death on their death certificate. Instead, it might read ‘complications from Type 2 Diabetes’ or ‘cardiovascular disease’: conditions that obesity has led to. The rise […]