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.
Macro and Gold Price Outlook: Four Stories That Could Drive Gold Prices in 2019
Now that we’ve all awoken from our turkey and nog-laden comas and started getting those trading legs back under us to start the year, it’s time to have a look ahead at what macroeconomic stories are most likely to have in impact on precious metals markets in 2019.
US Dollar Falls, Gold Price Surpasses $1290 on Dovish FOMC Meeting Minutes
The FOMC this afternoon released the meeting minutes that cover its two-day meeting and corresponding rate hike and publication of economic projections. As was widely expected, the minutes reaffirm the perception of December’s 25 basis-point increase to short-term lending rates as a “dovish hike.”
Gold Price Preview: January 7 - January 11
Good Monday morning, traders. It’s time for the first full trading week of 2019! The calendar is a little lite, data-wise, but I suspect we’ll have plenty to trade on in precious metals markets.
Gold Price Recap: December 31 - January 4
Happy Friday traders, and welcome to 2019!
As has been the case for the last couple weeks, this recap is a bit shorter than our usual as the holiday week and the US government (partial) shutdown have muted the calendar of economic data and macro stories that typically impact precious metals markets. Still, it hasn’t been without it’s interesting moments.
Gold Price Preview: December 31 - January 4
Good morning traders, happy Monday. And Happy New Year! 2019 is finally here. I think 2019 is going to be an exciting and—hopefully—profitable year for precious metals traders; in fact, I plan to touch on that in a little bit more detail in the next week or so.
Gold Price Recap: December 24 - December 28
Happy Friday traders, I hope you all had a nice Tuesday, whether it was Christmas or just a random day-off in the middle of your week.
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