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.

Gold Price Recap: September 14 - September 18
Happy Friday, traders. Welcome to our weekly recap of the last five trading days, with a focus on the economic data, market news flow, and headlines that had the biggest impact on gold prices, as well as charts for the Dollar and other correlated assets.

Gold Price Preview: September 14 - September 18
Good morning, traders. Welcome to our weekly preview of the trading days ahead, focusing on the economic data, headlines, and market news likely to have the biggest impact on prices for gold and silver, as well as the US Dollar and other key correlated assets.

Gold Price Recap: September 8 - September 11
Happy Friday, traders, and welcome back to our regular market wrap for this (holiday shortened week. As usual here, we’ll be focusing on the data and market news that mean the most for gold prices, as well as silver, the US Dollar, and other key correlated assets.

Gold Price Preview: September 8 - September 11
Good morning, traders. Welcome to our preview of the (holiday-shortened) trading week ahead, focusing on the economic data and market news flow that looks to have the biggest potential impact on precious metals markets, as well as markets for the US Dollar and other key correlated assets.

Gold Price Recap: June 29 - July 3
Happy Thursday-like-a-Friday, traders. Welcome to our weekly market wrap, where we like to focus on the economic data, news flow, and market narratives that have had the biggest impact on gold prices (and may continue to in the future,) as well as key correlated assets like the US Dollar.

FOMC Minutes Confirm Accommodation Is Here to Stay and Forward Guidance Should Be Making a Comeback; Gold Prices Continue to Find Lofty Support
At last month’s FOMC meeting, the committee agreed to hold rates in their ultra-low positioning while also continuing a rapid pace of asset purchases and other operations in an effort to support the US economy through the current pandemic-driven economic crisis and, hopeful, into a healthy recovery. In the meeting minutes, released this afternoon, we see that the FOMC members felt confident in the decisions made while discussing what next steps are important for building and sustaining economic momentum for a recovery.
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