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 Preview: December 31 - January 4
Good morning traders, happy Monday. And Happy New Year! 2019 is finally here. I think 2019 is going to be an exciting and—hopefully—profitable year for precious metals traders; in fact, I plan to touch on that in a little bit more detail in the next week or so.

Gold Price Recap: December 24 - December 28
Happy Friday traders, I hope you all had a nice Tuesday, whether it was Christmas or just a random day-off in the middle of your week.

Gold Price Preview: December 24 - December 28
Happy Christmas Eve, traders. Gold spot-price is putting in new peaks this morning as we start off a weirdly-scheduled holiday week with a Monday half-session. With the Dollar, US Treasury yields, and WTI crude oil all slumping lower along with the stock markets, yellow metal is currently going for over $1266/oz in spot markets while silver tacks towards $14.75/oz.

Gold Price Recap: December 17 - December 21
Happy Friday, traders. It’s Christmas time! But first, what kind of week has it been? Gold prices have been where all the non-garment-rending action has been this week, especially post-Fed.

FOMC Decision Wrap-Up: Gold Prices Now Above Summer Highs as Markets Struggle Following Rate Hike
Yesterday afternoon the Federal Reserve raised the cost of borrowing by 0.25% for the fourth and final time in 2018. With the target range moved up to 2.5%, rates are now at the bottom end of what the FOMC considers as the “neutral range” of 2.5-3.5%, meaning the era of technically accommodative Fed policy has ended.

Gold Price Preview: December 17 - December 21
Happy Monday, traders. And welcome back for the last full trading week of 2018. Gold has popped back through $1240/oz this morning, likely taking some fear-based momentum from the tumult in equities at the end of last week.
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