Market News and Analysis Archive

Jan

German Prelim GDP, US Core PCE Price Index, Revised UoM...

The dollar continues to appreciate on Thursday reaching multi-month highs against most other major and emerging market currencies as markets continue to price in the latest hawkish...

28/01/2022 - 07:52 UTC

Equities, Gold plunged and the USD surged as Fed Chair ...

On Wednesday, all focus was on the FOMC January meeting. As highly expected Fed confirmed the end of QE tapering or pandemic QE by early March’22 and subsequent liftoff (gradual ra...

27/01/2022 - 16:08 UTC

Jan

Markets Down After FOMC Announcement, Apple, McDonald’s...

Following the rather hawkish monetary policy announcement by the Federal Reserve, the dollar appreciated against most other major and emerging market currencies, while equity valua...

27/01/2022 - 05:44 UTC

Fed indicates liftoff and QT ‘soon’ and moves from tape...

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement: Indicators of economic activity and employment have continued to strengthen. The sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic have improve...

26/01/2022 - 19:50 UTC

Jan

FOMC Decision, Intel, Boeing, Tesla Earnings

The U.S. dollar remains at an elevated level against many other major and emerging market currencies ahead of a central bank decisions today. Pairs like the USD/MXN and USD/INR are...

26/01/2022 - 08:11 UTC

Gold surged ahead of Fed on Ukraine tensions; Wall Stre...

Powell/Fed may sound less hawkish than expected, especially on QT Powell has a history of less hawkish Q&A sessions to keep Wall Street stable Fed may hike three times in 2022 inst...

25/01/2022 - 18:07 UTC

Jan

German Ifo Index, U.S. Consumer Confidence, House Price...

As the dollar significantly strengthened its position at the beginning of the week, not only was the USDX up, which contains a basket of mostly major currencies, but also most emer...

25/01/2022 - 09:03 UTC

Wall Street plunged on lingering Russia-Ukraine/US geop...

Wall Street plunged Monday on lingering Russia-Ukraine/US geopolitical tensions and the concern of faster Fed tightening. Dow Future stumbled almost -1400 points from the early Eur...

24/01/2022 - 19:32 UTC

Jan

Manufacturing and Services PMI reports from Germany, th...

Forex markets were quite mixed these days with the dollar ending Friday slightly lower, even though it was gaining some ground for most of last week. The New Zealand dollar continu...

24/01/2022 - 07:29 UTC

Dow tumbled on lingering tension between Russia-U.S. ov...

Wall Street tumbled Friday on lingering tension between Russia-U.S. over Ukraine. On Thursday Wall Street also stumbled after Biden said he is expecting a ‘minor incursion order’ b...

21/01/2022 - 20:40 UTC

USDJPY edged down as US weekly jobless claims hit 3-mon...

· Jobless claims indicate a subdued labor market in January amid Omicron disruptions · Gold surged, while Dow slid on Omicron spikes in China and lingering Russia-U...

21/01/2022 - 10:57 UTC

Jan

Cryptos and Equities Lower, Canada Retail Sales, U.S. L...

Forex markets were quite mixed these days with the dollar trading overall only slightly stronger against other majors. The New Zealand dollar continued to weaken with the NZD/USD p...

21/01/2022 - 08:40 UTC

Jan

German PPI, Eurozone CPI, U.S. Home Sales, Jobless Clai...

The U.S. dollar traded overall weaker against other majors and also reversing its gains against multiple emerging market currencies with pairs like the USD/ZAR and USD/INR trading ...

20/01/2022 - 06:49 UTC

Gold jumped on increasing geopolitical tensions between...

Gold (XAU/USD-spot) made a two-month high around 1842.71 early Wednesday (US session) on increasing geopolitical tensions between Russia-U.S. over Ukraine. US / global bond yield e...

19/01/2022 - 20:06 UTC

Jan

United Kingdom CPI, U.S. Building Permits, U.S. Housing...

The U.S. dollar moved slightly higher on Tuesday against other majors and also in most significant dollar-emerging market pairs like the USD/MXN, USD/INR and USD/RUB. Cryptos conti...

19/01/2022 - 06:05 UTC

Wall Street plunged on soaring US bond yield amid the c...

Wall Street plunged Tuesday on soaring US bond yield above +1.86% amid the concern of elevated inflation and faster Fed tightening. There was speculation in the long weekend that F...

18/01/2022 - 19:39 UTC

Jan

Italian Trade Balance, U.S. Housing Market, Business Co...

The U.S. dollar was trading overall quite stronger by Tuesday morning against other majors and also in most significant dollar-emerging market pairs like the USD/MXN, USD/INR and U...

18/01/2022 - 08:37 UTC

Oil jumped on growing supply constraint and elevated de...

Oil (WTI-Feb Exp) jumped almost +6.24% in the last week, making a high around 84.45 on growing supply constraint and elevated demand amid fading Omicron disruptions. Oil soared alm...

17/01/2022 - 19:07 UTC

Jan

Italian CPI, Canada Manufacturing Sales, BoJ Interest D...

While the U.S. dollar traded overall stronger against other major currencies in emerging markets the sentiment was a bit mixed with pairs like USD/ZAR, USD/TRY and USD/MXN continui...

17/01/2022 - 08:49 UTC

Dow slumped on subdued economic data, mixed report card...

Wall Street closed the mix Friday as Dow slumped -0.56% on subdued economic data, earnings by banks and hawkish Fed talks, but Nasdaq outperformed and jumped +0.59% on Netflix boos...

15/01/2022 - 19:51 UTC

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German Prelim GDP, US Core PCE Price Index, Revised UoM...

Equities, Gold plunged and the USD surged as Fed Chair ...

Markets Down After FOMC Announcement, Apple, McDonald’s...

Fed indicates liftoff and QT ‘soon’ and moves from tape...

FOMC Decision, Intel, Boeing, Tesla Earnings

Gold surged ahead of Fed on Ukraine tensions; Wall Stre...

German Ifo Index, U.S. Consumer Confidence, House Price...

Wall Street plunged on lingering Russia-Ukraine/US geop...

Manufacturing and Services PMI reports from Germany, th...

Dow tumbled on lingering tension between Russia-U.S. ov...

USDJPY edged down as US weekly jobless claims hit 3-mon...

Cryptos and Equities Lower, Canada Retail Sales, U.S. L...

German PPI, Eurozone CPI, U.S. Home Sales, Jobless Clai...

Gold jumped on increasing geopolitical tensions between...

United Kingdom CPI, U.S. Building Permits, U.S. Housing...

Wall Street plunged on soaring US bond yield amid the c...

Italian Trade Balance, U.S. Housing Market, Business Co...

Oil jumped on growing supply constraint and elevated de...

Italian CPI, Canada Manufacturing Sales, BoJ Interest D...

Dow slumped on subdued economic data, mixed report card...