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AUD/USD Tumbles To Near 0.6180 As US Dollar Gains Ground Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration

AUD/USD Tumbles To Near 0.6180 As US Dollar Gains Ground Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration

The AUD/USD pair falls sharply to near 0.6180 in Friday’s North American session. The Aussie pair slumps as the US Dollar (USD) gains ground after a three-day losing streak. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, rises to near 109.20.The Greenback gains as the market sentiment is cautious ahead of President-elect Donald […]
Stocks And Gold, Into Inauguration Day

Stocks And Gold, Into Inauguration Day

Image Source: Unsplash  Stocks and gold have been “predictable” as we approach Inauguration Day“Predictable” taking the form of our previous “to or through the election” view for the 2024 bull, which was ginned by the Biden administration through fiscal means, and aided when the Fed went dovish at an important pre-election juncture last year.Now, with Trump’s […]
Debt, Bonds And Gold: Has The Federal Reserve Overdone It?

Debt, Bonds And Gold: Has The Federal Reserve Overdone It?

Over the last four months, the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a full percentage point. It started with a supersize 50 basis point cut in September, followed by quarter-point cuts in November and December. But despite slashing rates, Treasury bond yields have risen sharply.What’s going on in the bond market? Why are we seeing […]
EUR/GBP Price Forecast: Climbs Above 200-Day SMA Shows Bullish Momentum

EUR/GBP Price Forecast: Climbs Above 200-Day SMA Shows Bullish Momentum

Euro strengthens, trades above 200-day SMA at 0.8425, signaling bullish momentum against Pound. Bulls target January 15 high at 0.8463; breaking this could extend to 0.8500 and higher. If EUR/GBP falls below 200-day SMA, may drop to 0.8400, with support at January 14 low of 0.8383. The Euro extended its gains versus the Pound Sterling […]
Residential Housing Construction Gives *Very* Mixed Signals In December; Recessionary Red Flags Continue

Residential Housing Construction Gives *Very* Mixed Signals In December; Recessionary Red Flags Continue

The most lading components of the long leading housing sector rose in this morning’s report for December, while the most important “hard” economic datapoint continued its decline into recession territory.First let’s compare the most leading datapoint, permits, and the less noisy single family permits, with starts. To reiterate, starts are much noisier and generally lag […]
Gold And Silver Futures And The EFP Market Explained

Gold And Silver Futures And The EFP Market Explained

Image Source: Unsplash  The gold and silver EFP market has been in the news quite a bit over the past few weeks. And if you’re still not sure what EFP means, or have questions about how the basic setup of the COMEX futures works, I have you covered this morning.Video Length: 00:18:05More By This Author:Gold, Silver […]
Performance Insights: The S&P 500 Equal Weight ESG Index

Performance Insights: The S&P 500 Equal Weight ESG Index

Since its launch in July 2022 to year-end 2024, the S&P 500® Equal Weight ESG Index achieved a cumulative outperformance of 0.86% compared to its benchmark, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index. Gaining insight into the factors behind this outperformance highlights important aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) attributes that function differently from those in market-cap indices like […]
Persistent Inflation: A Policy Problem

Persistent Inflation: A Policy Problem

Image Source: Pixabay  Inflation isn’t a temporary challenge—it’s the result of systemic government overspending and central bank missteps, says Daniel Lacalle. In this insightful interview, Wealthion’s Andrew Brill sits down with the renowned economist to explain why inflation remains persistent, how excessive government spending is driving economic imbalances, and the Federal Reserve’s missteps in shaping a […]
Gold Is Heading Toward A Third Consecutive Weekly Gain

Gold Is Heading Toward A Third Consecutive Weekly Gain

Gold trades close to a 1-month high US data sparks hopes for Fed rate cuts this year Fed’s Waller underlines sooner rate cuts potential Trump’s proposed tariffs could drive inflation higher Gold is currently trading close (~$2711.06) to its highest level ($2724.81) in a month and heading toward a third consecutive weekly gain.Lower-than-anticipated core inflation and underwhelming retail sales data in the […]
Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD Retreats From One-Month Top, $31.00 Confluence Hurdle

Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD Retreats From One-Month Top, $31.00 Confluence Hurdle

Silver (XAG/USD) attracts some sellers on Friday and for now, seems to have snapped a three-day winning streak to the $31.00 neighborhood, or over a one-month high touched the previous day. The white metal remains depressed through the first half of the European session and currently trades around the $30.60-$30.55 area, down 0.70% for the […]