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The Commodities Feed: Oil Risk Premium Continues To Fade
Image Source: UnsplashEnergy – gas prices fall on warmer weatherThe oil market came under pressure yesterday with ICE Brent settling 1.23% lower on the day at US$88.40/bbl. The geopolitical risk premium continues to fade as tensions between Israel and Iran have eased. There are also some hopes for a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The […]
Markets Up On Tesla, Q1 Earnings; Q1 Beats After The Bell
Image Source: PixabayMarket indices finished in the green across the board this Monday. It’s now the third straight day higher going back to Thursday of last week, and recovered from a quick drop into the red (mostly) roughly a half-hour prior to today’s close. The Dow gained +146 points, +0.38%, with the S&P 500 +0.32% on […]
EUR/JPY Gains Ground Above 167.50 Ahead Of Eurozone GDP, Inflation Data
Image Source: Pixabay EUR/JPY holds positive ground around 167.75 in Tuesday’s early European session. Japan’s top currency diplomat declined to comment about any intervention move on Monday. ECB’s Knot said inflation in the Eurozone is moving towards the 2% target, while geopolitical tensions pose minor threats. The EUR/JPY cross trades on a stronger note near 167.75 on Tuesday during the early European session. The cross […]
NZD/USD Drops To Near 0.5950 Ahead Of Fed Decision On Wednesday
Photo by Thomas Coker on Unsplash NZD/USD loses ground due to Tuesday’s rebound in the US Dollar. The hawkish remarks from Fed officials indicate that there is no immediate need for interest rate cuts. ANZ Business Confidence has marked its lowest level since last September, indicating a significant economic deterioration. NZD/USD retraces its recent gains, trading around 0.5950 […]
USDCAD Stalls At Resistance: Downtrend To Resume Or Uptrend Signal?
Photo by Michelle Spollen on UnsplashUSDCAD faces a critical juncture, with a key resistance level potentially dictating the future direction of the currency pair. This analysis examines the technical situation and explores potential scenarios.USDCAD Encounters Resistance: Falling Trend Line in Focus: A major technical hurdle for USDCAD is the falling trend line on the 4-hour chart. This trend line […]
SPDR ETF Report For Monday, April 29
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Monday, April 29.Video Length: 00:13:34More By This Author:Financial Markets Report For Monday, April 29Metals Report For Friday, April 26SPDR ETF Report For Friday, April 26
META: Spending Worries Trip Up Market Sentiment, But Bullish Outlook Prevails
Image Source: PixabayMETA stock fell sharply yesterday despite beating earnings and revenue for the current quarter. That’s because its guidance came in below expectations, and AI spending forecasts have investors concerned about near-term results.Adjusted earnings per share of $4.71 topped the $4.32 expected, as did revenues of $36.46 billion vs. $36.16 billion. Notably, net income benefited […]
Four Measures Of The Output Gap And Measuring Trends
Image source: PixabayTalking about a rethink of the output gap, and the concept of the trend-cycle decomposition in macro policy tomorrow. Here’s a picture of the output gap from CBO, from two statistical filters (Hodrick-Prescott and Fleischman-Roberts/Fed Board), and the Delong and Summers (BPEA 1988) model.Figure 1: Output gap calculated using CBO potential GDP (black), HP filter applied to […]
Massive Bull Market Is Underway In Gold Stocks
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, we list 6 important points about gold stocks and their nominal and relative performance and we provide charts highlighting how gold stocks follow the inflation-adjusted price of Gold and outperform Gold after Gold price breakouts.Video Length: 00:11:03More By This Author:Gold & Silver Stocks Are Outperforming Metals Gold & Silver Could Spike […]
Asia Morning Bites For Tuesday, April 30
Image Source: UnsplashGlobal Macro and Markets Global Markets: Not surprisingly, the JPY tops the table for Asian FX performance yesterday and also the G-10, after reports that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) intervened in FX markets as the USDJPY rate topped 160. There appears to be no official confirmation of this. The rate briefly dropped to 154.54 […]
