Category Archive: Finance
Kiwi Dollar Flounders After Election Surprise
Among Asian currencies, the New Zealand Dollar, commonly called the Kiwi Dollar, was among the biggest movers today. In the past day, the Kiwi has lost nearly 2% of its value relative to the US Dollar, after the country’s Labour party surprisingly pulled out a win in the country’s general election. Analysts say that markets […]
USD/JPY Hits High Resistance On US Tax Talk, Upcoming Elections
USD/JPY is currently trading at 113.30, after already reaching a peak of 113.46. This is the line that it reached earlier in the month and also in July. The drivers come from both sides of the currency pair. Can it reach even higher ground? In the US, the Senate took the first step in approving tax […]
Weekly Commodities Wrap: Schroders Forecasts Sub $50 Iron
Gold: December US Rate Hike Expectations Weigh On Gold The yellow metal came under pressure this week as fresh comments from Fed members encouraged expectations of a December rate hike. Philadelphia Fed President Harker said that the Fed should “prudently move up to the neutral real rate as quickly as possible” noting that “very little […]
Stock Exchange: Are Momentum Trades Better Than Dip Buying?
This Week: Are Momentum Trades Better Than Dip Buying? The answer to that question depends, of course, on a variety of factors including your trading personality, your timeframe, how you manage risk, and market conditions, to name a few. Our models (as shown in the following table) have been developed to take advantage of opportunities […]
GBP/USD Breaks Contracting Triangle Pattern In Bearish Channel
GBP/USD 4 hour The GBP/USD is building lower lows and lower highs which makes a bearish ABC (grey) a bit less likely and a wave 123 (green) more probable, although a bearish breakout below support (blue) is still needed to confirm. The wave 4 (orange) correction is less likely if price breaks above the resistance […]
S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Friday, Oct. 20
S&P 500 The S&P 500 initially fell during the Thursday session, but found enough support near the 2545 level to turn things around and rally significantly. By doing so, we ended up forming a massive hammer, which of course is a very bullish sign. I think that the market forming this hammer suggests that we […]
EC The Little Market That Could
So what do you think of the market? Why are both actual and implied volatility so low? Why are the moves so small, but predominantly up? Is this the closest impression of the Chinese Water Torture that a stock market can pull-off? Why doesn’t the market care about external and internal risks? Doesn’t it know […]
Canada’s Hunt For Taxes Turns On Minimum Wage Earners
The hunt for taxes has turned to employees of companies. Any benefit you give an employee is considered “soft-income” and is to be taxed. In the USA, the maximum value of a gift I can hand an employee is $25. I can’t even give them a decent bottle of champagne for New Years. In Canada, […]
CBN Sells Treasuries To Mop Up Naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday sold another N98 billion of Treasury securities to reduce Naira liquidity and support the currency. The apex bank sold the 91-day bill at a higher interest rate of 16 percent, while the 196-day bill was offered at 17.81 percent. Total subscriptions were N194.6 billion. This was after 10.25 […]
