Will Hong Kong abandon the peg against the USD? The financial hub of Asia, which connects the East to the West has been in the middle of pissing contest between the United States and China, not to mention their domestic struggle between them and China. If protests for autonomy in Hong Kong continue, and President Trump implements drastic foreign policy measures...
The European Commission wants to borrow €750B to help European Nations less capitalized.
This is on the back Germany and France’s proposal for a €500B fund intended to be given as grants to poorer nations such as Italy and Spain. Financial times estimate that Italy could be in line to get close to €82B The extra €250B was suggested by the European Commission in...
It is a firing start to the trading week as significant indices are in the green as risk on prevails. The SP500 reached a gain of 3%, breaching that psychological 3,000 mark. Although bears took some control near the end of the trading day, the sentiment was overall bullish.
I feel as though we have seen this repeatedly for the past 2 weeks. Restrictions on lock...
Week ahead: GDP and Inflation
It is a busy week ahead for the markets as the Coronavirus is still front and center. Oil is up 75% in the past month while tensions between the United States and China escelates. Traders and investors should take caution when entering into the markets this week..
As of today, the Coronavirus death toll stands at 343,116 as the...
Gold reached an all-time high earlier this week as it cleared the $1,750 level. It was able to reach bids at $1,765 before the US trading station started for the week. However, this rally was not sustainable as Risk on prevailed as Moderna reported positive data on early-stage coronavirus vaccine trial.
Gold retracted back down to $1,725 today as Risk on...
There is no other way than up? Fed funds rates turning negative, was another reason to be bullish on $Gold, with a crucial top at $1,747 as a target, which if breached, paves way for $1,800. Investors pricing in tensions and tarifs over 2020, could also help the bull cause.
With the FED futures funds rate expecting to be negative for 2021 and their open-ended QE program, we may see some US$ selling pressure as investors could sought after more risk-on safe havens, such as the JPY, CHF or AUD. The expectation for a growth decline is posing catastrophic numbers and with a recent positive correlation trend (negative date and positive...
Gold is back on the upside, trading at $1,710/oz after a 3 day losing streak as the US Dollar weakens. After hitting a peak at $1,731, gold lost some of its momentum, but is now looking to repeat its pattern from a few weeks ago. The yellow metal has been making sharp gains since the start of the month, rising to hit $1,725 before experiencing a short sell-off due...
The Australian Dollar has seen a resurgence in recent days, following its massive drop mid March. At its lowest, the Aussie had traded at 0.5749 against the USD, but has steadily been climbing back up, and is now at 0.6482 and continuing to climb. Moving ahead, AUD/USD has a strong support at 0.6439, which gives further credence for it to keep rising.
Likewise,...
UK Consumer Confidence was unchanged from its 12 year low, according to a survey by polling firm GfK done for the first two weeks of April. After last month’s figure of -34, the lowest it had been since February 2009, the number figure remained the same as UK citizens await the end of the lockdown.
Consumer confidence data is a measure of peoples’ willingness...
US stocks have not seen any major changes this week, staying uncharacteristically calm despite headlines such as the oil price crash. The Dow Jones gained 457 points on its Wednesday session, a jump of 2%. It is now trading at 23,400 points on the hourly chart. Likewise, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices saw similar gains, climbing 2.3% and 2,8%,...
After reaching close to $1,740 just a week ago, gold has now fallen and is hovering at the $1,680 support level. For the Asian session, gold remained largely unchanged, as it moved only 1% to the downside.
Gold’s status as the king of safe havens has been challenged by the US Dollar, which continues to consolidate above 100 points on the Dollar Index. Gold’s...
In a truly bizarre turn of events, crude oil has dropped below $0 for the first time in history. Over the course of the day, traders watched as WTI crude oil crashed during its trading session, falling to $15 per barrel, and then $11, before finally giving out and turning negative. It is now so bad that traders are willing to pay for oil to be taken off their...
The New Zealand Dollar made a jump at 4am GMT today, during a press conference where New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the country would be ending its Level 4 lockdown at the end of Monday 27th April, one week from now. New Zealand will move back down to Level 3 of its alert phase.
Immediately after the announcement was made, the NZD rose...
On the 12th of April, the OPEC alliance, headed by Saudi Arabia, and Russia reached an agreement to cut the production of oil by 9.7 million barrels per day until June, effectively ending the ongoing price war between the two countries. As well as this they will continue to restrain output for at least the next two years. Following this news oil was able to climb...
US stocks extended losses at the close of yesterday’s trading session as news came that US retail sales had dropped 8.7% from February to March, according to a report from the Commerce Department.
The Dow Jones, S&P 500, and NASDAQ fell 1.9%, 2.2% and 1.4%, respectively. The Dow is now currently trading at 23,400 points.This news comes as no surprise, as the...
GBP/USD, which had been steadily making sharp moves to the upside in recent days, has now broken that streak to trade lower, with a modest decrease of 0.17% from the previous day’s trading session, now down to 1.2604. If the pair is to continue moving lower, it will meet support at the 1.2460 level.
Prior to this the Pound/Dollar pair had been trading at a four...
Back in the beginning of March, I predicted that gold would hit $1,700 by the end of the month. And while it has taken just two weeks longer than that to do so, it has nevertheless reached expectations. Over the past few days gold has hit 7 year highs, and is currently trading above $1,720, showing no signs of stopping.
There was a delay in the yellow metal...
