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24 September 2016 — Saturday YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM It was virtually a nothing day in gold.  It crawled a few dollars lower in morning trading in the Far East, then did nothing until 10 a.m. BST in London.  It crawled higher...

Ben Bernanke's Jackson Hole speech is out. The full speech is below. The basic gist seems to be: If things don't get better Fed can do more asset purchases, as past QE programs have worked. But there's little in there about extroardinary new measures...

Several new articles have appeared in the last few weeks in the major media outlets expressing surprise that central banks have had little effect on economic growth despite the rather massive buildup of their ‘balance sheets’ via various types of quantitative...

In 2016, for the first time since equity markets bottomed in March 2009, the outperformance of equities relative to bonds is far from assured. A combination of faltering earnings growth and above-average valuations in many key markets means equities...

European stock markets fall after a major selloff in Asia as US election shocks the financial world Our latest summary: Markets recover from Trump slump Drugs firms jump as pricing clampdown looks unlikely Expert: Trump reassures markets with presidential...