Stronger-than-expected economic data has forced some on Wall Street to push back, or even remove calls for a recession once widely considered a sure thing.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – August 18th, 2023
A storm of public and private debt is brewing in the U.S., and the troubles are already beginning to show on the surface as loans pile up and borrower confidence falters.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – August 4th, 2023
U.S. equity futures struggled for direction as risk appetite cooled from last week’s rally. The yen weakened after the Bank of Japan made its first unscheduled bond purchases in months.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – July 28th, 2023
JPMorgan Chase sees an opportunity in gold ahead of a likely U.S. recession, predicting prices will push past $2,000 an ounce by year-end and hit fresh records in 2024 as interest rates start to fall.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – July 21st, 2023
Some of the forecasters who were first out of the box to predict a U.S. recession are starting to hedge their bets as inflation ebbs and the economy remains resilient.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – July 14th, 2023
Major banks are facing one of the biggest regulatory overhauls since the financial crisis, setting up a clash over the amount of capital that they must set aside to weather the tumult.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – July 7th, 2023
Geopolitical, economic, and environmental uncertainty can be expected to continue in the near term. Astute investors continue to seek out alternative investments for their portfolios to aid in diversifying them away from overexposure to any single asset class.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – June 30th, 2023
Investors are seeking out buying opportunities from temporary price dips to add more physical precious metals into their portfolios.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – June 23rd, 2023
Astute investors continue to seek out alternative investments for their portfolios to aid in diversifying them away from overexposure to any single asset class.
The Precious Metals Week in Review – June 16th, 2023
1. Federal Reserve officials are rethinking their view that wage gains are fueling inflation, a key intellectual shift that bolsters the case for a pause in their tightening campaign this week. Until recently, many top policymakers at the U.S. central bank maintained that the road to lower inflation ran through the job market. The idea…