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(Video): The Relationship Between Gold and Bitcoin – May 26, 2021
Another round of “hopium” supported risk-related assets during today’s trading session as confidence, caused by the gradual reopening of economies, supported US equity markets during the North American docket. Although risk appetite was the prevailing market behavior among investors, financial markets were still reluctant to trade notably higher and remained tethered to their opening ranges, as […]
Continue readingWhy Lower Rates Encourage Firmer Stocks? – May 25, 2021
While global equity markets opened the week with solid gains across most trading bourses, we witnessed a handover of that same risk appetite in Pre-Wall Street Hours, as US Future indices pointed to a higher open. The decline in US 10-year yields to 1.58% during the European Trading Hours, weighed on the greenback (USD), and […]
Continue reading(Webinar): The Link Between Currencies & Commodities – May 10, 2021
Financial markets opened the week firm & strong for the first half of the trading day. But, as the day progressed, price action became tepid and mixed as the Nasdaq 100, along with other growth stocks, loss their attraction as concerns over higher inflation threaten the value of these particular assets. Leading into the US […]
Continue readingWhat To Expect In This Week’s Open – February 22, 2021
Hello Traders. I hope all of you are prepared for another exciting week of trading! We’re still expecting the reflation and inflation narrative to strengthen their grip on financial markets as interest rate expectations continue to rise and the US Treasury yield curve continues to steepen. As a result, stocks failed to hold onto their week’s gain […]
Continue readingEUR/USD Breaking To Fresh Highs In Holiday Trading
In the midst of the “end-of-year” holiday hiatus and traditional thin trading volumes, EUR/USD is constantly breaking to fresh highs and is testing the 1.2300 institutional zone on US Dollar weakness. Investors are choosing to trade on enthusiasm into the new year, with very little news flow contributing to the risk positive mood. Lingering optimism […]
Continue reading(Video): Why Emerging Market Assets Closed Firm On Today?
During today’s webinar, we discussed price behavior among emerging market assets and why EM currencies benefit when investors seek higher yielding risk assets over low yielding safe haven assets. In the US afternoon, Banxico (Mexico’s Central Bank) moved to cut their benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, from 6.00% to 5.50%. This decision initiated […]
Continue readingWeekly Outlook: Will Virus Gloom Continue To Infect The Market?
The panic and commotion seen in risk-oriented assets, over the past few weeks, have lessened somewhat since the on-set of the crisis and after implementation of the global quarantine. However, this tranquility in financial markets may be feeble and soon coming to an end, as investors continue to monitor the pace of COVID-19 infections in […]
Continue readingVideo: Where Is The US Dollar Headed? – Technical Tuesday
During this week’s “Technical Tuesday” Analysis Session (January 21, 2020), we provided a brief overview of the inter-day price dynamics in the EUR/USD and USD/JPY currency pairs, and offer various trade scenarios with projected targets that could form within each pair as the week progresses. After a brief period of correction in the $DXY during […]
Continue readingVideo: Two Possible Scenarios For EUR/USD – Technical Tuesday
During this week’s “Technical Tuesday” Analysis Session (January 7, 2020), we provided a brief overview of the inter-day price dynamics in the EUR/USD and USD/JPY currency pairs, and offer various trade scenarios with projected targets that could form within each pair as the week progresses. Financial Markets were in consolidation earlier in the trading session, […]
Continue readingWeek Ahead – Full Market Returns With War Drums & Risk Aversion
Financial Markets will be ramping up into full gear during the first full week of the New Year, following a festive holiday rally in US equities that alluded to global trade optimism and Brexit concerns coming to a cheerful end. However, this risk positive mood may be coming to a huge halt given the sounding […]
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