Market Update – November 24 – USD & Yields Higher, Stocks Mixed, Oil Recovers

USD (USDIndex 96.50) holds on at highs; EM currencies under particular pressure. (TRY lost 15% after Erdogan refused a rate rise). RBNZ raised rates but NZD fell (like the last…

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EUR plunges to new cycle lows, 1.13 eyed

Overnight Headlines *USD hit a fresh 16-month high driven by EUR weakness *US stocks close little changed *Biden tells Xi US doesn’t support Taiwan independence *UK unemployment 4.3% vs 4.4%…

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Market Update – October 8 – Yields Drive Higher Pushing USD & Stocks too

USD (USDIndex 94.30) holds at highs, Stocks & Oil move higher testing  key technicals – Yields the driver (5yr at 1.0416% – Feb 2020 high) US debt ceiling extended by…

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Recap September 19: Financial Crisis 2022? Hole in Ozone, Hyperinflation (Recap ep141)

In this week’s recap, Marcello talks about a financial Crisis to come due to several economic events that had occurred lately, including hyperinflation. A Hole in the Ozone is now…

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Recap September 5: Worst Drought in 70 Years, Binance BANNED 3x, Bitcoin Fraud (Recap ep139)

In this week’s recap, Marcello talks about the worst drought in 70 years and how that is affecting the market and Binance has been banned by a third country. U.S….

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Recap July 4: Records upon Records, Corona 2.0 Variant, Binance Banned in UK (Recap Ep130)

In this week’s recap, we find that U.S. stocks ended the week higher and at record highs after data indicated the U.S. economy is growing at a rapid clip &…

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China’s President Xi has a 5 year timeline to annex Taiwan

So says  Wu Qiang, a former politics lecturer at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.  Its in this article at RFA: The piece is from last week, posting as an ICYMI (as I…

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Events to Look Out for Next Week

Leading indicators such as US and Chinese Inflation and GDP from the UK dominate the releases next week. The markets are going to remain focused on the vaccination programs development,…

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FX Update – January 11 – USD 4th day higher

FX News Today USD continues to bounce, JPY, AUD & NZD weaken, Yields up as virus worries escalate and China pushes back on US sanctions and reacts to US normalizing…

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The US is to remove all of its restrictions on its relationship with Taiwan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US has for many decades been self-imposing restrictions on how it interacts with Taiwan: Various media reports on Pompeo’s statement note that…

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