by JD Lasinger | Oct 13, 2016 | Featured Posts
The price of gold has seen a great decline in the past few weeks. Gold has closed down in 7 of the last 8 market sessions, sending some mining stocks down. But this is merely a sign that the Fed will finally raise rates this year, probably in December before year’s...
by JD Lasinger | Oct 11, 2016 | Featured Posts
Brexit is back in the headlines. With the British Pound taking a hit and sinking to new 31 year lows, and the British government getting entangled in all kinds of mind boggling messages about the future of foreign nationals working in the UK, it would be strange to...
by JD Lasinger | Oct 9, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week The USA published its early-awaited labor report for September last Friday which surprised the markets by disclosing a slowing rate of growth for the third consecutive month. This unexpected slump may now provide sufficient incentive for the...
by JD Lasinger | Oct 6, 2016 | Featured Posts
Crude has been on a roll since last week’s OPEC meeting. WTI is trading around the $49.50 USD mark, looking to break the $50 USD psychological barrier, and stay above it. That is if a Fed rate hike doesn’t dampen expectations. Once again there is a lot of talk about a...
by JD Lasinger | Oct 6, 2016 | Featured Posts
In a closely contested referendum, the people of Colombia voted against the legal framework for the implementation of a peace deal between the government and the FARC guerrillas. With the outcome of this vote, Colombia, which has been involved in a 52 year war against...
