Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Trade War Hits Stocks as $8 Trillion in Bear Market — The MSCI Emerging Markets Index sank to the lowest in 10 months, while 18 out of 24 currencies tracked by Bloomberg fell. The Shanghai Composite Index has tumbled 20 percent from its peak in January, with China joining nations such as Turkey and Pakistan in crossing that threshold. The risk premium on sovereign bonds over U.S. Treasuries widened.
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Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold — While gold could get a boost from volatile currency markets next week, analysts are not expecting to see the market benefit from safe-haven flows.
Fed, ECB To Define Gold Prices Near Term Target – Analysts
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Fed, ECB To Define Gold Prices Near Term Target – Many analysts have noted that gold has followed a well-established pattern: selling off before an expected rate hike to then rise once the dust has settled. The question on many investor’s minds is whether or not this pattern will hold next week as inflation picks up as the U.S. economy continues to grow at a steady clip.
Goldman Sees the Australian Dollar Falling to 72 Cents; Report
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Goldman Sees the Australian Dollar Falling to 72 Cents – The Aussie will decline to 72 U.S. cents by year-end as restrained economic growth and inflation mean the Reserve Bank of Australia will take a “few years” to catch up with the Federal Reserve in raising borrowing costs, said Philip Moffitt, Asia-Pacific head of fixed income in Sydney at the firm, which oversees more than $1 trillion.
Asia Stocks Rise as Earnings Eyed
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Asia Stocks Rise as Earnings Eyed – Equity markets in Japan and Australia eked out feeble gains in a muted start, while Hong Kong stocks pointed higher. Futures on the S&P 500 Index climbed. The S&P 500 Index gained to the highest in almost a month and erased its loss for the year as investors turned their focus to the earnings season after there was no immediate reprisal to the U.S.-led missile strike in Syria and trade concerns took a back seat.
MCX Gold Prices Ready for Blast Above @30533 Buy on Dips
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – MCX Gold Prices Ready for Blast Above @30533 Buy on Dips — MCX Gold Prices settled up 0.48% @30670 as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war, and after U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.
Stocks Rally Third Day as Trump Team Eases Stance
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Stocks Rally Third Day as Trump Team Eases Stance — The S&P 500 Index bounced back from Monday’s selloff as investors grew more confident the administration’s protectionist rhetoric wouldn’t result in equally stringent policy. The rally took stocks to a two-week high. The dollar strengthened for the third time this week, while the 10-year Treasury yield popped above 2.82 percent.