In Case You Missed It – Week Ended December 12, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended December 12, 2015. Stories from the week ended December 12, 2015. This week’s major stories involved political changes in the world. Presidential candidate Donald Trump advocated a travel ban on Moselems and his support rose. Socialists were voted out of office in Venezuela. The far right party Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended December 5, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended December 5, 2015. Stories from the week ended December 5, 2015. This week’s major story was the terrorist attack in San Bernadino that reignited the gun control/refugee debate. The main economic news centered around the non farm payroll number that came in better than expected. Janet Yellen Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 28, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 28, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 28, 2015. Click for Black Friday/Cyber Monday Gold and Silver Specials Free Silver Round with Each Order Through November 30 The week’s news cycle focused mainly on events in and around Syria and events related to those events. Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 21, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 21, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 21, 2015. The news cycle last week focused mainly on the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, with follow on anti terrorist raids in Paris and a vigorous debate in the U.S. and Europe as to the efficacy Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 14, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 14, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 14, 2015. The economic news of the week centered around U.S. data and Fed official speeches. Producer price inflation (negative) and retail sales (barely positive) were far below estimates. Yet, Fed officials are still promoting an interest rate Read More →

In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 7, 2015

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In Case You Missed It – Week Ended November 7, 2015. Stories from the week ended November 7, 2015. The big news of the week was the huge beat of expectations of the headline non farm payroll number on Friday. This week we will be dissecting what types of jobs were created and to whom Read More →

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 31, 2015

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 31, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 31, 2015. Bad economic news (the Wall Street Journal called it “brighter“) was released this week including big misses in new and pending home sales, tepid consumer spending and a sub par first estimate of 3rd quarter GDP. Yet, Read More →

In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 24, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 24, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 24, 2015. Talk of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike was less frequent during the week ended October 24, 2015. The Fed meets next week and the “consensus” is there will be no rate hike announcement following that meeting. Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended October 17, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 17, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 17, 2015. The week began again with contradictory statements from various U.S. Fed Officials on the possibility of interest rate hikes and ended on the same note. Rate hikes and negative interest rates were once again cited as possibilities. Read More →

In Case You Missed it – The Week Ended October 10, 2015

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In Case You Missed it Week Ended October 10, 2015. Stories from the week ended October 10, 2015. The week began with statements from various U.S. Fed Presidents on the possibility of interest rate hikes and ended on the same note. Gold opened the week at $1138.40 and closed up at $1156,40. Silver opened at Read More →