Category: Liquidity

January 21, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields were on the slide in early Tuesday trade as fears around a rapidly spreading virus in Asia along with a credit rating downgrade for Hong Kong, the region’s premier financial center, drove investors into haven assets. What […]

January 2, 2020

Gold edged into positive territory on Thursday, with bulls attempting to maintain upside momentum in the new year after the yellow metal scored its biggest one-year advance since 2010. Gold for February delivery on Comex GCG20, +0.47% rose $5.20, or […]

December 26, 2019

Gold futures headed higher Thursday, on pace for a third session of gains in a row and the highest finish for the precious metal since late October. Bullish gold investors say bullion has benefited in recent trade on doubts about […]

December 18, 2019

Gold futures edged lower Wednesday, losing ground as the U.S. dollar drifted to the upside. Gold for February delivery GCG20, -0.28% on Comex fell $4.90, or 0.3%, to $1,475.70 an ounce, while March silver SIH20, -0.69% was off 11.7 cents, […]

December 17, 2019

On Nov. 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve launched the shot heard around the financial world. The U.S. central bank announced it would start using digitally created money to buy mortgage debt in an effort to drive down interest rates and […]

December 11, 2019

The Federal Reserve is set to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and will likely signal that it expects rates to remain low well into next year despite a robust job market. Many economists have said they think sluggish […]

December 9, 2019

Gold futures settled at a slight loss on Monday, finding little reason to move in either direction ahead of a mid-week policy update from the Federal Reserve and a U.K. general election that could roil markets. The coming two-day Fed […]

November 26, 2019

Gold futures were little changed Tuesday, pinned down by upbeat expectations around U.S.-China trade talks that have dulled the metal’s haven appeal. Gold for December delivery GCZ19, -0.01% on Comex was off 40 cents, or less than 0.1%, at $1,456.50 […]

November 21, 2019

Gold futures headed lower Thursday, with the metal struggling to maintain a long-term bullish trend as traders eye prospects for a U.S.-China trade deal which may lower geopolitical risk. Prices for the precious metal “continue to coil on a seesaw […]

October 30, 2019

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday for the third time this year as slowing business investment, ongoing trade tensions and global weakness continued to weigh on the American economy. But the Fed signaled that it will pause and assess […]