Commentary · page 6
- Cutting Their Losses, Early
January 16, 2015 · Border Gold Corp.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) shocked currency markets Thursday of this week with a policy decision that crippled the Euro-Franc cross. Their announcement sent the franc soaring 30 per cent against the euro.
- A Longer Term View
January 11, 2015 · Border Gold Corp.
Following a year where US equity markets found the ability to overcome a Russian invasion of Ukraine, a tremendous decline in oil and commodity prices, and policy uncertainty in the major economies of the European Union and Japan, investors have to question whether the same resilience can hold through 2015.
- Divergence Part II
December 12, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
The focus of financial markets has certainly stuck with the fallout in the price of crude oil, and rightly so as its impacts will be far reaching from global economic growth projections to domestic monetary policy.
- Divergence
December 5, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
With less than a month to go in 2014 investors are faced with the question, what gives?
- Swiss Votes…No
November 30, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
In the wake of the Swiss referendum on whether the central bank should increase their allocation to gold, investors are tasked with the question, is the no vote yet another reason to be bearish on gold at present time.
- Geopolitics Plays Interference
November 16, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
It seems that once again the direction or trend playing out in the markets has been interrupted by geopolitical tensions heating up between Russia, Ukraine, and the Western powers.
- Game Changer
November 8, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Friday was the best single day for gold in 14 months. This is as the markets seem to be playing a risk-on, risk-off tug of war with the US dollar.
- There Will Be Haircuts
October 26, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
It’s puzzling why Europe is more an issue now than it was a few months ago. It seems the market has finally come to grips with the fact that their economy is stagnating, and hopes for growth are diminishing.
- Fed Free
October 18, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
It’s a challenge to put a finger on what was the most significant event that took place in financial markets this past week...
- Global Slump
October 10, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
There have been an increasing number of factors that have begun to put pressure on global financial markets, and many are ones that three years ago would be used to explain higher gold prices...
- Oh, Flower of Scotland
September 19, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Leading up to the referendum on Scottish Independence, one trader remarked "there will be blood on the trading floor Friday" if the Scots were to vote “Yes” and chose to break the 307-year-old union with the United Kingdom.
- Dominating Dollar
September 14, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
The resounding story for the markets these last few weeks has been the unequivocal strength of the US dollar. The dollar closed higher Friday for the ninth straight week as it continues on its best run in 17 years.
- Super Mario Shows His Hand
September 7, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank (ECB) shocked financial markets this week when they yet again revealed they were prepared to further combat a stagnating European economy.
- Predicting the Unpredictable
August 14, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
As the markets awoke at the beginning of the week to news of a US air strike on Iraq, one aspect of the risk off trade that had been ensuing became clearer. Those who had been selling equities from the week earlier were doing so because of events in Russia.
- A Goldilocks Moment
August 1, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Who would of figured that in a week when the US economy reported initial estimates of second quarter GDP growth of 4 per cent, that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would simultaneously erase its gains for the year.
- Economic Patriotism or Free Market Pragmatism
July 27, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
The Obama administration is becoming quite critical of US corporations acquiring foreign firms in order to relocate their tax domicile to a country with a more favorable regime.
- Memories of a Euro Crisis
July 13, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Gold prices gained for the sixth week in a row putting up the metals’ best winning streak since August of 2011.
- Sanguine Markets
July 5, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
A clear message from investors as we head into the July 4th Holiday weekend in the United States is that equity markets are poised to continue their march higher.
- Another Bullish Signal for Gold
June 27, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
The Financial Times reported this week that central banks around the world are in the process of repositioning their portfolios as they pare back their exposure to US treasuries.
- Sizing Up Gold’s Rally
June 22, 2014 · Border Gold Corp.
Gold had its best single day performance since September of 2013 on Thursday of this week. It begs the question, what contributed or led to the 50-dollar rally?