Events to look out for next week

A new, “more mutated” and possibly more infectious covid variant out of South Africa weighed heavily on equities and boosted the demand for bonds on Friday, removing the feel good…

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Commodities and oil hit new highs

Overnight Headlines *USD remained near recent highs above 93 *US stocks closed mixed after a volatile week *The Vix fell below 18 as risk sentiment improved *Oil is higher for…

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USD stuck in a range

Overnight Headlines *USD erased losses after falling on softer US CPI *US stocks gave up earlier gains to close lower *UK CPI y/y +3.2% vs 2.9% expected, m/m 0.7% vs…

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Recap August 29: Food Shortages Accelerating, Chaos in Afghanistan, Inflation (Recap Ep138)

In this week’s recap, U.S. stocks moved higher Friday & for the week, as the S&P 500 (1st time above 4,500) & Nasdaq hit new records, with Fed Chairman Powell…

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