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Fed Statement: Bernanke Speaks: This has got to be bullish for gold...

Yeah i think its a tricky one. I expect the fed to announce they will purchase the treasuries as expected. This should surely buoy commodities and i would expect the oil price to rise. However I think a lot of this recent downward pressure on oil is to do with the fiscal cliff. If for instance...

I see, thanks. So you are not expecting any major commodity moves tomorrow, unless perhaps Bernanke doesn't produce the goods, in which case things could sell off..? I actually think that he will do the $40bn boost as expected, this past year the fed has always conformed to expectations, there...

Hi All, I am wondering what peoples views are as to the Fed announcement tomorrow at 12:30pm ET 12/12/12. According to this article, the consensus is in, that Bernanke will print: Fed Seen Pumping Up Assets to $4T in New Buying - Businessweek Stocks are already Buoyed by the news, but...

What do you think is happening with the Oil price, its quite close to its most recent lows, both Brent and Light .. Do you think it is waiting for tomorrows fed announcement? In the long term it is a difficult one to speculate as there seems to be an expansion of supply in the US, and yet...

Re: Will Bernanke Play Santa Again So what does everyone reckon? I think Goldman is predicting that Bernanke will replace Operation Twist with $40bn in Treasury buys per month.. But speculating on these fed announcements is never straight forward..