Could oil prices collapse to $20? "The short answer is ‘yes.’ We believe that crude oil prices could fall further unless global oil production is reduced. As shown in Table 2, we estimate that the global oil market could be oversupplied by roughly 920,000 bpd in 2016. The key assumptions are year-over-year growth in global demand of 1.2 million bpd, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya hold production ...
Gold closed the week at $1,183.16 up $24.61 per ounce (2.12%). Gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, rose 0.45%. The U.S. Trade-Weighted Dollar Index lost 2.40% for the week. Gold Market Strengths Gold traders are the most bullish since the week ending January 2, according to a Bloomberg survey. This shift in sentiment is primarily the result of the dovish tone from the FOMC this week. ...
US Dollar Rally at the Mercy of Volatility, Interest Rate Trends The Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (ticker = USDollar) mounted its biggest rally in six months this past week. That is a serious reversal of fortune from the technical collapse the currency was facing in the first half of July. Yet, the transition from rebound to full-blown ...
US Dollar Fails to Break Despite Stellar NFPs. Where are the Trades? The Dollar tumbled to fresh yearly lows through the past week, but a late week reversal actually left the Dollar Index higher on the week. Is this the start of a more significant Dollar reversal? Exogenous Threat to Euro Exists as ECB Policy Diverges from BoE, Fed The ECB’s ‘lower for longer’ stance is prohibitive for the Euro because the British Pound and the US Dollar are being bombarded with strong economic ...
EUR/USD Stays Motionless 'We've kind of traded sideways a little bit. It's largely technical, but there's some geopolitical headlines that may be weighing on risk appetite.' - Commonwealth Foreign Exchange (based on Bloomberg) Pair's Outlook There are still no consistency among the technical indicators, as they are pointing in different directions on the weekly an monthly time-frames. Nevertheless, the currency pair is considered to be capable of rising ...