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Kristoffer Inton

Gold Holds Steady Even as Fed Announces Another Rate Hike With More to Come This Year

At its June meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve once again raised the federal-funds target rate 25 basis points to a range of 1.75%-2%. In addition, the majority of officials at the central bank now expects four rate hikes in 2018, compared with an even split between three and four hikes at the March meeting. The June rate hike was largely expected by the market, as options prices implied a more-than 91% probability prior to the announcement. Furthermore, the market appears largely unfazed by an a...
Underlying
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Agnico-Eagle Mines is a gold mining company with mining operations in Canada, Mexico and Finland. Co. earns a proportion of its revenues from the production and sale of gold in both dore bar and concentrate form. The remainder of revenue and cash flow is generated by the production and sale of byproduct metals. The revenue from byproduct metals is mainly generated by production at the LaRonde mine in Canada (silver, zinc, copper and lead) and the Pinos Altos mine in Mexico (silver).

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Kristoffer Inton

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