If the Australian government wants to guarantee a return to surplus, there's roughly 6 billion Australian dollars (US$6.44 billion) in their coffers targeted for mortgage-backed bond deals that have possibly overstayed their use.
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — Gold prices extended losses Friday, more than erasing the prior session’s gains on pressure from a stronger dollar despite CME Group’s decision to lower futures margins on some commodities including the precious ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — A Bernanke-based strategy for trading gold? I was prompted to investigate just such a strategy by gold’s unexpected strength on Tuesday. I had devoted my column four days previously to the alarmingly high ...
The high price of gold may send some Valentine's Day jewelry shoppers reeling—or at least prompt them to consider alternatives, like silver and titanium.
NEW YORK—Stock futures fell as concerns over whether Greece will be able to receive bailout funds prompted a pullback following the recent string a gains.
Links for the informed adviser... Markets Remember there was finally a Greek bailout-for-austerity deal in place yesterday? So it's not actually a done deal and futures are lower because of it. ( MarketWatch )
Pre-Market Brief: Market tone: Stock futures lower; dollar up slightly; Treasurys higher; Brent lower at $117.77, Nymex down at $99.13; gold lower at $1,719.50.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average has added more than 2,000 points since its October 2011 lows, a 21% gain. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is up nearly 250 points from its lows at the same time, a 22.5% advance. ...
MELBOURNE—Newcrest Mining Ltd., one of the world's largest gold producers by market value and Australia's biggest by production, said continued strengthening of the bullion price helped lift its first-half profit by 50%.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures ended higher Thursday after an agreement by Greece leaders on an austerity deal buoyed the euro against the dollar, and as European central banks decided to continue on a loose monetary-policy ...
NEW YORK—Gold futures ended higher Thursday as some traders breathed easier after Greek leaders sealed a deal on economic changes, putting the country on track to receive the next installment of financial aid.
LONDON—European stock markets fell Friday after euro-zone chiefs withheld approval for a second Greek bailout and demanded fresh proof from the country's political leaders that they were ready to deliver on past and new pledges.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures broke off a two-day losing streak on Tuesday, rising on a lower dollar after Greece reportedly neared a deal that would pave the way to more international financial aid to the embattled euro-zone ...
Warren Buffett still likes stocks. The billionaire investor writes on Fortune's website today that owning equities or buying "first class businesses" outright are far better over the long term than bonds or gold, two assets that "enjoy ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures ended lower Wednesday after a strong performance a day earlier and as the euro pared earlier gains, pushing the U.S. dollar marginally higher against major currencies.