GBR Market Wrap: A Tough Few Months for Precious Metals
Gold is off 16 percent from its high, silver almost 40 percent down from the record high established in May of this year.
Clemens Kownatzki, MBA
Blog Posts
GBR Market Wrap: Who is to Blame for the MF Global Collapse?
With an estimated $1.2bn in customer assets still missing, the clients of MF Global are obviously outraged. Who is to blame for their collapse?
GBR Market Wrap: Markets Indicate an Imminent Default by Greece
All eyes were on Greece, Italy, and Spain again as if we don’t have a mess in our own economic backyard. Nevertheless, the situation in Europe is grave.
GBR Market Wrap: Do Central Bank Interventions Work?
Last week, we looked at a perfect central bank intervention. Markets reacted immediately shedding about 400 points off the value of the Yen against the Dollar.
GBR Market Wrap: Eurozone Crisis Continues; U.S. Unemployment May be at Turning Point
Although the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, the trend is going in the right direction and the number of long-term unemployed fell.
GBR Market Wrap: All Eyes on Europe
Despite positive market signals and an extension of a Greek default, fundamentally nothing has changed and more is sure to unfold in this European saga.
GBR Market Wrap: Inflation Disorientation
Experts contend actual inflation is substantially higher than currently reported via the CPI, closer to the financial pinch consumers have been experiencing.
GBR Market Wrap: How to Position Your Trades
The markets have been in a tight trading range all summer. Are there any signs of a change in this side-ways trend?
GBR Market Wrap: S&P 500 Déjà Vu?
Chartists and technical traders were spooked by a rather strange form of déjà vu this week.
GBR Market Wrap: U.S. Stocks End Gloomy Third Quarter on a Weak Note
It’s the end of the quarter and a rather tumultuous summer for investors. September was particularly unappealing at -7.18% for the month.
GBR Market Wrap: Focusing on the Positives
We decided to give our readers a bit of a break this week by focusing on the positives among the plethora of bad news emanating from the markets.
GBR Market Wrap: Can More Government Really Help?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner points out the elephant in the room (i.e. the political dysfunction of governments).
GBR Market Wrap: Euro Crisis Abroad, Jobs Stimulus at Home
Developments in Europe are showing the effects of investors who have lost the least bit of hope that Greece can come out of their quagmire without a default.
GBR Market Wrap: More Signs of the New Normal
The employment picture continues to be a major drag for the prospects of a sustainable economic recovery.
GBR Market Wrap: Gold Dips, More Volatility is in Store
Volatility in precious metals as well as other commodities isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, but for gold, the major trend still points upward.
GBR Market Wrap: Fear Continues to Spread through the Financial Markets
It has been a wild ride this summer. As we try to put these markets swings into context, I can’t help but think that the “New Normal” has actually arrived.
GBR Market Wrap: Bond Market Madness
The Bond market response was not just giving us a sort of “who cares message” but rather “forget about ratings agencies altogether.”
GBR Market Wrap: S&P Issues Unprecedented Downgrade of U.S. Credit Rating
Every now and then, the markets leave you speechless. This was one of those weeks. There was hardly any place to hide except for Treasuries and Gold.
GBR Market Wrap: Will the United States Be Downgraded from the Triple-A Debt Club?
While the U.S. still enjoys its highly coveted AAA rating, phrases like “the clowns in Washington” do not exactly sound encouraging to lenders.
GBR Market Wrap: Dodd-Frank Report Card
While the debate about Dodd-Frank’s effectiveness continues, we must wonder what all the other regulatory agencies have been doing all along?
GBR Market Wrap: The Budget Ceiling is Closing In
The current U.S. debt ceiling debate continues as the price of Gold shoots up to an all-time record. The most pressing question: What happens next?
GBR Market Wrap: Unemployment Remains Stubbornly High
Job creation remains one of the big missing pieces of the giant economic recovery puzzle.
GBR Market Wrap: Halftime Reports and Happy Fourth!
In this Week’s Issue: July 1, 2011 Weekly Snapshot Market Barometers Halftime Reports Recommended Read/Audio Weekly Snapshot • Euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.9% in May (Eurostat) • Purchasing managers’ indexes in Asia and Europe at multi-month lows (Reuters) • Japan’s Tankan survey shows sentiment worsened sharply after quake (WSJ) • U.S. corn futures … Continued
GBR Market Wrap: June 24, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
GBR Market Wrap: June 17, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
GBR Market Wrap: June 10, 2011
In this Week’s Issue Weekly Snapshot Market Barometers Weekly Chart Lines In The Sand Recommended Read Weekly Snapshot • Dow sinks below 12,000; stocks had the sixth straight weekly loss (AP) • China posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in May of $13.1bn (Reuters) • The average U.S. homeowner now has 38% equity, down from 61% a … Continued
Market Wrap: June 3, 2011
GBR Market Wrap, June 3, 2011 In this Week’s Issue Weekly Snapshot Market Barometers Weekly Chart Recommended Read Recommended Video Weekly Snapshot • Moody’s sounds alarm over U.S. debt limit and deficits (Reuters) • U.S. Dollar at yet another record low against Swiss Franc on Friday • U.S. economy ads just 54,000 jobs as unemployment … Continued
Market Wrap: May 27, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: May 20, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: May 13, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: May 6, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: April 29, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: April 22, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: April 15, 2011
Market Wrap offers a summary of this week’s interesting market events and major economic news from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: April 8, 2011
Market Wrap offers a brief summary of interesting market events and major economic news for the week from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: April 1, 2011
Market Wrap offers a brief summary of interesting market events and major economic news for the week from financial risk-management expert Clemens Kownatzki.
Market Wrap: March 25, 2011
One should look at an investment as if it was a relationship and define under what circumstances that relationship no longer holds value.
Market Wrap: March 18, 2011
As if the human toll and suffering were not tragic enough, Japan also had to endure economic and financial strains unmatched in recent history.
Market Wrap: March 11, 2011
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake hitting Japan on Friday, March 11, sent shockwaves of disbelief around the world. Rare events like this one can send massive financial shockwaves too.