Market Overview – Morning Express
Market Overview – Morning Express
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– U.S. Dollar is breaking out against the Chinese Yuan, chart highlighted above. This has a direct impact on commodities, especially metals.
– People’s Bank of China cut its one-year Loan Prime Rate by 5 basis points to 3.65%, in their first such move since January, and five-year by 15 basis points to 4.30%.
– Is it enough? A Bloomberg survey of 20 economists last Thursday showed a consensus expectation for a cut of the one-year LPR by 10 basis points.
– The maneuver by the PBoC comes after they cut both one-year and seven-year lending rates by 10 basis points last Monday, after the ugly slate of economic data.
– An ugly run. A souring Chinese economy has been building due to the country’s zero-virus policy and global economic slowdown. Data going back to August 12th showed a sharp unexpected drop in New Loans activity, 679 billion yuan versus 1,100 billion yuan.
– How much of an impact will rate cuts have if no one wants to lend or borrow?
– To make matters worse, electricity prices throughout Europe surged to start the week. German Baseload Power is up more than 25% on the day, after gaining 18% last week. It is not a coincidence heavy risk-off selling took place on the European open. Chart above.
– The economic calendar starts off slow this week, but we look to August flash PMIs from around the globe tomorrow.
– Jackson Hole begins Thursday along with the second look at U.S. Q2 GDP.
– Fed Chair Powell’s keynote speech is Friday 9:00 am CT.
– Earnings from Palo Alto Networks and Zoom Video are due after the bell today.
E-mini S&P (September) / NQ (September)
S&P, yesterday’s close: Settled at 4231.50, down 55.00 on Friday and 49.50 on the week
NQ, yesterday’s close: Settled at 12,268.50, down 254.75 on Friday and 309.25 on the week
– We have taken a Neutral approach through all last week, dialing down our Bullishness, and maintain that outlook. There have been tradable opportunities to the short side, and we believe two-sided volatility (tradable opportunities) will emerge from the support levels highlighted below.
– Continued weakness will erase all gains from the soft CPI data on August 10th and the prior day’s gap settlement. This brings strong support in the S&P 4124. The more volatile NQ is already testing 13,031.
– Price action gapped lower on the Sunday night open, and the S&P was slammed through waves of strong support on the European open at 2:00 am CT. Selling is likely to continue through the first hour or two, flushing out negativity, and a buying opportunity could emerge through the European close.
– These previous support levels now create strong resistance at … Click here to get our (FULL) daily reports emailed to you!
Crude Oil (October)
Yesterday’s close: Settled at 90.44, up 0.33 on Friday and down 1.02 on the week
– OPEC+ missed July output targets by 2.892 mbpd, this is 546% compliance.
– Iran Nuclear Deal front and center. Reports today point to both sides being close to an agreement with Al Jazeera saying it was “imminent”. However, Iran has accused the U.S. of slowing progress.
– We maintain a belief that an Iran Nuclear Deal will have a short-lived headline impact given how much of their Oil is already on the black market.
– Price action ran back into strong major three-star resistance on Friday ay 91.03-91.46, trading to a higher high of 91.69, but again failing.
– A constructive battle at major three-star support at 87.69-88.18, is keeping us more Bullish in Bias from these attractive levels.
– Our Pivot and point of balance aligns with our momentum indicator at … Click here to get our (FULL) daily reports emailed to you!
Gold (December) / Silver (September)
Gold, yesterday’s close: Settled at 1762.9, down 8.3 on Friday and 52.6 on the week
Silver, yesterday’s close: Settled at 19.069, down 0.395 on Friday and 1.629 on the week
– U.S. Dollar strength, highlighted in the USDCNH above, as well as in the Dollar Index has weighed directly on the Gold and Silver.
– Price action in Gold settled at but has since broken below a critical area of major three-star support aligning multiple levels with the 50% retracement. We must now Neutralize our cautiously Bullish Bias.
– There are several support levels in the mix. Gold and Silver must show life from here.
– The most crucial comes in at the July 27th pre-Fed settlement, bringing major three-star support in Gold at … Click here to get our (FULL) daily reports emailed to you!
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