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Gold inches higher on weaker dollar
December 22nd, 2014
Gold edged up on Monday on buying interest from Asia and as the dollar retreated, but gains were kept in check by stronger equities that dulled the metal’s safe-haven appeal. Strength in oil prices also supported bullion, but gains ...
Monday December 22: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
December 22nd, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 22, 2014 Gold hovered around the $1200 mark on Friday with momentum from previous days rally waning for a continuation rally. Gold still holding firmly in the general vicinity with no new buyers ...
What now for Putin after EU tightens Russia sanctions?
December 22nd, 2014
The pressure on the rouble has eased a bit, so the Russian president will just keep on sticking two fingers up until something gives. There is no sign of a détente in the new Cold War between Russia and ...
Brent climbs above $62 as Asian markets open strong
December 22nd, 2014
Oil prices rose on Monday as Asian markets opened strongly into a holiday-shortened week and consensus spread that Brent crude futures would likely remain above $60 for the rest of the year. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets
December 19th, 2014
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets are poised for a third year of volatility because of a slowing China, strengthening dollar, lower oil prices, the prospect of a US rate hike, and the shortage of investable high yielders, as ...
Friday December 19: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
December 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 19, 2014 Gold continues to consolidate hovering about the $1200 level. Momentum for either side remains subdued at the moment with little interest both from buyers and sellers. Range bound action likely to ...
The Russian Riddle: An Alternative View on the Collapse of the Rouble
December 18th, 2014
Winston Churchill is famously quoted as saying that: “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The past twelve months have surely proved how right he was. The past couple of weeks have certainly not been ...
Brent steady above 61 dollars
December 18th, 2014
Brent crude held steady above $61 a barrel on Thursday, bringing a sharp drop in prices to a temporary halt as companies are forced to cut upstream investments around the world. Chevron Corp has put a plan to drill ...
Russia’s economic crisis: five key charts
December 18th, 2014
Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, have been left out in the economic wilderness as sanctions imposed by the west, a tanking oil price, and plunging rouble take their toll. Here are five key charts. Growth in Russia is ...
U.K. regulators hit hurdles on fixing benchmarks
December 18th, 2014
U.K. regulators are expected to report in coming weeks on plans to fix global financial benchmarks. But efforts so far under way are already running into difficulties. Some market participants are worried that a new benchmark silver price isn’t ...
