Market News and Analysis Archive

Oil surged on a fading concern of another 2008 type GFC

Oil (WTI-April Exp) plunged to a low around 64.38 early European session Monday on the concern of another ‘Lehman Moment’ (global banking crisis) even after the Swiss government al...

21/03/2023 - 21:03 UTC

Mar

German ZEW Survey, Nike and GameStop Earnings

The AUD/USD pair traded lower after the Reserve Bank of Australia published the minutes of its last monetary policy meeting, which indicated that given the current global developme...

21/03/2023 - 11:12 UTC

How Can Cryptocurrency Regulation Impact Forex Trading?

Issues within the cryptocurrency market continue to stay in the headlines. The blowup of FTX and the recent Gemini suit for fraud over interest accounts has stained the cryptocurre...

21/03/2023 - 09:18 UTC

Wall Street recovered on ease of the banking crisis

Wall Street Futures stumbled early Monday European session after the Swiss government virtually forced UBS to buy out (take over) Credit Suisse in a hectic move late Sunday. As a r...

20/03/2023 - 20:21 UTC

Mar

Central Banks Prop Up Banking Systems, German PPI

While the dollar was trading moderately weaker against other major currencies as seen in the move of the USDX, against emerging market currencies the dollar was at least stable as ...

20/03/2023 - 08:30 UTC

Wall Street slid on the concern of bank crisis contagio...

Wall Street slid Friday on the concern of U.S. regional bank crisis contagion. As per some WSJ reports, economists found 186 small and dozens of mid-size regional banks may face ri...

17/03/2023 - 20:56 UTC

Mar

Eurozone CPI, Canada PPI, U.S. Industrial Production

The U.S. dollar is slowly retracing from its weekly high that it attained on Wednesday. While the USD/ZAR pair remained fairly steady, a clear retracement could be observed among o...

17/03/2023 - 07:50 UTC

EURUSD almost flat on less hawkish ECB hike amid bank c...

On Thursday, all focus was on ECB apart from the growing bank crisis on both sides of the Atlantic (U.S.-Europe). On Thursday ECB hiked all key policy rates by +0.50% as highly exp...

16/03/2023 - 21:11 UTC

Mar

ECB Decision, Italy CPI, U.S. Jobless Claims

The U.S. dollar managed to recover from its brief retracement on Tuesday and traded on Wednesday significantly stronger against most other major and emerging market currencies. The...

16/03/2023 - 11:28 UTC

How to Make Money in a Recession

How to Trade During a Recession and an Expansion The markets are a forward-looking mechanism that trades differently depending on the economic cycle. The economic cycle goes throug...

16/03/2023 - 11:27 UTC

Stocks wobble amid bank crisis on both sides of the Atl...

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic plunged further Wednesday on the growing bank crisis in the U.S. as well as Europe. Wall Street/European Futures were already under stre...

15/03/2023 - 21:09 UTC

Mar

Adobe Earnings, EU Industrial Production, U.S. Retail S...

While the dollar performed overall fairly steady against other major currencies as seen in the performance of the USDX, there was some movement among emerging market currencies. Th...

15/03/2023 - 08:46 UTC

Dow slips as Russian jet downed US drone, but recovered

Wall Street Futures and Gold surged, while USD slid Tuesday on the Fed bailout of regional banks (SVB, Signature Bank) and in line with expectations inflation data. But Wall Street...

14/03/2023 - 21:16 UTC

Mar

Cryptos, Bonds Rally, European Markets Face Pressure

While the dollar remains in a relatively weak position against other major currencies, against some emerging market currencies the dollar is actually in a position of strength thes...

14/03/2023 - 09:50 UTC

Gold jumped on US regional/SVB bank crisis; but Dow sli...

Gold surged, USD and Wall Street Futures slumped early Monday despite a softer U.S. NFP job report as banks & financials plunged on the concern of the spillover effect of the start...

13/03/2023 - 20:48 UTC

Mar

FDIC and Fed Step in Amidst SVB Collapse

While the U.S. dollar continued to devaluate against other major currencies, among emerging markets the sentiment was somewhat mixed. The USD/ZAR rate indeed turned lower and touch...

13/03/2023 - 18:36 UTC

Wall Street surged on softer NFP job data but slid on S...

Wall Street Futures were already under stress on Thursday despite a softer jobless claims report as big banks & financials plunged on the concern of the spillover effect of the sta...

10/03/2023 - 21:52 UTC

Mar

U.S. NFP, Unemployment Rate, Italian PPI, Oil Rig Count

While the dollar weakened against other major currencies the sentiment among emerging markets was somewhat mixed. The USD/MXN rate for example strongly rebounded from its recent lo...

10/03/2023 - 17:54 UTC

Dow slid on Silvergate crisis despite soft jobless clai...

Wall Street Futures, Gold recovered from Powell’s testimony panic low on softer than expected U.S. jobless claims and hopes of similar NFP job report for February to be published F...

09/03/2023 - 21:18 UTC

Mar

BoJ Rate Decision, Oracle and DocuSign Earnings

The dollar overall consolidated its strong position against other major currencies and did not make a significant move in the USDX index, which measures the strength of the greenba...

09/03/2023 - 08:05 UTC

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Oil surged on a fading concern of another 2008 type GFC

German ZEW Survey, Nike and GameStop Earnings

How Can Cryptocurrency Regulation Impact Forex Trading?

Wall Street recovered on ease of the banking crisis

Central Banks Prop Up Banking Systems, German PPI

Wall Street slid on the concern of bank crisis contagio...

Eurozone CPI, Canada PPI, U.S. Industrial Production

EURUSD almost flat on less hawkish ECB hike amid bank c...

ECB Decision, Italy CPI, U.S. Jobless Claims

How to Make Money in a Recession

Stocks wobble amid bank crisis on both sides of the Atl...

Adobe Earnings, EU Industrial Production, U.S. Retail S...

Dow slips as Russian jet downed US drone, but recovered

Cryptos, Bonds Rally, European Markets Face Pressure

Gold jumped on US regional/SVB bank crisis; but Dow sli...

FDIC and Fed Step in Amidst SVB Collapse

Wall Street surged on softer NFP job data but slid on S...

U.S. NFP, Unemployment Rate, Italian PPI, Oil Rig Count

Dow slid on Silvergate crisis despite soft jobless clai...

BoJ Rate Decision, Oracle and DocuSign Earnings

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