Market Update – February 2 – A Continued Battle of Wills
Stocks surged, Yields dove sharply, and the US Dollar slumped on Wednesday and they are holding their gains/losses so far today as well. The FOMC delivered the 25bp rate hike as expected, reaching 4.75%, an…
Read More »Midweek Market Overview: 01 February 2023
Central Banks are in focus this week as investors eye the FOMC as well as ECB and BoE meetings. Dollar Midway through the week and the Dollar continues to find…
Read More »Markets Week Ahead: US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Gold, Dow Jones, Fed, ECB, BoE
Traders are eyeing the Fed, BoE and ECB rate decisions for the US Dollar, British Pound and Euro, respectively. Will central banks disappoint, bringing back market volatility?
Read More »HFM’s Outlook 2023: Europe and the EURO
Europe and the EURO– 2023 Outlook With weaker growth, tight labour market and higher and longer-lasting inflation in 2022, the outlook for the euro area has worsened. Headline inflation may…
Read More »Market Update – January 9 – USD Index falls 9% from peaks
Treasury and Wall Street soared on the heels of the NFP data where the net effect is a tempering in Fed rate hike expectations. The markets are cheering the cooling in wage growth and a…
Read More »Market Update – December 16 – Ms Lagarde the Most Hawkish of All
Following the FED’s hawkishness on Wednesday, the ECB took it a step further. The central bank may have slowed down the pace of tightening moves, but the statement made very…
Read More »EUR/USD Price Analysis: An explosive holiday season breakout could be on the cards
As per the prior analysis, EUR/USD Price Analysis: Bears sink in their teeth to test bulls at a critical support structure, the bears are capping the
Read More »Market Update – December 21
The USD Index stuck at 103.50 bottom. Stocks pick up overnight, after they were pummeled Tuesday by the BoJ’s surprise hawkish tweak in its yield curve control. Yields: JGB 2-year…
Read More »Markets Week Ahead: Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, US Dollar, British Pound, Euro, Gold
A holiday-shortened week saw some impressive moves across a range of financial markets, buoyed by a slightly less hawkish FOMC.
Read More »Events to Look Out For Next Week
It’s a massive week ahead, with a heavy dose of global data releases including US and Canada jobs, Eurozone Inflation, OPEC Meeting, Chinese PMI, Canada GDP and central bankers’ speeches….
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