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Gold Remains Low Below $1280 on Fed Rate Speculation
August 22nd, 2014
Gold traded near a two-month low on speculation that U.S. interest rates are set to increase as investors awaited remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at a meeting of central bankers. Bullion is still 6.4 percent higher this ...
Gold Prices Steady Ahead of Federal Reserve Minutes
August 20th, 2014
The US economy has been moving in the right direction, but inflation numbers in the US remain at very low levels. On Tuesday, CPI and Core CPI, the primary gauges of consumer inflation, both posted paltry gains of 0.1%. ...
Florida man admits hiding $1.1M from IRS
August 20th, 2014
An 83-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty Tuesday to hiding at least $1.1 million from the IRS in secret Switzerland and Israel bank accounts for more than a quarter century. Delray Beach resident Bernard Kramer, held the secret accounts from ...
Greek Stock Recovery dims as Europe Turmoil Flattens ASE
August 19th, 2014
The curtain is coming down on Greece’s star turn with international equity investors. Among the best-performing Europe gauges in 2013 after the government carried out the world’s biggest-ever debt restructuring, Greece’s ASE Index has become one of the worst, ...
Geopolitical risk is back up, Dow back down
August 6th, 2014
Just when the market was trying to find its footing, geopolitics rocked the Dow again. This time it was renewed fears that Russia might invade Ukraine. Whether the fears are simply rumor or innuendo, or real fears taken from ...
Gold steady as dollar, European equities firm
August 5th, 2014
Gold prices steadied on Tuesday as the dollar benefited from soft euro zone economic data which pushed the euro lower, while upbeat corporate earnings reports lifted European equity markets. Spot gold was at $1,288.89 an ounce at 1239 GMT, ...
Gold Below $1294 as U.S. Economy advances
July 31st, 2014
Gold retreated for a fourth day to head for a monthly decline as further signs that the U.S. recovery is gaining momentum strengthened the case for higher borrowing costs in the world’s largest economy. Gold for immediate delivery fell ...
Gold Drops to $1300 as Stocks Advance
July 30th, 2014
Gold futures declined as U.S. and European equities advanced, curbing demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset. Stocks climbed on optimism over corporate earnings. U.S. consumer confidence soared in July to the highest in almost seven years ...
U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
Watch what markets don’t do as world politics turns nasty
July 23rd, 2014
Like so much in the investment world of late, it’s what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in ...
