The Australia S&P/ASX 200 opens up 0.65% at 6882.20. A move higher today would be the 3rd consecutive rise after bottoming on Monday at 6751.3.The AUDUSD is trading up 0.38% in early trading and trades to the highest level on October 12. The price broke above the...
South Korea CPI was 3.8% year on year versus 3.6% expected
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AUDUSD buyers are making a play. What would keep the buyers in control now?
The AUDUSD buyers are making a play with a break to the highest level since October 12 and above the high from last week at 0.6400 and high from yesterday near that level. Technically, staying above 0.6400 now is the best case scenario for the buyers. On the top side,...
BOCs Macklem: There are some reasons to believe that the neutral interest rate is higher
BOC's Macklem is speaking and says:There are some reasons to believe that the neutral interest rate is more likely higher than lowerEarlier, the Bank of Canada governor said that the Federal and Provincial government spending is beginning to get in the way of getting...
Kickstart your FX trading for Nov 2, 2023. A technical look at EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD.
In this video on November 2, 2023, I kickstart the Forex trading day with a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. What are the biases, the risks, the targets for those three major currency pairs?EURUSD: The EURUSD had an up-and-down trading day on the first...
ShareRing Certified In The UK As A Trusted Digital Identity Services Provider
ShareRing, a true self-sovereign digital identity blockchain Australian company, proudly announces its achievement as one of the first in the industry to be accredited under the “Digital Identities and Attributes Trust Framework” (DIATF) in the United Kingdom. This...
Trade ideas thread – Thursday, 2 November 2023
Good morning, afternoon and evening all. The Fed kept rates unchanged with the Fed Chair dancing around future policy expectations. The Fed Funds futures for December are pricing no change in policy. You have to go to July to see some easing expectations (implying...
Costco total sales for October rise by 3%
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China agrees to arms control talks with the US
According to the Wall Street Journal, China is agreeing to arms control talks with the US.According to the article: The Biden administration is preparing for a discussion with China on nuclear-arms control to address concerns about a destabilizing three-way arms race...
A summary of the earnings after the close. Doordash, Qualcom, AirBnB all report
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A summary of the headlines from Fed Chair Powell’s press conference
Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy:The unwinding of the pandemic effects make this cycle unique. We are still learning about how it plays out.We may have underestimated balance sheet strength households, businesses. There can still be more of that than we think in...
US stock indices close higher for the 3rd consecutive day this week
The NASDAQ index is up for the 4th consecutive day. The S&P and the Dow industrial average are up for the 3rd consecutive day. The gates they were led by the NASDAQ index which rose 1.64%. For the week the index is now up 2.64%.A snapshot of the closing levels for...
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Dollar sinks after the FOMC, bond yields drop
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Gundlach: I believe we’ve started a bond rally here
DoubleLine bond fund manager Jeff Gundlach is on CNBC following the FOMC decision and he called for a rally in bonds. There certainly is one today with yields 7-13 bps lower on the day and that's after trading higher earlier.US 10 year yieldsPowell wasn't hawkish...
The Nasdaq rallies and US dollar slips as Powell sees two-sided inflation risks
The Nasdaq is at a session high, up 1.6% in the aftermath of the FOMC decision and Powell's press conference."It feels like the risks are more two-sided now around inflation," Powell said.At one point there was a dip in risk assets and a bounce in the dollar as he...
Powell Q&A: We are attentive to the increase in longer-term yields
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Powell opening statement: The Committee is proceeding carefully
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Watch live: Press conference from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
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Atlanta Fed Q4 GDPNow +1.2% vs +2.3% previously
The Atlanta Fed GDPNow tracker got plenty of attention ahead of last week's GDP report because it was persistently on the high side and that proved to be right.Now, it's downshifting significantly and sees 1.2% growth in Q4.After this morning’s construction spending...
Little change in Fed pricing in the aftermath of the FOMC decision
The kneejerk reaction in the FX market to the Fed decision was lower in the US dollar. That reflects tail risks that the Fed might have introduced more of a hawkish bias after strong Q3 growth numbers and stubbornly high employment.Instead, the FOMC statement was...