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How likely is a recession in the United States? Predicting a recession is difficult, but one can make some nice money with a good forecast. So let's focus on the most important recessionary models...

Sounds contradictory, but is perfectly true nonetheless. Just like you need to go faster than the car in front of you to be able to overtake it, the price sometimes has to rise faster than a...

Ladies and Gentlemen, it has finally happened! The current expansion already goes on for 121 months, which means that the previous record of 120 months is now history. Thus, it has become the longest...

Yesterday's oil session was indeed heavy on action. The initial upswing gave way to a reversal lower, leaving black gold to close almost unchanged. Well, it finished a bit lower than it opened the day...

The series of higher oil prices appears to be over as today, we might see the bulls' power tested. Where can the bears aim realistically and what is most likely to happen next? These are certainly...

Quite a few journalists wrote about gold's breakout in the previous days even though gold made an attempt to break above the key resistance - the mid-2013 high - only today (and it failed). At the...

Gold broke above the $1,400 level last week and the volume that corresponded the move was exceptional. The story doesn't end there. The volume for silver was big and the volume for silver stocks was...

Draghi Repeats 'Whatever it Takes' In a Mini VersionAs we covered one week ago in the Gold News Monitor, the ECB became more dovish on the June monetary policy meeting. The central bank postponed the...

The U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.1-0.5% on Friday, as they extended their short-term consolidation. The S&P 500 index gained more than 180 points from its previous week's Monday's local low...

Crude oil bulls proved weaker and the strength they attempted to project Thursday, evaporated to a considerable degree. Neither Friday, they appear any stronger. Given the rising geopolitical tensions...

The current economic expansion has just equaled with the longest boom in US history. Unless the sky falls in the next few weeks, we will celebrate a new record in July. Is that not suspicious?Not...

It looks like the calm in the currencies is drawing to a close and volatility is about to pick up. So far, so good. We're at a crossroads these days: after a recent string of declines, the USD appears...

U.S. consumer inflation has moderated recently. Trade wars go on. What the Fed will do now? Let's not forget the recent ECB monetary policy meeting. It carries implications for both EUR/USD and gold....

The U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.2-0.4% on Wednesday, retracing some more of their recent rally as investors continued to take short-term profits off the table. The S&P 500 index traded more...

Quickly after the volatile plunge, Gold reversed and it's moving higher in today's pre-market trading. The $64,000 question is whether this is a correction within the decline, or did the huge rally...

On Friday, it was announced that the U.S. added merely 75,000 jobs in May. Needless to say, a severe disappointment on the downside. The talk of an oncoming recession, and interest rate-cut...