John Moncrief
John Moncrief is an active commodities and currency trader with nearly a decade in the industry. He also has several years of experience in writing market analysis and research notes.
John’s particular interest is in examining precious metals and currency trends through a focus on macroeconomic drivers and behavioral economic theory; although he’s probably spent at least as much time reading Stan Lee as he has Richard Thaler.

The Market Week Ahead: November 19 – November 23
Happy Monday, traders. After some excitement over the last 5-6 trading days, things are slowing down this week with Thanksgiving on Thursday; it’s nearly an America-only holiday (on this date, anyway) but markets all around the world typically play along anyway—perks of being the number one economy and global reserve currency, I suppose. USA! USA! USA!

The Market Week Recap: November 12 – November 16
Happy Friday, traders. So, what kind of week has it been? You know what? I’m going to say it’s been a pretty positive week for gold. I admit that comparing gold’s price action in a given week to last week’s deep collapse sets a pretty low bar to clear; even still, some confidence in precious metals seems warranted.

The Market Week Ahead: November 12 – November 16
The economic calendar picks up a little this week vs. last, and the combinations of last Friday’s commodities rout and this morning’s unexpected bull run for the US Dollar means gold prices remain pinned around $1205/oz.

The Market Week Recap: November 5 – November 11
Happy Friday, traders. So, what kind of week has it been? Certainly, a more active week in gold than we anticipated on Monday.

The Market Week Ahead: November 5 – November 11
What looks at first glance like a potentially frenetic week on the data and headline calendar is actually setting up to be rather subdued.
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