Analysis & Comment

Gold is continuing to push higher as the new week gets underway. At a good $1325 per ounce, the precious metal is trading just under its 2019 high of $1326 it hit at the end of January. Gold is now...

Officials of Italy’s populist government are floating the idea of selling off some of the country’s gold reserves to allay its debt problems. But gold bulls shouldn’t be concerned:...

The world’s most valuable metal is likely to get costlier amid a scramble by European and Chinese automakers for its supply. Palladium, which goes into making the catalytic converters required...

Market Overview The apparent progress that is coming in the US/China trade talks is helping to drive more elevated levels of risk, but also is now beginning to weigh on the US dollar. Donald...

Market Overview As the backlog of US data in the wake of the recent US Government shutdown starts to filter through there could be some surprises on the way, and some revisions. The US dollar has been...

With retail sales falling by the biggest amount in nearly a decade, many forex traders are wondering if the US dollar is past its prime. Last week all of the major currencies held steady or traded...

RBS (LON:RBS) could scarcely have scrubbed up better in the final quarter of 2018, the last before Brexit. Margin up, bad loans down Its closely watched net interest margin, which gauges underlying...

US-free afternoon causes bland trading to continue Reflecting the extent to which recent trading has been driven by the US, an America-free Monday left the European markets with little to do. The...