As any Economics 101 student learns, the Federal Reserve is responsible for U.S. monetary policy, including setting the level of interest rates, and more recently, managing the central bank’s vast assets acquired through repeated iterations of Quantitative Easing. …read more From:: Resource Investor
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By Cory Recapping The FOMC Minutes, Italian Politics, and Oil Reports Chris Temple is with us today to recap some of the major news events from this week. We start with the recent FOMC minutes in terms of the comments regarding inflation and the flattening of the yield curve. We then look to Italy and
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Data from Europe this morning fell short of expectations, but the real catalyst was the Dollar’s mission. First, German GDP, ZEW Sentiment and Eurozone Industrial Production all missed. U.S. Retail Sales missed expectations as well, although last month’s read was revised better. …read more From:: Resource Investor
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Matters just continue to go from bad to worse for the Turkish Lira. The currency is in complete freefall and the outlook is still that there is an increased risk of further losses ahead. This is despite the Lira being crippled by meeting new historic lows on a near-daily basis as of late, a consequence
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By Cory King Dollar and Trade War Worries Persist Marc Chandler, Head of Global Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman joins me today to provide some insights into the currency markets. The Yen has moved up but this is not due to a safe haven run into the currency. Look to futures positions in the
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By Cory Metals vs Rising Rates and Bright Spots In The Junior Sector Jordan Roy-Byrne from The Daily Gold shares some research he has done on the relationship between a rising interest rate environment and gold/metals reaction. We also discuss the junior gold sector and what to look for in companies as we continue in
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By Charlotte McLeod Junior Stock Review founder Brian Leni has a wide range of interests, and at Mines and Money New York he spoke with the Investing News Network (INN) about a few of them, including M&A in the mining space, lithium oversupply and a country he believes has potential. Commenting on M&A, he
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By Scott Tibballs Copper Lake Resources (TSXV:CPL) today (May 23) announced results of its winter drilling program on the Marshall Lake copper-zinc-silver-gold property located 250 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The company said the drill program meant it could identify future priorities. As highlighted in the press release: Massive Sulphides – Billiton Main Zone
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click to enlarge Muni Bonds Outperformed in Previous Rate Hike Cycles Fixed-income investors The 10-year Treasury yield has been the topic of conversation lately among fixed-income investors. Earlier this month, the T-note closed above 3 percent for the first time since July 2011, prompting some market watchers to call time on the three-decade Treasury bull
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By Big Al Our feelings on the reasons for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. Big Al says: “This is truly an interesting issue for discussion. We will post a Daily Editorial on this subject in 45 minutes as right now it is impossible. I am posting the text below in hopes that we will receive some
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