A panel discussion took place in Sinatra on Wednesday, hosted by the European Central Bank and attended by the heads of the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. The discussion revealed that nearly all participants agreed on the need for higher interest rates to curb higher-than-expected inflation. Following the panel discussion, Fed Chair Powell...
Follwing the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting on Friday, the US Dollar moved a significant 1.74% against the Japanese Yen to settle above the 135.000 for the first time in six weeks. The risk-averse market atmosphere helped the Greenback find demand as a safe haven while hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) bets provide an additional boost to the currency. The coming week...
The Yen rose 0.3%, as Japan's core consumer price index inflation remained steady in March from the prior month, at 3.1% hereby confirming that inflation still remained above the BOJ’s 2% annual target and with a series of high-impact macroeconomic events from the Japanese docket in the coming week, we could have some prominent price movement ahead and post the...
The majority is in a dilemma of whether or not the US central bank is ready to pause on rate hikes. An insight could shape the narrative in the Gold markets, as inflation and recession prospects counteract the demand for the yellow metal. On Friday, we witnessed the mini-crash in prices of gold which was a result of the Federal Reserve Governor Christopher...
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index witnessed its biggest increase in six months bringing the index to 5.4% for the last year - a whopping 0.6% increase. As the Federal Reserve gears to ratchet up rate hikes again amidst fear of inflation, Gold appears to be consumed by the same inflation that it is supposed to be a hedge against. With prices...
Despite the rebound in UK consumer confidence in February and the GfK’s consumer confidence indicator jumping seven points to -38 (a 10-month high), the Pound Sterling relinquished its previous gain to close the week above a strong demand zone at the $1.19000 zone. Supported by strong economic data, the demand for the Greenback has virtually increased in the last...
Despite starting the week on a bullish note, fresh new anxieties over inflation and rate hikes rippled across the market and this development resulted in participants dumping their long positions on the US Oil. With continued selling pressure below the key level at $80.00 level, buying opportunity might likely be on hold in the coming week until there are clear...
The US Dollar negated the bullish attempt at the beginning of the week and moved over 300pips its favor after positive consumer price index data on Tuesday. Though it edged lower during the latter part of last week's trading session hereby handing back some of the previous session’s gains after better-than-expected U.S. retail sales pointed to more interest rate...
After scooping a 7,000 pips profit from our previous analysis (see link below for reference purposes); the yellow metal posted its third weekly loss as price action drops into the $1,800 zone (where it started the year) clinging to a "strong support" where buying pressure was observed on Friday. With price action stuck at the mid-$1,800 level, Participants will be...
At 64.9, the Michigan consumer sentiment index for February hits its highest level in eight months as falling energy prices eased fears about inflation. This is a positive signal as it is a widely-known gauge of personal consumer confidence in the US economic activity. From a technical standpoint, the significant breakout of the supply zone at the 131.000 area...
Last week's trading session saw Oil prices jump as Russia respond to the G7’s price caps by announcing production cuts by 500,000 bpd (accounting for 5% of its output in March) and its own minimum price structure. We were opportune to be part of the bullish momentum (see link below for reference purposes) which later capped at the key level at the $80.00 mark at...
This is a follow-up video to my previous analysis on the US Oil commodity as we close the previous week on a profitable note with over 300pips in profit (see link below for reference purposes). China being the world's number one importer of crude oil - the start of the Chinese New Year holiday will be closely watched to see if travel activities will be as robust...
A follow-up video to the previous analysis on the GBPUSD where we scooped over 400 pips profit (see link below for reference purposes). The US dollar continues to plunge since the beginning of the year as fear of recession mounts. To further mount pressure on the Greenback is the data from the U.S. retail sales which fell by the most in a year in December and...
Gold seems firm on its resolve to hold to a $1,800 price despite some sideways movement after a 4,000pips move to the downside at the beginning of last week's trading. Price is currently back at the critical level around the $1,800 area sending mixed signals across the market and from a technical standpoint, the tendency of both a bullish and bearish expectation...
The U.S. dollar continue waning as it edged lower during the course of last week's trading and following the positive NFP on Friday, there was a stall as we started witnessing a consolidation phase around the key level at 135.000. In this video, we looked at the charts from a technical standpoint where we shall remain patient to see what price action will...
The U.S. dollar edged lower to post a weekly loss on dovish projection from the Federal Reserve. From a technical standpoint, it is worth noting that the price has been caught within a support and resistance (142.500 and 138.000) in the last two weeks to emphasize the indecision in the market. The coming week is laced with major market-moving economic releases,...
This is a follow-up detail to my previous analysis where we close the week on a profitable note (see the link below for reference purposes). The US CPI weighs on the US Dollar as the EURUSD surged with about a 4% gain to close the week on a bullish tone; However, in addition to the high-priority event coming up in the new week (stated in the video), it is worth...
The last 3 - 4 weeks have seen prices continue to climb hereby finding uniform higher highs and higher lows which culminated at the breakout of the $1.0000 area during the course of last week's trading session. Will the breakout of the key level at the $1.0000 mark be a true or false one? As we look forward to a variety of high-impact events for the week, we will...