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: June 17 - June 21
Happy Friday, traders! Welcome to your recap of the week in gold markets.
Gold prices are markedly higher this afternoon following an explosive week of trading, driven by the Fed’s extremely dovish June meeting and the escalation of tensions around the Persian Gulf.
Gold Prices Rally After Fed Signals Dovish Outlook
At the end of another Fed day, this one including a quarterly update of the Staff Economic Projections, gold prices are solidly higher, up roughly $13 from Tuesday’s closing levels as the committee left short-term borrowing rates unchanged for now but appear to have opened a wide door for a rate cut in the near-to-medium future.
Gold Price Preview: June 17 - June 21
Good morning traders, and welcome back to another week in the metals and currency markets!
Gold Price Recap: June 10 - June 14
Happy Friday traders! Did you miss me? The last two weeks of trekking the Italian coastline have hopefully not whittled my analytical skills too much, and I’m glad to be back with you. Big thanks to my friend Ryan Page for covering the Monday/Friday posts while I was away.
So, lettori mio, what kind of week has it been?
Gold Price Preview: May 28 - May 31
Good morning, gold traders. Welcome back for another (shortened) week in the gold markets. Following the long holiday weekend in the US we have a brief four days of market trading ahead of us, and those days look to make up one of the lightest economic calendars we’ve seen in 2019.
Gold Price Recap: May 20 - May 24
Happy Friday traders, and welcome to your recap of the week in metals markets. At the time of writing, gold trades just below $1285/oz in the spot markets, nearly $10 higher than the yellow metal’s start to the week.
So, what kind of week has it been?
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