In Case You Missed It – Week Ended April 9, 2016. Stories from the week ended April 9, 2016. The big economic news was the continued decline of the dollar, with the dollar index falling under 95. Seems that no amount of Fed President backpeddling over the number of rate hikes or statements insisting that … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended April 2, 2016. Stories from the week ended April 2, 2016. The big economic news was Janet Yellen’s speech on March 29, stressing that the Fed “proceed with caution” regarding monetary policy. Her remarks immediately undercut the dollar and gold and silver rose. The dollar remained under … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended March 26, 2016. Stories from the week ended March 26, 2016. The big stories of the week were the Brussels terrorist attacks and the mudslinging between leading Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and a National Enquirer story accusing Mr. Cruz of five extra marital affairs. … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended March 19, 2016. Stories from the week ended March 19, 2016. The big economic news of the week was the Fed’s announcement on Wednesday not to raise interest rates and their cutting of the number of rate hike expetatins in 2016 from four to two. The dollar … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended March 5, 2016. Stories from the week ended March 5, 2016. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won the bulk of the presidential primaries and caucuses. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders won a few and Marco Rubio won one. Mitt Romney gave a speech attacking Donald Trump and … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended February 27, 2016. Stories from the week ended February 27, 2016. The big economic stories of the week revolved around the extremely volatile gold, silver oil and currency markets. Gold and silver Gold closed last week at $1226.00 and closed this week at $1221.80 Silver closed last … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended February 20, 2016. Stories from the week ended February 20 2016. The big economic stories of the week revolved around the extremely volatile gold, silver oil and currency markets. Gold and silver Gold closed last week at $1237.90 and closed this week at $1226.00 Silver closed last … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended February 13, 2016. Stories from the week ended February 13, 2016. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders emerged as the winners in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary in New Hampshire and North Korea launched a test long range missile. Janet Yellen gave two days of muddled … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended February 6, 2016. Stories from the week ended February 6, 2016. The main stories of the week involved continued tensions in the Middles East, terrorist attacks and the Iowa Republican and Democratic Presidential caucuses. The big economic story of the week was the fall of the dollar … Read More →
In Case You Missed It – Week Ended January 30, 2016. Stories from the week ended January 30, 2016. The main stories of the week focused on Donald Trump skipping out on the Republican Presidential Primary Debate and more news regarding the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s alleged inappropriate use of and treatment of sensitive … Read More →