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• Gold & Silver Trading Alert: Silver and Its Signals

  June 9, 2015, 7:03 AM

  

  Silver caught the attention of many precious metals traders earlier this year when it outperformed gold in a quite sharp manner and broke above the declining long-term resistance line. Many investors and analysts were cheering and emphasizing the importance of silver’s breakout and silver’s leadership as something bullish for the precious metals market. We respectfully disagreed and it turns out that we were correct. At this time silver is once again providing us with important signals - you will find the details in today's Gold & Silver Trading Alert.

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• Oil Trading Alert: Crude Oil Invalidates Breakdown

  June 8, 2015, 3:08 PM

  

  Although crude oil moved lower after the market’s open, the commodity reversed and rebounded, invalidating earlier breakdown. Will we see further improvement?

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• Gold News Monitor: May U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Look Solid

  June 8, 2015, 3:04 PM

  

  The U.S. economy added a robust 280,000 jobs in May. What does it mean for the gold market?

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• Stock Trading Alert: Is this A New Downtrend Or Just Another Pullback Within Medium-Term Consolidation?

  June 8, 2015, 7:51 AM

  

  S&P 500 remained below the level of 2,100 on Friday, as it extended its short-term downtrend. Will this move down continue?

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• Greece’s Current Problems

  June 5, 2015, 5:49 AM

  

  Greece is again on the brink. Hellas has to pay off over €1.5 billion to the IMF in June and €7 billion to the ECB to repay government bonds (including interest), which mature in July and August. Will the Greece repay its debts or default on it? How did the Greece’s crisis evolve in time? What are the current economic difficulties of Greece? How did the past problems affect the gold market and how can the current crisis influence the gold prices?

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• Forex Trading Alert: EUR/USD Invalidates Breakouts

  June 4, 2015, 5:03 PM

  

  Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of initial jobless claims in the week ending May 30 declined by 8,000 to 276,000, beating analysts’ expectations for a 5,000 drop. Thanks to these positive numbers, EUR/USD declined and invalidated earlier breakouts. What impact could it have on future moves?

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• Stock Trading Alert: More Uncertainty Following Last Month's Move Up - Which Direction Is Next?

  June 4, 2015, 6:36 AM

  

  S&P 500 index extends its short-term fluctuations along record highs. Is this a topping consolidation or just a flat correction before another leg up?

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• Oil Trading Alert: Crude Oil Meets Key Resistance

  June 3, 2015, 12:08 PM

  

  On Tuesday, crude oil gained 1.33% as the combination of a weaker greenback and speculations that OPEC will maintain production at its current level on Friday's meeting in Vienna supported the price. Thanks to these circumstances, light crude broke above one of the resistance lines, but is this as positive event as it seems at the first sight?

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• Gold News Monitor: Shiller and Goldman Say U.S. Stocks Are Overvalued

  June 3, 2015, 11:59 AM

  

  Goldman Sachs’ chief equity strategist, David Kostin, said that “by almost any measure, US equity valuations look expensive”, which echoed Robert Shiller’s earlier opinion. Is the U.S. stock bubble finally going to burst? How will it affect the gold market?

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• Forex Trading Alert: EUR/USD – One-day Rally or Reversal?

  June 2, 2015, 5:10 PM

  

  Earlier today, the data showed that the euro zone consumer price index increased by 0.3% in the previous month, beating analysts’ forecast. In this environment, EUR/USD rebounded sharply and broke above resistance area, but did this move change anything?

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• Bitcoin Trading Alert: Has the Move down Begun?

  June 2, 2015, 9:36 AM

  

  We saw depreciation on increased volume yesterday but a move up has been seen today. Does this mean that the move down is over? We offer our view on that.

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• Oil Trading Alert: One-day Rally or Something More?

  June 1, 2015, 11:40 AM

  

  On Friday, crude oil gained 3.83% as the combination of the weaker greenback and the Baker Hughes report supported the price. As a result, light crude climbed above $60 and reached the resistance line. Will it withstand the buying pressure in the coming days?

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• Gold News Monitor: Chicago PMI Falls in May

  June 1, 2015, 11:37 AM

  

  The Chicago PMI plunged in May to a reading of 46.2 from 52.3 in April. What does it say about the state of the U.S. economy and how can it affect the gold market?

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• Stock Trading Alert: Mixed Expectations Following Last Week's Uncertainty - Which Direction Is Next?

  June 1, 2015, 7:35 AM

  

  S&P 500 index extend its short-term fluctuations along record highs. Is holding short position still justified?

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• Gold in Different Currencies

  May 29, 2015, 4:05 PM

  

  How do the gold prices behave in other currencies than the U.S. dollar? What is the explanation for the negative correlation between gold and the U.S. dollar index? What should non-American investors take into account analyzing their investment in gold? We answer these questions in this article.

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