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Date: 5th April 2024. Market News – NFP day; Geopolitics triggering a flight to safety! Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Global Stocks fell ahead of today’s jobs report, which coupled with the rising geopolitical risks and the angst over the FOMC’s rate trajectory triggered a flight to...

Date: 4th April 2024. Market News – USD continues to decline; stock markets mixed. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Powell wants to keep inflation expectations anchored at 2%. – Recent data have not “materially” changed the overall picture. Nothing new is added to the outlook, keeping...

Date: 3rd April 2024. Market Recap – ‘Good News is Bad News’ Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Rate cut hopes for the US are fading, which is weighing on stock markets. Bonds have found a footing, at least outside of the US, and the 10-year Bund yield is down -1.4 bp, after the 10-year...

Date: 2nd April 2024. Market Recap – Inflation: Will be back? Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Treasuries were hit by stronger than expected ISM data and yields climbed sharply in a bear steepener. – US manufacturing unexpectedly expanded for the first time since September 2022 & input...

Date: 1st April 2024. Strong Chinese Economic Data Prompts Demand for US Stocks! Trading Leveraged Products is Risky The Chinese economy and sentiment improve for the first time since September 2023. Chinese Manufacturing PMI rose to 50.8, beating expectations. Higher Chinese data improves...

Date: 29th March 2024. GBPUSD Analysis: The Pound Trades Higher But For How Long? The global Stocks Markets are closed due to Easter Friday (Good Friday). The NASDAQ continued to follow the sideways trend while other indices again rose. The SNP500 reaches an all-time high, but the NASDAQ...

Date: 28th March 2024. The US Dollar Strengthens As Economists Believe The ECB Will Struggle To “Hold”. Early this morning, the Fed Governor advised “there is no rush to cut rates” and “the data within the upcoming months” will be vital. The US Dollar Index rises to a 1-month high. The value...

Date: 27th March 2024. Market Recap – Yen on Intervention watch. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: A slip in risk appetite and a solid 5-year auction gave Treasuries a little boost yesterday with yields ending modestly lower. Profit taking on the strong gains for the quarter, and indeed...

Date: 26th March 2024. Market Recap – Quarter End Comes Into View. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Treasuries, Wall Street, and the US Dollar all posted small losses to start the abbreviated week of trading. The market is consolidating into quarter-end. This week’s supply is...

Date: 22th March 2024. Pending Orders and Apple Lawsuit Apply Selling Pressure on the NASDAQ! Apple stocks witness the second largest decline within the NASDAQ, falling more than 4.00%. Shareholders sold shares after news of another federal antitrust law violation. Apple is set to receive its...

Date: 21st March 2024. Market Recap – Gold & Stocks at record highs; Fed maintained rate cut forecast. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: The Fed signalled that rate cuts are still in the cards, stock markets rallied, Treasury yield were lower and the US Dollar was down from earlier...

Date: 20th March 2024. Market Recap – All eyes on FED. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Treasury yields are sinking as bonds await the FOMC’s results. The market is recovering slightly from this month’s selloff that has taken rates to the highest levels since late November. Stock...

Date: 19th March 2024. Market Recap – It’s a classic ‘Buy the rumour, sell the fact. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: The advent of Wednesday’s FOMC decision and the further slippage in Fed rate cut expectations extended selling pressures on Treasuries. Corporate issuance and the...

Date: 15th March 2024. BOJ Puts Rate Hikes On The Table After Historic Wage Agreement! Wage deals with Japan’s largest employers and unions have been agreed according to reports. Bloomberg confirms a 5% wage increase. Bank of Japan may hike interest rates as early as next week. Other...

Date: 14th March 2024. China’s Gold Imports From Switzerland More Than Triple! Significant demand from China continues to push Gold prices higher! China has been using the safe haven asset to protect the central bank and reserves as the Chinese Yuan depreciated over the past 2 years...

Date: 13th March 2024. The Dow Jones Rises to Monthly Highs! Is Gold Retracing Or Correcting? The Dow Jones rises to a monthly high despite higher inflation data for February 2024. The Dow Jones’s best performing stock on Tuesday was 3M Co (+4.97), Intl Business Machines Corp (+3.16%) and...

Date: 12th March 2024. UK Salary Growth Slows But All Eyes On US Inflation Data! The Pound declines due to lower salary growth and the unemployment rate rising to 3.9%. The US Dollar Index rises after weaker UK employment data which triggered weakness in both the Pound and the Euro. US...

Date: 11th March 2024. BoJ To Hike After Economic Growth! The NASDAQ Takes a Nosedive! A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo - RTX2UM36 The US added 275,000 jobs in February 2024 beating expectations by...

Date: 8th March 2024. Market Recap – NFP day post ECB & FOMC signalling possible June cuts! Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Global stocks rallied on dovish signals from the ECB and FOMC, while focus turns to today’s NFP. Lagarde signalled rates are likely to remain unchanged in April...

Date: 7th March 2024. Market Recap – Yen & Gold on a Ride; ECB Today. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: * Stock markets corrected across Asia. US futures are down, and European markets are also trading cautiously in early trade ahead of ECB. * Ueda: Chance of reaching target getting...