Hi Tigers，Welcome to ”What the Tigers say” [Cool]This is a weekly column planned to share the great opinion from Tigers on specific topic and today our Theme is gold investment. The latest CPI data is lower than expected, the $USD Index(USDindex.FOREX)$ r plunges, and gold price $Gold - main 2306(GCmain)$, $SPDR Gold Shares(GLD)$ and $VanEck Gold Miners ETF(GDX)$is approaching its previous high in 2022. Below are the performances of key gold futures and ETFs performances，will gold hit new high or come to a short-term top？what do you think? Welcome to comment to win Prizes.Before you join to share your own opi

After the much-anticipated 25-basis-point interest rate hike announced by the Fed, many market participants believe that the market had already priced in this outcome. As a result, the stock market did not react significantly to the news, and major asset classes continued to consolidate.$E-mini Nasdaq 100 - main 2309(NQmain)$ US stock market took rally instead on FOMC decision.1. Dollar $USD Index(USDindex.FOREX)$ falls after Fed rate hikeFollowing a continuous decline, the U.S. dollar index rebounded from 99.54 and reached a high of 101.65 before retracing slightly. The dollar's rebound was one of the contributing factors to the recent pullback in the U.S. stock market."His confidence that

From March 8 through April 24, gold rallied over 9%, outpacing the S&P 500 which was up just over 3% in the same period. The rally seemed to correspond with headlines of banking stress that could have the potential to alter the Fed’s hiking path. For almost a year the U.S. treasury yield curve has been inverted leading many analysts to believe that the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession.These and other factors have drawn increased attention to the gold market, where options on gold futures have reached record trading volume in 2023. Gold is believed to perform well in times of economic stress. But does it? Let’s look at history to tell us how gold performs under three scenarios – inflation, recession, and stagflation.Is Gold an Inflation Hedge?The last major bout of inflation in

As most of the market traders had expected, the Fed released its June meeting minutes at 2 a.m. last night, a departure from the June decision to suspend rate hike It‘s a very hawkish meeting minutes. His announcement once again consolidated the market's expectation that the Federal Reserve will rate hike twice again in the future. At the same time, it also echoed Powell's hawkish speech after the interest rate meeting in June. Stimulated by the expectation of rising interest rates, the US stocks that rose to a high level began to gradually pull back.Let's take a look at the details of this meeting minutes.:This summary is a record of the meeting in June, showing many unknown details. What we need to pay attention to is the following points:1. There are serious differences within the Feder

World’s Top Gold ETF Sees Holdings Surge in Bullish Demand Sign. Why and How? Any other gold ETF you might also interested in? 1. GLD ETF Welcomes the biggest Inflow since 2004 The world's largest Gold ETF---- $(SPDR Gold Trust)$ (NYSEArca: $(GLD)$) expanded last Friday to have the most shares in the issue since August, needing an additional 27.6 tonnes of bullion backing from Thursday's closing level, worth $1.63 billion. That's the biggest 1-day capital inflow in Dollar terms since listing almost 18 years ago. Fluctuations in ETF holdings are a good indicator of investor interest in gold.GLD was launched on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2004 by World Gold Trus

West Texas Intermediate (WTI$W&T Offshore(WTI)$) for March delivery advanced 2% to $87.30 a barrel. Brent$Brent Last Day Financial - main 2203(BZmain)$ for March settlement rose 2% to$89.97 a barrel at 10:50 a.m. in New York. The rising prices of crude oil Inventories at the largest U.S. oil hub fell by 1.8 million barrels for the third week in a row. The oil price has surged in recent days, signaling tight supply. Prices are also moving on mounting concern over a possible Russian incursion into Ukraine. A potential conflict carries large risks for financial markets — especially energy commodities such as natural gas and oil. Looking at stocks, we c

Commodity index expected to post biggest weekly gain since 1960. In recent weeks, in addition to $Light Crude Oil - main 2204(CLmain)$ , another futures gainer that may be ignored is agricultural commodities futures.  Let's look at the current trends of $Wheat - main 2205(ZWmain)$ and $Corn - main 2205(ZCmain)$ In just two days, $Wheat - main 2205(ZWmain)$  has risen around 20%.  $Corn - main 2205(ZCmain)$ and 

The U.S. port for exporting natural gas suddenly caught fire, and the equipment was burned. The amount of natural gas exported to Europe plummeted, while the U.S. gas reserves overstocked because the products can not exported.Man-made or not, the result of the accident has been a very reasonable temporary drop in energy prices in the United States. Meanwhile, gas prices in Europe side are soaring and the gas shortage is even more severe.The accident happened last week, and after the main export facility "exploded" and shut down, the US natural gas exporter announced yesterday that the Freeport LNG terminal will be closed for three weeks. The company has just issued an update , it now expects to restart partially within 90 days.Freeport, located in the Gulf of Mexico, Te