Bank Fears Fade
Bank Fears Fade This week saw a calm slowly return to stock markets as severe banking contagion fears slowly faded....
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Bank Fears Fade This week saw a calm slowly return to stock markets as severe banking contagion fears slowly faded....
NZD Short: The US Hard Landing Hedge? High beta currencies, like the Australian Dollar and the New Zealand Dollar, tend...
The Bank of England: Hold or hike? There are two reasons why the Bank of England might hold rates on...
The Big Questions Around Inflation, Recession, Banking Contagion, and Fed Rates Inflation The growing view is that the banking crisis...
Has the ECB Set the Tone for the Fed? Heading into last week’s ECB meeting there was speculation that the...
The Hard Decision Facing Central Banks Next week the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and Swiss National Bank all meet....
ECB: How will the SVB & Credit Suisse crisis impact the rate decision In the space of just a few...
Three Reasons for Gold and Silver's Appeal, But Will it Last? Bank forecasts are rising for gold’s year-end price now...
Rapid US Rate Repricing Could Lift Gold Even Higher The latest SVB news has greatly changed interest rate expectations for...
BoJ Unmoved by Expectations to End Yield Curve Control This was Governor Kuroda’s last central bank meeting and there had...
Bank of Canada Takes a More Dovish Step Going into the meeting STIR markets and economists were united in seeing...
Friday's NFP Jobs are in Key Focus this Week It is hard to overemphasise how important this NFP jobs print...
RBA: Past Peak Inflation? The RBA thinks it has reached peak inflation and is citing monthly CPI data suggesting that...
Why Oil's Outlook Looks Strong Oil has continually found itself being bought on dips over the last few months and...
RBA: What to Expect Next Week The RBA meets next week and here are the expectations. Short Term Interest Rate...
Tesla's Time to Take Off? Elon Musk has a reputation of a man who gets things done. It is a...
Return to the China Re-Opening Rally? It was around the end of October and the start of November last year...
US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI in Focus The key focus this week will be on the US ISM non-manufacturing PMI print....
Salesforce Selling? https://youtu.be/v3BZuxc4EEw Salesforce is an American cloud based software provider that has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. The...
What's Going On With the CHF? The interest rate for the SNB is at 1.00% and the SNB is not...
RBNZ Takes a Hawkish Line In the last RBNZ meeting on February 22 markets were expecting a 50 bps rate...
Core PCE in Focus. What's the Trade? The PCE print is the personal consumption expenditures print that measures the spending...
Dollar Outlook: What's Going On? Since the start of February, the USD has enjoyed a resurgence on a string of...
Using Daily Pivot Points One of the tried and tested technical tools that traders have used for years is pivot...
RBNZ Rate Decision Next Week On February 22 at 01:00 GMT, the RBNZ will announce its interest rate decision. At...
Disinflation Continues This week US CPI was in major focus as investors tried to speculate on what it would mean...
Is General Motors a Buy? https://youtu.be/eKCqiqPX6Tg General Motors launched an advert over the latest Super Bowl announcing that Netflix would...
The Global Knock-On From Japan's Policy Change The BoJ has been slowly moving away from its ultra-loose monetary policy but...
The Major US Narrative that you Need to Know Sometimes markets are nearly eclipsed by a narrative and this is...
Canadian Jobs Data At the last BoC interest rate meeting it became clear that the BoC may have now had...
RBA: Up and Away Heading into the latest RBA meeting it was reasonable to expect a more bullish decision as...
Bank of England's Last Hike? Heading into the meeting the Bank of England was expected to hike interest rates by...
Just One More Cut to Come for the Fed? It’s possible. On Wednesday the Fed took a marked shift in...
China's Back! But it May be Inflationary The news this week that the IMF lifted its global growth projections was...
Oil Eyes OPEC+ and the Fed Oil markets have reasons for higher prices in principle. China’s re-opening should stimulate demand,...
What to Expect from the Fed this Week This is the time when the two competing narratives over the Fed’s...
Tokyo Inflation: Here we go a Yen How long can the BoJ hold out? That’s the question JPY and JGB...
Bank of Canada: Topping Out Now at 4.5%? The Bank of Canada increased interest rates by 25bps to 4.50% on...
Will the RBA need to be more aggressive now? It was Australia’s inflation data this week that raised expectations for...
Where Next for the USD? The latest CFTC positioning shows that asset managers have been continuing to add to dollar...
Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision At the last meeting, the Bank Of Canada’s Governing Council said that it, ‘will...
IBM's Strong Seasonal Pattern https://youtu.be/O5UFBtPISs8 The International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational company operating in over 175 countries...
Disney's Magical Seasonals https://youtu.be/gnz4HoGAQHw On February 8, Disney is set to release its earnings figures for Q4 2022. So, with...
BoJ: Holding the Line Going into the last BoJ meeting there was significant speculation surrounding the path that the BoJ...
What to Expect from the Fed? What to expect from the Fed on the 1st of February? The Fed should...
Where Next for Gold Last week saw gold taking another rally higher on further relief/confirmation that US inflation has peaked....
What to expect from the ECB’s next meeting and the EUR The latest inflation data from the ECB shows good...
So Many Reasons to be Long Platinum! https://youtu.be/P5M2iqx779Y Giles Coghlan from HYCM markets discusses the CHF/JPY which he is looking...
What's Next for the GBP? The outlook for the UK remains bleak with the Bank of England projecting 5 quarters...
What's Next for the SNB and the CHF? In December’s meeting, the SNB hiked rates by 50bps as expected to...
What's Next for the BoJ on January 18th? At the last BoJ meeting on December 20, the bank unexpectedly tweaked...
The USD Opportunity to be Aware of There is a discrepancy between the market and the Fed that provides a...
What's Looking Hot for 2023? The first thing to realise about yearly looks ahead is that they can prove to...
US Labour Data a Major Focus One of the factors that has kept the Fed on its hawkish rate path...
New Year, New Fears: Where are Stocks Headed in 2023? Last year global stocks had their worst year since 2008....
Is Adidas a Great Stock to Buy at the End of Q1? https://youtu.be/26_jgD-_wu8 How to choose a great time for...
Platinum's Strong Seasonal Start to the Year https://youtu.be/yasBefne6k0 Platinum is one metal that has an amazing seasonal start to the...
Is the NZD Too Cheap? https://youtu.be/7F5YC9XUl3s Over the last 22 years from December 24 to December 31, the NZDUSD pair...
EURUSD to Move Higher Into New Year's Eve? https://youtu.be/niV3i41C3ek The USD is vulnerable to a time of weakness around the...
USD Softness Into Year-End https://youtu.be/tJyOuUMQkqM Another really notable trend around this time of the year is USD weakness. This is...
Fed's Dot Plot Shock This week started with a miss in the US CPI data setting hopes for a dovish...
Oil Prices: A Question of Supply and Demand The longer term picture for oil looks strong. Many analysts point to...
Trading 101: Volume Confirms Price The market communicates its mood not only through price but also through volume. This is...
Is the Market Wrong on US Inflation? It was the Fed that originally got it wrong on US inflation seeing...
Fed focus: Slower & lower or faster & higher rates? This week is all about the Federal Reserve and what...
Waiting for the Fed This week was a holding week ahead of the Fed meeting next Wednesday. The recent slew...
RBA: Inflation Pressure Remains Although the RBA both hiked rates to the highest level since 2012 and at the sharpest...
Big Picture: What's the Reason for Stock Market Uncertainty There has been a steady rise in neutral sentiment towards the...
Using sentiment surveys like the American Association of Individual Investors We have covered the impact of the magazine cover indicator before...
BoC Heading for a 25bps Hike? Next week the Bank of Canada meets and it will be an interesting meeting...
Powell Pushback This week was all about the Fed and the latest incoming US data. On Wednesday Powell addressed markets...
China’s press conference confirms a Covid ‘pivot’ in all but name Back in May, the outlook for China exiting its...
Italy’s debt could be a worry for the Eurozone Bloomberg reports that Italy has a €123.2 billion debt mountain from...
What are President Xi’s options with China’s Covid protests? The latest protests in China have been widespread and show a...
All Eyes on US Inflation this Week It’s all about inflation this week, US inflation specifically. In order to see...
RBNZ Considered a 100bps Hike The RBNZ met this week and took a decidedly hawkish tone. The RBNZ recognises that...
A Simple Solution for Trading Uncertain Markets Sometimes the medium-term picture is uncertain for financial markets. Right now is one...
Has Bitcoin triggered a Magazine Cover Indicator buy signal? The ‘magazine cover indicator’ is the belief that by the time...
RBNZ Rate Decision: Housing Market Drag? On November 1 New Zealand house prices showed the first sign of strain with...
The UK’s Autumn Budget: What it means for the GBPUSD Last week’s UK budget marks a return to austerity. The...
Taking Small Bites at Key Turning Points One of the major weaknesses of trading key macro fundamentals is that markets...
UK Inflation Surge The main economic event this week was once again from inflation data, but not from the US....
What's the Trade from the UK's Autumn Budget The UK’s Autumn budget has to balance three pressing things. It has...
Potential CAD opportunity with Inflation Print on Wednesday This week’s Canadian CPI print could provide some short-term volatility in the...
US Retail Sales Focud This week sees the US retail sales release which is likely to cause some volatility on...
Timing the S&P500 & the Midterm Rally; does it Make Sense? Going into the US midterm elections analysts were mostly...
What's Going On with the New Zealand Dollar? The New Zealand Dollar has been moving higher recently in line with...
Midterm seasonality: Is there a 100% chance of a higher S&P500 in 3 months' time? According to Bloomberg, there is...
BoE's Relief What a difference a new Prime Minister has made to the Bank of England! The Bank of England...
Fed Stays Strong Against Inflation The Fed hiked by 75 bps as expected and initially had bullish stock hopes firing....
Why China's Re-Opening Argument is Unhelpful Around May of this year, it looked like the tide had finally turned for...
RBA Takes a Dovish Stance Going into the November meeting markets were fully expecting a 25 bps rate hike. This...
BoJ Keeps to the Dovish Script Going into the BoJ meeting, there had been expectations that the BoJ may signal...
ECB: The Latest Bank to Take a Dovish Tilt The ECB’s decision to hike rates by 75bps was expected, but...
What to Expect From the Federal Reserve It was on Friday 21st October that the first indication of a Fed...
FTSE 100: Looking Cheap for Long-Term Value Buyers The outlook for the UK has been covered extensively across the world’s...
Time for Contrarians to Bet on China? The risks for investing in China’s markets are numerous. President Xi is pivoting...
Copper's Supply Issue A recent article by Bloomberg has flagged a problem with the copper market. It comes from a storage facility...
The Rise of Fiscal Stimulus and What it Means When Mario Draghi left the ECB, his rallying cry was that...
The Bond Market is the Truth The bond market is the truth. So goes the old saying. It is also...
Silver and the Gold/Silver Ratio One ratio that precious metal traders must know about is the gold/silver ratio. This ratio...
Using a Sell-On-Stop Order for BoJ Intervention At the moment there is a strong threat that the Bank of Japan...
Why the Canadian Dollar is More Vulnerable to Bad News than Good The latest communication from the BoC shows that...
Tesla Faces Growing Challenges Elon Musk has a mercurial aura surrounding him. He led the way with Tesla in blazing...
Trading the US CPI on Thursday The reaction to the last Non-Farm Payroll print was based on the view that...
Making Sense of the Recent Fed Narrative What is the Fed Pivot? The ‘Fed Pivot’ is a micro-narrative that has...
How to Trade Just Before Major Announcements Avoid opening positions just before major announcements When a major news announcement is...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Full steam ahead? The RBNZ meeting was as expected this week. Rates were raised by...
Reserve Bank of Australia: Lower rates ahead? The RBA hiked rates by 25bps early on Tuesday morning sending the AUD...
Friday's Top Economic Trading Opportunities On Friday we have CAD jobs data and the US NFP data. Both reports are...
Interesting Data for the Fed This Week The foundation keeping the Fed on an aggressive rate hiking footing has been...
Trading Contrary Opinion This is an art form and a way of trading at market extremes. By definition, trading contrary...
What Will the BoE Need to Do Now About the GBP? The latest mini-budget from the UK sent gilt markets...
The Challenge After the BoJ Intervenes in the JPY When the BoJ met in September speculation had been increasing regarding...
Copper Set For Long-Term Gains? In the near term, copper is set for more falls. Global recessionary fears brought on...
Peak Bullish Message for the USD The Fed hiked by 75 bps to 3.00-3.25% as expected and with the expectation...
BoJ Intervention and Other Key Events BoJ intervention and other key events The Bank of Japan intervened to strengthen the...
What's the JPY Trade Out of the BoJ? The Bank of Japan has a problem. That problem is the weakness...
How to Trade 3 Different Instruments Over the Fed Meeting The Fed is widely expected to hike interest rates by...
Why Patience May Pay in this Market Since the start of the month we have increasingly seen hopes of a...
Gold and Silver Selling Ahead? Gold and silver markets have both been pressured over the last few weeks on expectations...
Bullish Bets on China Grow Again Chinese equity traders have been increasing their inflows into Chinese stocks as hedge start...
How to Trade Today's US CPI Print The main data focus for today is the US CPI print as markets...
ECB Avoids 2023 Recession Projection The latest ECB decision started off in the same vein as the RBA’s and the...
CAD Unfazed post-BoC Meeting The Bank of Canada hiked by 75 bps to 3.25% as expected on Wednesday this week...
RBA Sticks to the Script but is Not on a Pre-Set Path The RBA hiked by 50 bps as expected...
Are You Ready for the ECB Meeting Tomorrow? The 75bps or even a 100bps hike this Thursday will not necessarily...
Trading the Pennant and Flag Pattern According to Thomas Bulkowski, one of the most profitable technical patterns is the high...
What's Going On With the CAD? This week the BoC meets so it is a good time to see what’s...
RBA: All Set for a Dovish Tilt Next Week The RBA is facing a growing list of worries likely to...
NFP on Friday One of the best trading opportunities comes from the NFP this Friday. Since the last speech from...
The Rise of the USDJPY and Possible BoJ Intervention The USDJPY has been continually pushing higher as the market prices...
Is Now the Time to Short the Nasdaq? https://youtu.be/oGIhpA_S9E0 On Friday Jerome Powell said that the Fed is moving ‘purposefully’...
Confirming a Theory Using Dow Theory A trend is very simply a directional movement of price that remains in effect...
How To Trade The Jackson Hole Symposium The run-up to the Jackson Hole Symposium has been one in which yields...
What's Going On With the CHF? For years the Swiss National Bank called the CHF ‘overvalued’. However, it has now...
Why Powell is Likely to Take a Hawkish Stance at Jackson Hole Jerome Powell is going to have to correct...
FOMC Minutes: The Fed's Dilemma The problem with the Fed fighting inflation is that it needs to tackle growth sharply...
RBNZ Increases its Interest Rate Projections The RBNZ took a decidedly hawkish tilt this week as the central bank raises...
How to Trade in Uncertain Markets There are easier and harder times to trade. Sometimes the outlook for an asset...
How Could Liz Truss Sink the GBP? If Liz Truss is elected by the conservative party to be the new...
How to Trade the US Confidence Print The recent shift away from uniform low-interest rates by central banks means that...
The Reasons Why the RBNZ Should Take a More Dovish Tilt Next Week After July’s central bank meeting, the RBNZ hinted...
Trading Today's US CPI Print Today is the release of the US CPI print. The market has been laser-focused on...
Can CADJPY Gain Through the Summer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebw44mmIGI Friday Canadian jobs printed below expectations with drops in the headline figure and...
BoE Brings Forward UK Recession Projections Going into this meeting it was always going to be about the growth forecast...
RBA & BoE Follow the Fed The visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan spooked markets this week...
What's Driving Gold Prices Right Now? Should the dip be bought? Gold prices rose 2.57% last week as markets firmed...
RBA Moves to a Meeting-By-Meeting Basis The Federal Reserve is like the pied piper of central banks. When the Fed...
How to Trade the BoE Meeting on Thursday Heading into the BoE meeting expectations from Short Term Interest Markets are...
August Central Bank Overview Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. The link to the...
What to Watch For From the RBA Rate Decision The key focus heading into the RBA meeting is to what...
Sell the EURJPY Rally? On Friday the Eurozone Global Composite PMI print for July dropped to 49.4 from 51.0. This...
BoC: Front Loads Interest Rate Hikes to Counter Costly Inflation The Bank of Canada has front-loaded some of its interest...
RBNZ: Hints at Slowing Growth Heading into the last RBNZ meeting short-term interest rate markets were pricing in a 100%...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw29BR0slbs Is This Gold's Time to Shine? Gold is now entering one of its strongest periods during the month of...
https://youtu.be/zA5B05wElb8 Can Nike shares Run Higher Into Year End? How have the latest COVID-19 restrictions impacted demand for Nike gear...
https://youtu.be/f9Quv10rYrs Is Silver Set for a Strong Summer? Silver and gold typically have a strong seasonal pattern around the summer...
The Link Between CAD and Oil Prices Canada is one of the largest oil producers in the world with substantial...
What is a Bond and How Does it Relate to a Yield Curve? The basics of what a bond is...
https://youtu.be/PTQ9M1Lx9-M Corn Falls Ahead? Commodities have enjoyed some strong gains due to Covid-induced supply chain issues, but some seasonal patterns...
https://youtu.be/qsdwAIvqGSM Apple Advance? Apple has some great seasonals over a typically quiet summer. With everything going on in the market...
https://youtu.be/hTQcMKpFF5s Netflix Selling Ahead? Netflix tends to see a very weak seasonal period at the end of July. The reasons...
Different Ways to Trade a Surprise News Release Trading a surprise beat or miss in an economic release can be...
EURJPY Sellers Look Likely From Here Pairing a weak currency against a strong currency is a basic market skill that...
AUDNZD Outlook as RBNZ Expected to Turn Less Hawkish in Line with RBA The RBNZ meet next week at 0300...
What's Going On With Gold? Why the sharp fall this week? Gold has been touted as an inflation hedge and...
RBA: Hikes as Expected, Slightly Less Hawkish The RBA hiked by 50 bps to 1.35% as anticipated. Short-term interest rate...
The Technicals Driving Gold Right Now Gold’s technical reversal signal Last week gold retested major support around the $1780 region....
Growth Risk Key Question for the Second Half of 2022 As we start the second half of 2022 investors remain...
A Tip For When Bitcoin Might Recover The recent falls in the crypto space has left many traders reeling. Alternative...
What’s going on in markets right now? Growth worries, Dip buying, & Inflation fears The big picture is that markets...
https://youtu.be/cLmAHbMZrGE Is Walmart a Recession Buster? Walmart is one stock that can potentially outperform if the US economy takes a downturn....
Why Britain Has a Bumpy Road to Recovery Ahead The Bank of England forecasts that growth would be negative for...
https://youtu.be/KiSIjlwOYHM What's Driving Gold Pricing Right Now? This video outlines the key factors that are currently pushing and pulling the...
Is Oil Flashing a Warning Sign? Yes, and here are the reasons. Oil markets are sensing tensions around slowing global...
What's Going On with the Canadian Dollar The Canadian Dollar has been finding steady bids over the last few weeks...
SNB Takes On a New Role as Inflation Buster This was a shock decision. For years the SNB has been...
BoE: Another Dovish Hike as Expected The Bank of England hiked rates by 25 bps to 1.25% last week in...
Fed Gets Tough on Inflation The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 bps this week in order to combat...
Cathay Pacific: All Set to Fly Again? At the start of the year, Cathay Pacific flew to just under 30...
ECB Fails to Reassure Investors and Weakens the Euro Going into the ECB meeting there was already a high bar...
What's Going On With the USD? The Fed meets next week Expectations are for the Fed to hike by 50bps...
What You Need to Know A bout Natural Gas Markets Usually, these summer months are a natural lull for natural...
Why the RBA Hiked by a Surprise 50bps A 25 bps hike was expected and some investment banks had seen...
Canada's Central Bank Turns Tough on Inflation BoC hikes by 50 bps and takes another hawkish tilt At the prior...
China Goes All Our to Bring In the Wheat Harvest China is facing a tough time as it tries to...
How Will the Euro React to Next Week's ECB Meeting? The eurozone inflation print on May 31 moved to new...
What's Going on with the GBP? The Bank of England was one of the first major banks to increase interest...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlRnzbzIaoc Did You Miss Dell's Surge? Last week Dell’s shares surged nearly 14% higher as the company reported very strong...
NZDCAD Buy Bias? One of the key skills in trading is trading a strong currency against a weak one. This...
Why is China Holding Onto its Zero Covid plan? Many Western nations are leaving major lockdowns in the past. With...
The RBNZ Takes Inflation Head On Has the RBNZ just set a precedent? At the end of 2021, the RBNZ...
Walmart: What was the Message that Spooked the Markets? The message that spooked markets from Walmart’s earnings is that inflation...
China: Big Plans to Boost Growth In March the case was made for being bold on China. The rationale for that...
Big Round Numbers & Their Strong Impact on Financial Markets It is a well known behavioural fact that humans have...
The Dip - To Buy or Not to Buy? To buy or not to buy, that is the question? Take...
Trading Strength Against Weakness - The Key Concept to Grasp One of the core principles in trading is to pair...
What's Buffett Buying? Warren Buffet has always been a strong advocate of ‘value investing’. The key concept of ‘value investing’...
Why is Gold Not Gaining on Stagflation Fears? Gold has been touted as an inflation hedge and as a stagflationary...
Can the JPY Strengthen Now? The JPY has been the weakest currency of the year. Check it out here on...
COVID-19's Impact on the US Economy Bloomberg had an interesting piece on the ways that COVID-19 had impacted the US economy as...
Watch Out: Here Comes the Big Squeeze What’s the ‘big squeeze’? It’s the start of the end of extremely accommodative...
USD Eyes Inflation Data: How to Trade it Running into the last FOMC we had expected a ‘buy the rumour,...
Federal Reserve: Kept to Expectations Heading into the Federal Reserve meeting there was already a very high bar set for...
BoE: Another Dovish Hike At first glance, the BoE decision had signs of a hawkish tilt. Last meeting dissenter Cunliffe...
AUDUSD Longs Attractive Post-Fed One of the key skills needed in currency trading is pairing a strong currency with a...
Beware the Flash Crash On Monday, while the UK was on a public bank holiday, a flash crash occurred at...
RBA: AUD Soars as Inflation Forces the RBA's Hand The RBA hiked by 25bps and increased interest rates to 0.35bps...
What to Expect from the Upcoming BoE Meeting? The last BoE meeting in March saw a ‘dovish hike’. The split...
GBPAUD Sellers Ahead of the RBA? Short-term interest rate markets are expecting the RBA to hike interest rates next Tuesday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6Vk8FhM8g Will the FOMC reach peak bullishness next week? The FOMC meet next week and markets are expecting a 50...
Why Earnings Matter This Week One of the biggest macro concerns for investors right now is earnings. Today we have...
Will the BoJ Tackle JPY Weakness on Thursday? In the early hours of Thursday UK time, the Bank of Japan...
May Central Bank Overview Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. So, if you have...
BoC: Will Further CAD Gains be Capped from Here The BoC delivered a hawkish surprise at its last meeting. It...
ECB: Time for EURGBP Gains? Ahead of the ECB meeting we were looking for a scenario where the ECB acted...
If Something Can't Fall on Bad News, then it Can't Fall at All This trading saying is one that gets...
The Relationship Between the Japanese Yen, Oil & US 10 Year Yields When trading the Yen it is important to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fC6OQVFo7Q Will Boeing Shares Lift Off Again This Year? The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures,...
https://youtu.be/rnCB3ZfWLMo The German DAX has a very strong period of the year that you need to know about. From March...
May: Is This the Time to Sell US Stocks? “Sell in May, and go away!” It’s a well-known Wall Street...
The ECB Will Respond to Inflation Pressures More than Growth Concerns At least this is the playbook of central banks...
Fed Minutes: Where will S&P500 Buyers Step In if the US Heads into a Recession? The March minutes confirm Brainard’s...
Does China Shift in Sentiment Towards the US? China’s Government modified a decade-old rule that stopped offshore-listed firms’ financial data...
RBA: Hawkish Hold as Inflationary Pressures Rise The RBA has recognised that it may need to be less ‘patient’ over...
Does Apple have a Winning Formula for Revenue Growth? This may have been a change that has escaped your attention,...
RBA: Time for a Hawkish Shift? The RBA has been keeping to a very dovish script despite the fact that...
Most Global Stocks have Now Recovered all the Initial Russia/Ukraine Losses Around the middle of February the geo-political playbook was...
Gold, Stagflation and a Coming US Recession? This week saw a key part of the US yield curve invert for...
SNB: Holds Policy and Recognises Uncertainties Ahead At the latest SNB meeting, the Central bank kept its interest rate unchanged...
Time to be Bold on China? Bloomberg has published a piece this week highlighting a Chinese Hedge Fund betting big...
NZDJPY: Expect Buyers on the Dips The NZDJPY pair has broken higher through resistance at 82.50 as flagged here on the strong...
How to Trade the SNB Rate Decision The SNB constantly try to battle a strong CHF. Why? It is because...
Why the USD Remains Unchallenged There is often talk about the USD being challenged as the ‘King of currencies’. See here...
BoE's Dovish Hike to 0.75% The BoE has had a dovish hike. They hiked by 25bps with an 8-1 vote...
Fed: A Policy Mistake? The Fed hiked rates by 25bps as expected. The only dissenter to the policy outlook was...
Is This Now the Time for the NZDJPY Pair to Race Higher? The most important lesson to grasp when trading...
Using Technicals to Navigate Bitcoin & Crypto Volatility One of the major factors that puts traditional traders off from trading...
Why an Ageing US Population is Keeping Inflation Elevated Supply chain issues, commodity surges on geopolitical risk, energy crises, and...
ECB: Inflation Fears Loom Large Despite Russian Risk The ECB decision yesterday involved a balancing of two factors – rising...
Geopolitics Takes Centre Stage Russian/Ukraine risk once again sent commodities soaring and equities were pressured to start the week. However,...
Retail Buys the Dip, But Professionals Fear It Bloomberg published an interesting piece this week where it highlights the contrast...
China Feeling the Pinch of High Energy Prices, But Does Value Remain? China’s shares have continued to drift lower in...
What's Driving Gold Prices Right Now? Gold prices hit $2000 this week as demand has been stoked recently. There have...
BoC: Hiked as Expected and See Inflation Risks Rising Going into the Bank of Canada meeting markets had priced in...
Four Things To Do About the SNB's Latest Intervention Policy Yesterday SNB’s Zurbruegg said that it is important for the...
RBA: At the Turning Point for AUD Buyers The RBA was expected to keep rates unchanged at this week’s meeting...
How to Trade the BoC Rate Statement The Bank of Canada meets on Wednesday this week and the expectations and...
How to Trade the RBA Meeting It was the wage price index that was in focus last week. Why? This...
The Weakness of Trading Macro FX You Must Know There is one key weakness with trading the FX from a...
RBNZ: More Rate Hikes to Come The last time we heard from the RBNZ was back in November last year, so...
Copper's Rangebound For Now Copper prices have been holding their elevated levels, but they have struggled to make fresh gains....
Wage Price Index: Wages are Key for the RBA to Hike Rates At the last RBA meeting, the RBA announced...
The Recession Indicator You Need to Know About The inverted yield curve is hailed as a US recession indicator. When...
NZDJPY to Surge Higher Next Week? The number one principle to grasp in FX trading is to pair a weak currency...
Have Stocks Felt the Real Impact of Rising Inflation Yet? Inflation in the US is at a 40 year high....
Why the JPY is now the Funding Currency of Choice The Bank of Japan made an important move last week...
The Geopolitical Playbook: What's the Trade? It can be easy to get carried away with geopolitical events and assume the...
5 Personal Impacts of Not Managing Risk There is a number of common human weaknesses that mean it can be...
Four Reasons for NZD Strength Ahead of the RBNZ Meeting The RBNZ is meeting on February 23 and here are...
Global Synchronised Tightening: What it Means for FX Markets If there is one key theme for markets that we have...
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Bank of England: Some Members Favoured a 50bps Hike Expectations at the last BoE meeting was for a 25bps rate...
ECB: The Only Way is Up for Rates? Going into the ECB meeting the focus was always going to be...
Time to Sell the Rally? Stock markets were able to rally higher this week, but questions remain over whether that...
RBA: A Surprise Dovish Tilt, but the RBA is Still Expected to Hike this Year The RBA was expected to...
China Dominates the US in Clean Energy Metals When it comes to producing and processing clean energy metals China is...
Bank of England: Time to Get Serious Against Inflation The Bank of England is expected to hike interest rates this...
Fed: A Hawkish Pivot, but Powell Pledges to Stay 'Nimble' The first flush response to the Fed meeting is that...
BOC: A Bullish Hold Going into the Bank of Canada meeting markets had priced in around a 70-80% chance of...
Time for AUDJPY Longs? The outlook for the RBA has now shifted and the RBA now meets the targets it...
AUDCAD: Could Be a Great Trade Long Post BoC Today At their last central bank meeting, the RBA gave three...
China: Is This a Great Time to Invest as China's Moving Up in the World? The reputation of China is...
Goldman Sachs See More Commodity Gains in 2022 This was an interesting research note from Goldman Sachs (GS) on the...
AUD: Ready For Gains Now? Yesterday’s strong AUD employment report has helped further meet one of the RBA’s three guiding...
China Eases and US Yields Surge This week saw the PBOC cut interest rates by 10bps and US bond yields...
Tesla: More Than Just an EV Company? Tesla is most well known for its electric cars. However, Elon Musk has...
How to Trade the Canadian CPI Data At the Bank of Canada’s last rate meeting, the CAD lost value as market...
Is This a Good Time to Buy China's Indices? China’s central bank (PBOC)has cut interest rates for the first time...
If UK's PM Johnson Quits, What's the Trade? In the event that UK PM Johnson quits the most likely reaction...
Dollar drops as Fed pushes back on QT timeline? Before December it would have been considered far too premature for...
Is the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Now in Sight? The governments have started to consider reducing the amount of time...
RBA: Set to Take a Bullish Twist? In December the RBA kept rates unchanged at 0.10% and the weekly bond...
US CPI: What's the Trade Today? Expectations going into the US CPI print today is for headline inflation to rise...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4D8jBMMZz4 Game On For Tencent? Tencent Holdings Ltd, more commonly known as Tencent, is a Chinese multinational entertainment and holdings...
Stock Saying: As Goes January, So Goes the Year There is a very strong seasonal pattern seen in the markets...
Gold Hit be Fed Policy: Where Next? Heading into the last FOMC meeting we flagged one of the big risks...
The Challenge Investors Face For 2022 Conditions for 2022 are likely to be challenging. The Fed has projected that they...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UywwzBo7PN0 Will Copper Prices Move Higher in February? One of the key risks for copper revolves around how China responds...
Is NZDJPY Set For Q1 Gains? The Bank of Japan remains on course to keep its interest rates low for...
Time For Some Strong Dollar Gains? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQhto4IPSQ We pointed out that oftentimes, around the end of the year, the market...
Is Adidas a Great Stock to Buy at the End of Q1? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0SxADc5Ms How to use the Seasonax tool to...
Platinum's Super Strong Seasonal Start to the Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEEHqvUIWM Platinum is one metal that has an amazing seasonal start to...
Is The NZD Too Cheap? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbLwrVt_7oA After the Omicron variant fears broke around US Thanksgiving time there was a strong...
USD Softness Into Year End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMol_LkPR0 Another really notable trend around this time of the year is USD weakness. This...
Will the EURUSD Run Higher Into Year End? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLzh7lvAhmE Oftentimes, around the end of the year, the market has a...
Is the Fed Making a Policy Mistake? With over 20 central banks having their rate meetings taking place this week...
The Power of Seasonal Trading There are many different types of trading that people get excited about. Is it trend...
Gold: Direction to be Determined by fed Policy Gold has two very strong, but contradictory price actions signals on the...
EURUSD: The Fed and ECB Both Meet This Week This is a potentially very volatile week for the EURUSD pair...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrU1HpOKQ8E Netflix gains strongly this time of year Netflix tends to have a very strong January as we head onto...
Bitcoin: The Risk Asset When the Omicron defat variant fears broke over the US Thanksgiving at the end of November...
BoC: Omicron Risk and Floods Weigh on CAD At first flush, the BoC rate meeting offered no surprises. Rates are...
RBA: Past Peak Bearishness Now? On the face of it, this was a very neutral meeting. The cash rate was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM-unWr2a-4 Silver Set to Gain in 2022? Silver tends to have a very strong turn of the year as we...
EURGBP Setting Up For Further Falls? The Bank of England is still expected to hike rates to 1% by 2022...
The Omicron Variant: Threat or No Threat? This week saw investors trying to assess the threat of the omicron variant....
RBNZ: Downplays Omicron Risk The weakness in the NZD after the last RBNZ meeting had been a little puzzling. With...
SNB Intervention: When Will it Come? Leaning on a spear can be a similar analogy to relying on the SNB...
Omicron Virus: Some of What we Know It is different The Omicron variant has 30 changes to it including a...
NZDJPY: Still Ready For a Swing Trade? Despite the recent risk-off trading is the NZDJPY ready for gains? The risk...
RBNZ: Dovish Hike, but Revising Growth Higher The latest RBNZ hike saw a 25bps rate hike as expected. There had...
A Few Tips for Trading Gold Right Now Gold is actually really simple to trade at the moment as it...
RBA: Creeping Concerns About Asset Bubbles Emerging? The RBA’s main stated concerns mainly revolve around inflation and wages. The RBA...
Four Things to Know When Trading the JPY Central bank policy The Bank of Japan has a strong bearish bias....
November Central Bank Overview Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. So, if you have...
RBNZ rate meeting: Set to surprise markets? The NZD should remain bought into the RBNZ meeting this week with OiS...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFrnU1yLllQ Silver’s Head and Shoulders Pattern in Play Silver often rises around the turn of the year and a strong...
Dollar and GBP Surge on Strong Data Prints This week saw the GBP gain sharply on expectations of a December...
CAD: Rangebound for Now? The Canadian dollar is a good example of a currency that has a bullish outlook, but...
NZDJPY in Focus The NZDJPY is worth looking at for three reasons. 1. The fundamentals favour NZDJPY upside. In a...
Bitcoin: The Inflation Buster? One of the strong arguments Bitcoin advocates have made is that Bitcoin provides a good hedge...
AUD: Ready For Some Gains? Over the last period of time the Australian dollar has been weighed down by four...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Oo300iLvU Forex Trade Idea! Great British Pound vs. Japanese Yen (GBPJPY) Blake Morrow of Traders Summit sits down with Professional...
Oil Markets Look Set to be Oversupplied by Next Year This week started with equity markets surging, making new highs....
Bank of England: Proving Unreliable Again, but Still Looking to Hike Rates Heading into the Bank of England meeting last...
China Communist Party Meeting: Pivotal Point for Markets The Communist Party is now meeting over November 08 to November 11...
Gold: Ready For Lift Off? Gold is a really interesting juncture now both technically and fundamentally speaking. Here are some...
Fed: Not to Inflation, but Maintains Patient Stance The Fed met this week and tapered as expected to the tune...
Is the NZDJPY Perfect for a Swing Trade? The bullish case for the NZD Inflation is rising (like almost everywhere)....
RBA: Hawkish in Deed, Dovish in Word They kept rates unchanged at 0.10 bps and asset purchases at the same...
Is the Bank of England Trapped? Sonia futures say, ‘yes’. The current expectations of GBP future markets are that the...
Trading the Fed Interest Rate Meeting The base case for the FOMC is quite straightforward:A taper announcement,QE to finish around...
Bank of Japan Unfazed by Yen Weakness The one notable mover in October has been significant JPY weakness. This has...
The CAD lifts on the BoC Hawkish Tilt This week has seen some very tentative price action as markets digested...
Trading the Bank of Canada Rate Meeting One of the best trading opportunities this week in the FX markets could...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gJTsP5FQB0 Can Natural Gas Fall in Line with Seasonals? Natural gas prices have been surging recently and that has resulted...
What to Expect from the ECB Meeting this Week With the ECB meeting coming up there are two key issues...
AUD: Four Influences You Need to Know One key to understanding the AUD well is not only how the central...
Why Wall Street has the Rate of Inflation in the US All Wrong For the last few months, we have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0m7DCub7Q0 DAX Seasonals - Entering its Strongest Months of the Year The end of October can be a very strong...
Surging Inflation to Lift the NZDJPY? New Zealand Q3 inflation has risen at its fastest pace in 10 years with...
The Metals Set to Gain in a Green World ING has an interesting piece here where they make a case...
Two Lessons as Goldman Goes Heavy Into Tech Goldman Sachs (GS) was reported by Bloomberg this week to be ‘doubling...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHUbJmyjODI Dollar Set for Buyers Into Fed Meeting? The USD is being bought at the moment on rising US rates...
What Rising Inflation in Japan Means For years Japan has been struggling with deflation. So, now we see inflation rising...
Three Things Supporting Oil Upside Right Now Three things supporting oil upside right now The oil markets have been in...
Four Things to Know About Trading Gold Here are the four basic things you need to know about trading gold....
What the Energy Transition Means for Copper The world is on course to move to green and renewable energies. The...
RBNZ: Five Points to Take from their Last Rate Meeting First of all, this was a classic ‘buy the rumour,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRBrKGfTS-o Is the GBPJPY Set For Gains? The United Kingdom is facing a number of headwinds at the moment: rising...
RBA: Australia On Track for Recovery The latest RBA minutes suggest that the worst has passed for Australia. The Australian...
Is Britain Facing a Winter of Discontent? Bloomberg had an interesting piece this week outlining that the United Kingdom is...
The USDJPY pair has been moving higher in tandem with US10 year yields on a reaction to the last Fed...
September Central Bank Overview Major central bank rundown It has been a very busy week with the SNB, BoE, BoJ...
GBPJPY Upside Post Hawkish BoE Twist? The BoE met last week and it was this line in the minutes that...
Evergrande Fears Give Way to Fed Taper Timetable The week started with intense fears over the possible collapse of China’s...
The Rise of Home Working Set to Change Our Cities Remote working is here to stay Bloomberg has written a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Z7nSz_1Ug GBPJPY Bullish Setup According to Giles Coghlan the GBPJPY has a very good bullish setup. He does mention the...
The Green Metals Set For Gains Bloomberg recently had an article outlining the green metals that they see being set...
Evergrande and what it means to markets The Evergrande debacle has been causing a sharp sell-off in equity markets as...
How to trade the FOMC meeting. Tomorrow will see the FOMC meeting and here are some of the key factors...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Riy1clSk4Q Many analysts see greater value in European stocks than US stocks which have already risen significantly due to COVID...
Gold is to Switzerland, what wine is to the France. Most of the world’s gold is refined in Switzerland and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mT5aMn7bos If the Federal Reserve surprise markets next week and take a hawkish tilt by tapering more quickly than the...
The Bank of England has been pretty pessimistic for quite some time in its rate statements. However, reading the details...
The AUD was gaining strongly due to its pro-cyclical bias. Vaccine fuelled optimism helped push AUD higher as did higher...
New Zealand was all set to become one of the first major central banks to embark on a hiking cycle...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvKjhENTb4 Gold could be vulnerable to falls today if the US CPI print comes in above market expectations. The core...
The bottom line was that there was a slight tweak. The asset purchases under the APP and the PEPP programme...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3Au-V8q4Q The FTSE 100 is one index that could potentially offer good value for medium-term buyers. Weighed down by Brexit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2eRGUERaY Berkshire Hathaway is headed up by the legendary trading style of Warren Buffet. One potential approach to the current...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ctx8Tlne3o US crude oil tends to see a weaker seasonal pattern as we head into year-end. This is one pattern...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ch4lFVURMo Intel is an American multinational corporation & technology company headquartered in California in Silicon Valley. With the prospect of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTlK_pPS1hE One key pattern that you see in the markets is that often shares tend to rise in the final...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYUGMpQYyY In 2013, when the Fed announced bond tapering, stocks fell very sharply. However, the S&P500 for example was still...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Bs5ZBYFmE Platinum tends to gain around the start of the year, but September is the weakest time of the year...
The ECB minutes from the July 21-22 meeting were released last week and they revealed a dovish central bank. The...
Markets are laser-focused this week on what Jerome Powell will decide to do regarding the pace of tapering. Expectations have...
The last Bank of England meeting at the start of August was mildly bullish. The Bank of England managed to communicate that...
One of the key skills in trading FX markets is to pair strong currencies against weak currencies. A current example...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lILVqbDq0kg One of the market nicknames for copper is ‘Dr Copper’. This is because copper is a great gauge of...
Leading up to the meeting (26-27 Aug) has seen some mixed messages. Fed’s vice chair Clarida set expectations of an...
The 2019 triennial central bank survey is one of the most comprehensive reports on the amount of turnover in the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNiGHv0dJ58 One index that is still to capture its pre-COVID highs in the FTSE 100. US indexes are highly valued...
One of the key skills to master in trading is how to differentiate short-term drivers from medium-term drivers. This is...
The FOMC minutes have been released and there was some confusion on the release as to whether they were dovish...
China’s growth is slowing, copper prices are dropping, volatility in the VIX is rising, and Iron Ore prices falling sharply...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w6mwAl92bQ The US retail sales data was a miss yesterday. However, the miss was within the consensus view, and the...
It was always going to be a tough meeting with circumstances changing only hours before the RBNZ official cash rate...
This post is for those just starting out and getting their heads around central bank speakers. Recently, the USD has...
https://youtu.be/RvpLppf8dg8 The University of Michigan sentiment print last Friday was a big miss and that spooked the USD bulls. It...
The main risk for the NZD is that the RBNZ do not confirm the more bullish outlook that markets have...
Last week there was an article on ING making a case for inflation being more broad-based than the latest CPI...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id-HUt3gNSw The prospect of rising interest rates is usually beneficial for financials. Why? Because higher interest rates means that banks...
The USD strengthened this week after last Friday’s strong NFP report. This has led to investors expecting a possible taper...
The RBNZ surprised markets at their last rate meeting by announcing the end of bond tapering on July 23. That...
There have been a few subtle moves over the last few weeks, so here are some of the key points...
A catch up on the CAD The big picture for the CAD has been as follows. April’s BoC meeting was...
Here is what to look for if you are trading gold right now Gold saw some heavy selling to start...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPefAiEEZbA The question investors are now asking is, ‘how quickly will the Fed start to taper bond purchases?’ Will they...
Once again the BoE has managed to steer an optimistic outlook without prompting an initial hawkish response from markets. However,...
The NZDJPY buy bias increases this week The bias for the New Zealand dollar has been tilted to the upside...
Concerns over Chinese regulatory worries faded this week, but expectations of a deeper correction in stocks are still hanging heavy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCOypn8jX0 As vaccinations appear to be working and economies like the United Kingdom and Israel opening up, will we see...
Always optimistic, but without a hawkish delivery It is hard to sum up how the Bank of England has been...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNBFUDSW-8 Australia is facing a number of strong headwinds going forward. Firstly, the country has a relatively low vaccination rate...
This was a neutral hold, but as the expectations going into the meeting was for a dovish move from the...
The latest services and manufacturing PMI’s from China show a slow down in growth that doesn’t bode well for Q3...
Australia is under strain. To be specific, it is under COVID-19 strain from the delta variant. In essence, the trouble...
One of the tests for the longevity of Bitcoin’s long term viability is how usable it is? The more places...
Going into the FOMC the expectations are that Powell would remain dovish and keep this as a holding meeting until...
The start of the week saw a wall of worry build as earnings, the Fed’s meeting, concern over highly leveraged...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_NUYmSyX8 Jerome Powell speaks tonight and market expectations are that he maintains a dovish hand. The loose monetary policy outlook...
The data Since the last meeting, there has been a string of decent data from the US. Core Inflation came...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8dMr1XCgSg The prospect of rising interest rates is usually beneficial for financials. Why? Because higher interest rates means that banks...
The latest move from the BoC in April was a faster than expected shift in asset purchases cuts. This was...
Going into the ECB meeting there were expectations that after the ECB’s strategic review, the ECB would be revealing a...
The disparity between Australia and New Zealand is growing. Australia First of all more than half of all Australia is...
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck then, guess what, it is...
The gold markets have been challenging to trade recently due to a stronger dollar. You may have been puzzled why...
The ECB have three main tools that they use for their monetary policy mandate which has recently shifted emphasis a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtk9HgtV6M0 Many analysts are concerned that global stock markets are due a correction. The issue is, when will this happen?...
The Bank of Japan remains a very boring central bank to follow with very little in terms of change. This...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdsD4xARKBg Gold has two times of the year when it seasonally gains. The turn of the year and the summer...
The BoC held rates at 0.25% but the surprise this month was that the central bank was a little more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9xPnUTj78 With stocks still moving higher on low-interest rates, a patient Fed, and a large stimulus package from the US...
This week was a good week for the reflation trade. US treasuries were able to stay fairly subdued, despite really...
The official cash rate remained the same at 0.25%, but the headline surprise was that the RBNZ agreed to halt...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjzIqErmxmg With a potential Fed hike coming tech stocks could rise further as the Nasdaq has seen further gains recently....
Canada’s economy is showing excellent signs of improvement and the last jobs report has shown that the jobs market is...
A bullish tilt from May On May 26th the RBNZ took a bullish tilt in their monetary policy meeting. They...
The start of the second half of the year was met with a sharp move lower in US 10 year...
One of the key lines from the FOMC minutes was that ‘various participants mentioned that they expected the conditions for...
The second half of 2021 started with a relentless bid into bonds. Tuesday’s volume showed nearly double the normal volume...
Aluminium is a metal worth considering for a medium-term buy. Here are the positive reasons for that: * Global aluminium...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY23Ywd3Fo With the recent rise in the Nasdaq and the shift into tech stocks on a potential Fed hike coming...
The balance the RBA had going into the meeting was a tricky one. Which narrative did they allow to steer...
On the 22nd of July, the ECB meet again and speculation will once again rise about whether the €1.85 billion...
UK savings on the rise The UK savings rate has risen to 19.1% in Q1 versus 16.1% in Q2 according...
Month-end, quarter-end and half year flow led to some choppy trade for the first half of the week. The USD...
Gold, Fed tapering and you In 2013, when the Fed’s chair Bernanke announced bond tapering, there was a fast sell-off...
In the first half of the year, European stocks have really grown in their hunger for risk. Some of the...
1. The BoE are conservative Both growth and inflation were revised higher in last weeks BoE meeting. However, the BoE...
BOE: Revising up growth & Inflation, but hawk Haldane leaves the MPC Heading into the Bank of England meeting Sonia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TE9WbUA2FQ The fallout from the last Federal Reserve meeting is that the FOMC has taken a hawkish tilt. The dot...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaeIIu3to24 Shares are looking vulnerable to deeper pullbacks at the moment over the medium term. However, easy monetary policy should...
Global stocks rebound as investors consider loose monetary policy is set to continue The Fed’s recent hawkish dot plot shift...
Inflation pressures building Core CPI on Wednesday last week came in at 2% vs 1.5% y/y expected. That is the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUOeU-CiRg The shares are entering a strong time of the year. From June 23 through to August 07 the shares have gained twelve times...
The Swiss National Bank have a continuous battle to try and weaken the CHF. Remember that a strong currency hurts...
USD strength after Hawkish ‘dot plot’ shift The latest FOMC meeting saw a hawkish tilt that the market had not...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3uPAAfzI-E The shares are entering a strong time of the year. From June 22 through to July 24 the shares have gained thirteen times...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXIMyV8A_9U The fallout from the last Federal Reserve meeting is that the FOMC has taken a hawkish tilt. The dot...
Here are a range of factors supporting further GBP strength and what may call it into question. A strong housing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPw_a7eBhKM (more…)
Markets started the week unusually subdued as even the previous week’s high US CPI print failed to see investors excited....
https://youtu.be/h4uSne10sV0 The fallout from the Federal Reserve meeting will be key to whether this seasonal pattern plays out. If the...
What to expect from the Federal Reserve tonight The bottom line is that no change is expected tonight in terms of interest rates...
https://youtu.be/rO-mWdT75JE Although the UK is potentially going to extend its lockdown measures due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, the...
This was a holding meeting with a slightly more optimistic tilt. ECB President Lagarde said the decision could be seen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymjNimahlxc This week the Federal Reserve meet and they are expected to stay on hold while repeating their belief that...
What did we learn from the BoC? In a sentence, not a great deal. This was expected to be a...