Oil extends sharp weekly gains after U.S.-Iran tanker attacks in Hormuz
Yesterday, December Crude futures posted an outside day that favored the bear case as macroeconomic catalysts and major currency flows drove price action across risk assets.
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Here are three scenarios that could drive gold above $5,000
Gold is popular among investors and often serves as a "safe haven," a financial asset that helps preserve capital during economic instability. Forecasting the price of this instrument requires a comprehensive analysis o…
Jefferies identifies three scenarios that could drive gold above $5,000
SadaNews - The American financial and investment services company Jefferies predicts a continued upward trend for gold, based on a structural shift in the precious metal market driven by central bank purchases and diver…
The Gold-Silver Ratio: A Strategy for Growing Your Ounces, Not Your Cash
Silver prices surged above $90/oz in early 2026 due to a confluence of four structural forces: a physical run on paper silver, China's export controls, increased central bank accumulation, and rising demand from nuclear…
U.S. stocks close lower on increased Fed rate hike bets, end mixed for the week
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower after a mixed start to trading on Monday, following the holiday-shortened week due to the Juneteenth Federal holiday. We may start to see some end-of-the-quarter reall…
Oil soars for the week, hits three-month high on U.S.-Iran military escalation
Oil markets woke Sunday to the most significant single-night military exchange in the three-month US-Iran conflict: 140 American strikes on Iranian military targets, followed by Iranian missile and drone attacks on US a…
Diesel Surge Raises Fresh Inflation Risks for the US Economy
U.S. interest-rate futures moved to price the odds of a rate increase at the Federal Open Market Committee's September 15-16 meeting at below 50%, compared with expectations earlier in the week that a hike was more like…
Natural Gas Prices Signal a Growing Winter Supply Risk in Europe
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
Wall Street indexes close more than 1% higher as Treasury yields slide
S&P 500 Today LIVE: S&P 500 faces downward pressure following the retracement by Wall Street from its highs and the major index closed at 7,706.22, falling 38.84 points, representing -0.50%. The decline was attributed t…
Brent Crude Holds a War Premium Despite 17 Million Barrels Crossing Hormuz
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps formally declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all commercial traffic "until further notice" early Sunday, hours after striking the Cyprus-flagged container ship GFS Galaxy in …
Nvidia to acquire AI platform Hugging Face in landmark $12.9B deal
NVIDIA is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Hugging Face, the leading hub for open source AI models and datasets, for $12.9 billion. Futurum examines why NVIDIA would make this move, why the open model distribution l…
Energy Price Forecasts Revised Higher Amid Stalemate
Good morning, lovely people, and happy hump day. Today’s issue is packed with energy news — from retail fuel price hike to macroeconomic headwinds as another ratings agency trims India’s GDP forecast. To soften the fisc…
Oil near multi-week highs after fresh Iran strikes; Trump says war won’t last long
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is weighing whether to send possibly thousands of U.S. troops into Iran as he looks for a way to achieve some of his key goals and end the war, according to the two current U.S. offic…
Asian LNG Prices Surge to Highest Since 2022 as Iran War Escalates
Iran has responded to US and Israeli attacks by launching a series of counterstrikes against states across the Middle East, with serious consequences for the oil and gas industry and the global economy.
Gold holds near $4,400 after rebound as Trump, Fed remarks ease inflation fears
Spot Gold (XAU/USD) was trading around $4,115 an ounce, up 0.40% for the day, while Gold futures (GC00) gained 1.1% to $4,111.50, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The yellow metal rebounded after Tuesday’s steep 5.7%…
Gold Selloff Shows How Rising Yields Are Overpowering Safe-Haven Demand
Precious metals investors are watching market conditions closely as gold and silver hover at pivotal price points. While both metals have already posted impressive gains, multiple converging factors suggest we may be wi…
Gold May Fall Below $4,000 Again as War Adds Fuel to the Fed Hike Trade
International gold prices have just suffered their worst monthly drop in nearly 18 years, and Wall Street titan JPMorgan has dropped a bombshell, slashing its gold price forecasts for the second half of the year by 20% …
Gold falls as oil, bond yields and Fed hike bets climb on Iran escalation
The US Treasury market is undergoing a violent repricing. On Monday, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly broke above 4.76%, its highest level since January 2025. The 5-year yield rose to levels last seen in ear…
Oil climbs for 3rd straight day, Brent tops $96 on renewed U.S.-Iran fighting
Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose more than 30% over the past week, according to new maritime tracking data, marking a notable improvement even as shipping through the critical energy chokepoint remains f…
Gold Bear Market Deepens as Rate Hike Odds Surge
Most commodity markets operate on a single dominant clock. Supply tightens, prices rise. Demand weakens, prices fall. Gold, by contrast, runs on at least two clocks simultaneously, and they are currently telling very di…
Crude Oil Threatens Breakout Amid US-Iran Re-Escalation
The United States and Israel launched a major military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28, triggering a weekslong war that has spread to neighboring countries and roiled energy markets around the globe.
Fed hike bets, oil rally and Japan yields - what’s moving markets
Gold (XAU/USD) price retreats some 0.40% on Monday after last Friday's hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh, which sparked speculation of a possible rate hike at the September meeting. Despite this…
Gold steadies after two-day drop as Iran strikes revive inflation risks
Gold (XAU/USD) steadies on Friday after falling nearly 2% the previous day, as surging Oil prices fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may need to raise interest rates amid a worsening inflation outlook. A…
Oil extends gains as Trump threatens further Iran strikes
Oil rose for a third day as President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran, hours after the US resumed its blockade on the Islamic Republic’s shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.