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What A Currency Trap Looks Like For The Bank Of Japan

What A Currency Trap Looks Like For The Bank Of Japan

The year 2024 may be seen as the time the Bank of Japan’s “free lunch” came to an end. For decades, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) ran a zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) that even descended into negative rates in 2016. The BoJ eased and eased monetary policy (aka printed and printed) to buy Japanese government bonds […]
Room For The Dollar To Climb Ahead Of The FOMC

Room For The Dollar To Climb Ahead Of The FOMC

While Japan is suspected of intervening in the foreign exchange (FX) market, no official confirmation has been provided yet. Data regarding intervention activities for yesterday will likely be released at the end of May. Additional support for the yen may be necessary, as there are still factors in the market that could drive USD/JPY higher.There […]
AUD/USD Forex Signal: Forecast Ahead Of US Consumer Confidence Report

AUD/USD Forex Signal: Forecast Ahead Of US Consumer Confidence Report

Bullish view Buy the AUD/USD pair and set a take-profit at 0.6600. Add a stop-loss at 0.6500. Timeline: 1-2 days.  Bearish view Set a sell-stop at 0.6550 and a take-profit at 0.6500. Add a stop-loss at 0.6600. The Australian dollar moved sideways ahead of the upcoming Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest […]
Mastercard Should Continue Rally In A Bullish Sequence

Mastercard Should Continue Rally In A Bullish Sequence

Mastercard Incorporated (MA), provides transaction processing & other payment-related products & services in the United states & internationally. The company offers payment related products to integrated products & value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments & other organizations. It is headquartered in New York, comes under Financial Services sector & […]
Analytical Overview Of The Main Currency Pairs – Tuesday, April 30

Analytical Overview Of The Main Currency Pairs – Tuesday, April 30

The EUR/USD currency pairTechnical indicators of the currency pair: Prev Open: 1.0686 Prev Close: 1.0719 % chg. over the last day: +0.31 % Today, the Eurozone will release April inflation data. Consumer prices are expected to be unchanged from last month. In Germany, Europe’s largest economy, the National Consumer Price Index was unchanged at 2.2% in April, slightly below […]
Rates Spark: What’s Brewing In Japan Should In The End Push Rates Up

Rates Spark: What’s Brewing In Japan Should In The End Push Rates Up

Developments in Japan look to be ultimately a higher rates narrative, as yen weakness exposes a dis-equilibrium that is unlikely to end well. We also think the short end of the euro rates curve can shift up as the probability for just two ECB rate cuts in 2024 should be more material. We await now […]
3 Tech Stocks Suited For Dividend-Focused Investors

3 Tech Stocks Suited For Dividend-Focused Investors

Image Source: PixabayOther than tech stocks, investors also love dividends, as they can provide a nice buffer against drawdowns in other positions and a passive income stream.And interestingly enough, several tech stocks – Microsoft (MSFT – Free Report), Dell Technologies (DELL – Free Report), and Qualcomm (QCOM – Free Report) – reward their shareholders with quarterly payouts.Let’s take a closer look at […]
Market Briefing For Tuesday, April 30

Market Briefing For Tuesday, April 30

Key themes are AWOL – on Monday, beyond what we already know. Surely there are jitters ahead of the FOMC meeting (Tuesday/Wednesday), with for sure more focus on what Chairman Powell provides as to future ‘guidance’. Unsplash Elon Musk showed up in China and made progress with introducing ‘his’ type of automatic to Teslas there, although their sales […]
Time To Buy Amazon’s Stock As Q1 Earnings Approach?

Time To Buy Amazon’s Stock As Q1 Earnings Approach?

Image Source: UnsplashAfter Alphabet’s (GOOGL – Free Report) exhilarating quarterly results last week, Wall Street will be eying its big tech peer and cloud computing rival Amazon’s (AMZN – Free Report) Q1 report on Tuesday, April 30.More so than Alphabet, Amazon’s stock has been on an ascending course to hit $200 a share after their 20-for-1 stock splits in 2022 and investors […]
The Impossible Equation Of Global Debt

The Impossible Equation Of Global Debt

Image source: PixabayGlobal debt has reached an all-time high of over $300 trillion. If this amount explains so many things, it is above all the driving force behind a boundless ideology in a world of risks and stakes of all kinds. At a time of revolutionizing interest rates, economic agents are seeking to reduce their debt in […]