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The Federal Reserve completed its two-day meeting on Wednesday and announced that it will continue to taper off its bond-buying program (also known as Quantitative Easing or QE), citing an improving U.S. economy. The plan to end the program completely in October still stands. The Fed’s Statement Regarding Purchases of Treasury Securities and Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities reads as follows:

Gold fell from a one-week high on Tuesday but was little changed on Wednesday morning as investors are weighing signs of an improving U.S. economy against geopolitical tensions in Russia/Ukraine and the Middle East. The Federal Reserve concludes their two-day meeting on Wednesday, and data is expected to show that the economy rebounded last quarter.

It’s a big week for United States economic data, with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Tuesday-Wednesday, second quarter GDP figures being released on Wednesday, and employment data coming out on Friday. Markets are already reacting, with the 24-hour gold spot price reaching a one-week high of $1,312 per ounce early Tuesday morning, and

Gold has certainly seen its ups and downs so far in 2014, and no one has a crystal ball to look into the future and predict its next direction. However, in an article titled “At the Crossroads: Gold in 2014” from the February/March issue of American Hard Assets magazine, author Mike Getlin points out that “Though 2014 may

Data released by Fidelity Investments on Wednesday showed a surprising new fact: investors holding an individual retirement account at Fidelity contributed an average of $4,150 in 2013, a record high level up 5.7% from 2012. The average account balance among the 7 million IRAs held at Fidelity also rose by 10%. Perhaps most surprisingly, contributions

According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, if you’ve noticed you’re spending more on everyday necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and gas, you are correct. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the costs of consumer goods and services purchased by households and is arguably the best measure of inflation, increased