Pound Sterling Faces Pressure As BoE’s Policy Decision Looms Large
The Pound Sterling declines against its major peers as traders price in a 25 bps interest rate cut by the BoE on Thursday. Investors should brace for high volatility amid uncertainty over US-China trade relations. The US Dollar will be guided by the US ADP Employment Change and the ISM Services PMI data for January […]
A Better Path Forward
Image Source: Pixabay The market is definitely feeling better into Wednesday and most of that is because investors are seeing a path forward in which trade wars will be avoided. Currencies are up across the board against the US Dollar and stocks are well off their recent lows.Video Length: 00:00:56More By This Author:Investors Getting Reacquainted With […]
Rejecting AMD
Image Source: PixabayWe had originally looked into AMD as Watch List stock, given its strong leadership and opportunities in AI. But there are just too many things I don’t like about this CPU and GPU maker after reviewing Q4 results.The Xilinx deal was clearly a massive over-pay, hurting AMD’s return on capital for years to come. […]
Investigating Simple Formulaic Investing
Image Source: PexelsInvesting formulas are simple, easy-to-implement, systematic, stock screeners that provide instructions on how to outperform the total stock market. Marcel Schwartz and Matthias Hanauer, authors of the December 2024 study, “Formula Investing,” evaluated the effectiveness of four such popular investing formulas over the period 1963-2022: The Piotroski F-Score: The sum of nine binary (+ or […]
EUR/USD Lacks Firm Intraday Direction, Stuck In A Range Around 1.0375-1.0380 Zone
Image Source: Pixabay EUR/USD consolidates in a range near the weekly high touched earlier this Wednesday. The USD struggles to lure buyers amid Fed rate cut bets and lends support to the major. Concerns about Trump’s trade tariffs and dovish ECB weigh on the Euro and cap the pair. The EUR/USD pair struggles to capitalize on […]
SPDR ETF Report For Tuesday, Feb 4
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Tuesday, February 4.Video Length: 00:14:44More By This Author:Financial Markets Report For Tuesday, Feb 4Metal Markets Report For Monday, Feb 3Financial Markets Report For Monday, Feb 3
Rates Spark: Refunding Decision(s) Potentially Pivotal
Image Source: PexelsWe’ll see Wednesday whether Scott Bessent chooses to make a statement through material actions or words as his new department unveils the latest re-funding decision(s). The baseline view is for no surprises. If there are surprises, it’s more likely to be negative for Treasuries than positive. For that reason, the smart money is for […]
OECD Survey Of Adult Skills: Where The US Stands
Image Source: PixabayThe Survey of Adult Skills was carried out across 31 mainly high-income economies in 2003. It’s a survey that’s done by having actual interviewers meet people in their homes. For the US, the sample size was 3,765, which may not sound like much, but it’s worth remembering that a typical Gallup poll is only about […]
WTI Trades Near $72.00, Moves Little As Market Downplays US-China Trade Tensions
Image Source: Pixabay WTI moves little as the market shrugs off concerns over US-China trade war while support from Iran-related supply concerns remains. Trump reinstated his “maximum pressure” campaign, aiming to cut Iran’s Oil exports to zero. US API Weekly Crude Oil Stock rose by 5.025 million barrels in the previous week, against a previous 2.86-million-barrel […]
GBP/USD Holds Steady Below 1.2500; Softer USD Acts As A Tailwind
Photo by Colin Watts on Unsplash GBP/USD consolidates near the top end of its weekly trading range. Traders seem reluctant ahead of the key BoE meeting on Thursday. The USD hangs near the weekly low and lends support to the major. The GBP/USD pair struggles to capitalize on its strong gains registered over the past two days and consolidates […]
