Of Gold Extensions مقياس إمتدادات الذهب
Friday's $2431 high in gold consisted of a 21% rise from the Feb 14th low. Such percentage extensions from key lows or/and technical levels such as the 200-DMA, could flag crucial opportunities for partial/full profit-taking. Watch here.
Rumor has it that the bank that does a god's work in the markets is expecting this Tuesday of BOK and PBOC to hike further 0,25%. Have you heard anything to that effect?
With the euro meetings related to the Irish story tomorrow seems to be the big day
One simple way to make that spread visible at least in relative terms is to try bloomberg.com.
E.g., go tohttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=USGG10YR:IND in the internet explorer. Once you get a graph, in the lower left corner, where it says "add a comparison", type in GDBR10:IND, then press Add.
Could you briefly describe (or provide a good link) a possible further scenario of the Irish debt crisis? I take it they can not officially apply for any financial assistance until the next year budget has been voted on, which is not going to happen until December, right? That would probably mean some sort of a range for the EUR/USD towards the end of the year?
The PBOC just auctioned 1y bills at 2.3437%, over 5bp higher than last weeks rate at 2.2913%, which was still higher since the policy rate hike on 19 Oct.
Do you think this is an important signal of further tightening on the way? Perhaps, Chinese CPI over 4 per cent on Thursday?
Should we be watching any announcement from PBOC around noon GMT? Again, if that is the case, what are the chances of a repeat October 19?
The guys at Mr. Topstep most certainly referred to the so-called POMO days, i.e. the days when the Fed undertakes its promised purchases of Treasuries. These are pre-announced, I think, on the monthly basis. Zerohedge.com keeps a very good track of that schedule