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Gold Forecast: September 2017

Gold Forecast: September 2017

Gold prices settled at $1324.59 an ounce on Friday, making a gain of 2.4% on the week and 4.1% over the month. Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea led investors to increase their safe-haven positions and tepid U.S. economic data weighed on the dollar for much of the month. Although the recent slowdown in […]
EUR/USD Waiting To Break Triangle Chart Pattern

EUR/USD Waiting To Break Triangle Chart Pattern

EUR/USD 4 hour The EUR/USD could be building an ABC (red) correction within a larger wave 4 (blue) pattern. A break below the support trend line (blue) would increase the likelihood of such an ABC. The ABC correction (red) is invalidated if price breaks above the 138.2% Fib at 1.2165. A break above the resistance […]
VIX Set For Lowest Annual Average Ever, But…

VIX Set For Lowest Annual Average Ever, But…

While intra-month the CBOE Volatility Index reached its highest since November, before plunging back to earth into the end of the month, VIX is still on track to post its lowest annual average on record. Bloomberg notes that in the past decade, VIX gains in August were followed by September declines in all but one instance. While VIX has […]
EURUSD Daily Analysis – Monday, Sept 4

EURUSD Daily Analysis – Monday, Sept 4

EURUSD is facing 1.1823 support. A breakdown below this level will indicate the short term uptrend from 1.1662 had completed at 1.2070 already, then the following downside move could take price to test 1.1662 key support. On the upside, as long as 1.1823 support holds, the fall from 1.2070 would possibly be correction of the […]
EUR/GBP Technical Analysis: Two-Month Euro Uptrend Broken

EUR/GBP Technical Analysis: Two-Month Euro Uptrend Broken

The Euro may have started a significant trend reversal against the British Pound, marked by a break of supporting guiding the rising trend since mid-July. The turn lower followed after prices failed to overcome resistance marked by the high set in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum near the 0.93 figure. Near-term support is now […]
Bitcoin, Sour Grapes And The Institutional Herd

Bitcoin, Sour Grapes And The Institutional Herd

If I had a bitcoin for every time some pundit declared bitcoin is a bubble, I’d be a billionaire. There are three problems with opining that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are bubblicious: 1. Everything is in a bubble now: stocks, bonds, housing, heck, even bat guano is bubblicious. Exactly what insight is being added by yet another guru […]
US Withdrawal From KORUS Free Trade Agreement?

US Withdrawal From KORUS Free Trade Agreement?

From Reuters: President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would discuss the fate of a five-year-old U.S.-South Korean free trade deal with his advisers next week, in a move that could see him pull out of the accord with a key American ally at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. This seems to […]
Sensex Opens Lower After North Korea’s Nuclear Test; Sun Pharma Opens Down By 1.3%

Sensex Opens Lower After North Korea’s Nuclear Test; Sun Pharma Opens Down By 1.3%

Asian stock markets are lower today as tensions elevated on the Korean Peninsula early after North Korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb over the weekend. The Shanghai Composite is off 0.1% while the Hang Seng is down 0.45%. The Nikkei 225 is trading down by 0.86%. Back home, Indian share markets have opened the day marginally lower. The BSE Sensex is […]
EUR: The Level Of EUR Will Become Increasingly Important Into ECB Sep-7 Meeting – BTMU

EUR: The Level Of EUR Will Become Increasingly Important Into ECB Sep-7 Meeting – BTMU

EUR/USD made a round trip to 1.2070 before falling back down, well under the 1.20 level. This could influence the decision by the European Central Bank when it decides on QE tapering. Here is the view from the ECB: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: BTMU FX Strategy Research notes that the important date for EUR monetary […]
Cummins New Electric Semi Truck Takes On Tesla: Another Cog In Autonomous Puzzle

Cummins New Electric Semi Truck Takes On Tesla: Another Cog In Autonomous Puzzle

Cummins unveiled a revolutionary new all-electric powertrain in a demonstrator truck to the media on August 29, a few weeks ahead of Tesla’s planned revealing of its own electric “semi” truck. The truck is not self-driving, yet it fills a direct need in the path of self-driving trucks. SupplyChain reports Cummins Taking on Tesla with Electric […]