John Moncrief
John Moncrief is an active commodities and currency trader with nearly a decade in the industry. He also has several years of experience in writing market analysis and research notes.
John’s particular interest is in examining precious metals and currency trends through a focus on macroeconomic drivers and behavioral economic theory; although he’s probably spent at least as much time reading Stan Lee as he has Richard Thaler.
Gold Price Recap: February 10 - February 14
Happy Friday, traders. Welcome to our weekly market wrap on the last five days of trading in gold and it’s correlated assets.
Gold Price Preview: February 10 - February 14
Good morning, traders. Welcome to our weekly preview of the macroeconomic data and market data that are positioned to matter the most for gold markets and related assets. Gold prices are trading a few dollars higher this morning, following some volatile moves between $1568-75 during the overnight.
Gold Price Recap: February 3 - February 7
Happy Friday, traders. Welcome to our Friday market wrap of this week in gold markets and their correlated assets. Gold prices have been unable to recover their marks from Monday, but after a turbulent (and at times confusing) week of price action, the yellow metal is ending the week firmly on the front foot having recovered from weakness driven by demand concerns.
Gold Price Preview: February 3 - February 7
Good morning, traders. Welcome to our weekly preview of the stories, events, and economic data on our radar this week that could have the biggest impact on gold its correlated markets. With the dominant narrative for global markets still coming out of China at the start of the week, wheels are already turning so we’ll jump right into the coverage.
Gold Price Recap: January 27 - January 31
Happy Friday, traders; welcome to our market wrap on the week in gold and related markets. Despite a solid docket of macroeconomic data, this week’s trading was dominated by headlines around the assessment and containment of China’s concerning coronavirus and the lasting impact it could have on global growth.
FOMC Recap: January 29th
This afternoon the Federal Reserve’s FOMC delivered an “unchanged” decision regarding its key short-term policy rate and released a drafted committee statement that was mostly reflective of December’s release and supportive of the Fed’s outlook for a persistent pause on m
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