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USD Awaits Volatile Price Action With FOMC And Rate Decision
EUR/USD 4 hour The EUR/USD bearish correction continued lower and pushed below the 61.8% Fibonacci support level of wave 2 vs 1 (purple). Price might now retest deeper Fibonacci levels but a break below the bottom of wave 1 at 1.2155 invalidates wave 2. The FOMC statement and interest rate decision is expected to impact […]
Aramco Liquidity Alluding The Saudis In 2018?
An initial public offering of 5% of oil giant Saudi Aramco, is how the Saudi government had hoped to ‘get liquid’ by some $2 trillion this year. After meeting with salivating bankers in New York for months, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the plan is now in flux for no small part because of concern […]
Loonie, Peso Surge On Report US Drops NAFTA Demand For Auto Imports
The Canadian Loonie and Mexican Peso jumped late on Tuesday after a report by the Globe and Mail that the U.S. government has dropped a demand that all vehicles made in Canada and Mexico for export to the United States contain at least 50% U.S. content. President Donald Trump’s administration dropped the demand during the North American […]
Central Europe As Seen By Private Equity Managers
Deloitte has recently posted the results of its survey of how private equity managers see central Europe. A very concise summary of the findings of the survey is this: the PE industry expects that it will be buying CE assets in the coming months, and that it will be borrowing money in order to do […]
Ethereum And Other Cryptos Continued Gains After Productive G-20 Discussions
Major cryptocurrencies across the board continued gaining for the second consecutive day on Tuesday after finance ministers had productive closed-door discussions about digital assets at a G-20 meeting in Argentina. Looking at their price action, cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum formed a morning star candlestick pattern following Sunday’s spinning top. ETH/USD, in particular, has bounced back […]
FOMC Risk Is Skewed USD Bullish; Could Trigger EUR/USD Decline Into 1.20
The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates and also hint of the next moves. What is priced in? What does it mean for EUR/USD? Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Research discusses the USD outlook around the FOMC meeting on Wednesday and flags upside risk for the USD. […]
Here’s What To Do With Your Facebook Shares Now
Yesterday, as stocks rebounded from Monday’s slide, Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) continued its decline; it dropped 3.92% from open to close Monday and another 4.8% by midday yesterday, all following weekend reports that a political analytics firm named Cambridge Analytica collected personalized data on 50 million users without their consent. That’s not true. The “without consent” part, that is. There […]
AUDUSD Daily Analysis – Wednesday, March 21
AUDUSD extended its downside movement from 0.7916 to as low as 0.7678. Near-term resistance is at 0.7725. As long as this level holds, the downside movement could be expected to continue and next target would be at 0.7600 area. On the upside, a breakout of 0.7725 resistance would suggest that consolidation for the downtrend is […]
Gold Prices At Risk As Range Floor Breaks Before Fed Policy Call
Gold prices fell as the US Dollar marked higher alongside front-end Treasury bond yields and the priced-in rate hike path implied in Fed Funds futures steepened. Not surprisingly, that undermined the appeal of anti-fiat and non-interest-bearing assets epitomized by the yellow metal. The move almost certainly reflects pre-positioning ahead of the upcoming FOMC monetary policy announcement. Markets seem palpably worried […]
Stronger Dollar Hurts Gold
Gold prices fell $5.82 an ounce on Tuesday, weighed down by a rise in the U.S. dollar ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting at which the central bank is expected to announce its first rate increase of 2018. While the outlook for rates is uncertain, holding above the $1308-$1305 zone suggests that the market is […]
