Bubbles come and go. Silver and gold – 1980 Japanese Nikkei – 1990 Nasdaq – 2000 Mortgages and Real Estate – 2006 Bonds, Debt, Stocks, Real Estate – 2017 Examine the following graph of mon...
Welcome to the easyMarkets weekly review where we look back over the results of some of the previous week’s economic indicators. It gives us the chance to reflect on how much expectations were met o...
We’ll get the jobs report on Friday and after Thursday’s ADP beat, there’s a palpable sense of optimism out there as evidenced by the overnight risk-on mood. Here are the estimates: Change in No...
It is a fact of nature that all countries have the same electromagnetic spectrum of radio frequencies. It is a fact of politics that countries have different rules for allocating these frequencies. An...
A larger-than-expected drop in US inventories failed to make an impression on crude oil prices, as expected. Stockpiles shed 6.43 million barrels, a draw well in excess of the 3 million barrel outf...
While Amazon is testing drone delivery, ocean freight, (and teleportation devices, ok we made that up), WalMart has decided to take a different approach to fulfilling its online orders… employ...
Copper: China Downgrade Weighs On Red Metal, But Losses Recovered Mid-Week The red metal came under pressure initially this week, tracking movement in the broader commodities markets as traders rea...
Gold prices fell $3.41 an ounce on Thursday as better-than-expected U.S. economic data, which supported the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this month, led to a bounce in the dollar. The...
The U.S. shale industry might have just received a huge windfall with the nine-month extension of the OPEC cuts. Shale output was already expected to come roaring back this year, but the extension of ...
Markit’s purchasing managers’ index for the construction sector was expected to show a small slide to 52.7 in May after 53.1 back in April. This is the second PMI after yesterday’s manufacturi...