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Trade ideas thread – Tuesday, 23 April, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: US dollar gives back gains as risk mood improves
Markets:Gold down $61 to $2329US 10-year yields flat at 4.61%WTI crude oil down 12-cents to $82.85AUD leads, GBP lagsS&P 500 up 0.8%The newsflow was light ahead of a big week of earnings along with some key economic data points. The Fed has entered the blackout so...
S&P 500 climbs nearly 1% to end the six-day losing streak
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Bank of American now sees USD/JPY peaking this year in the 155-160 range
USDJPY dailyBank of America has revised its forecast for the USD/JPY exchange rate upwards, predicting that it will reach higher levels by the end of 2024 and 2025. The adjustment is based on several factors including sustained capital outflows from Japan, an...
Oil bounces around before finishing lower by 29-cents
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Another earthquake felt in Taiwan
The earthquake earlier this month led to some serious damage. It's not yet clear if this is an aftershock or something worse. It's currently very early in the morning in Taipei.Earlier today a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit just off the coast while the quake at the...
Canadian dollar rallies for fourth day. What’s next
USDCAD dailyThe Canadian dollar has climbed for four straight days, which sounds impressive at the outset but it masks that it fell even harder in the four days before that, touching the worst levels since November.In any case, it has climbed for four days in a tough...
S&P 500 rebounds, adds to gains
S&P 500 - 10 minsThe S&P 500 has extended today's gain to 37 points, or 0.75% after briefly trading into negative territory.Stocks opened higher today but slid in the first two hours of trading before finding a bottom near unchanged on the day. There are still...
TD: The most-important data print for the year
US core PCE yyTD Securities underscores the significance of Friday's core PCE data, considering it pivotal for shaping market expectations and movements in 2024. Amid fluctuating market sentiments and diverse economic indicators, this release is anticipated to be a...
Have we hit the point of maximum pain on bonds?
The US is selling 2-year yields this week and there are fears the Treasury could be paying 5%.Right now, the on-the-run 2s are trading at 4.96% and sales haven't exactly gone swimmingly lately, especially with the massive auction sizes. Here is how the chart looks on...
USD/JPY creeps closer to a critical level
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Power demand will turn out to be the toughest problem of the 2020s
I wrote earlier this month about why a perfect storm is about to hit global power grids.Investors and companies spend very little time thinking about electricity. For most companies and consumers -- at least outside of South Africa -- simply hook up to the grid and...
European equities score a win, led by the FTSE 100
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Nasdaq gives up gains, threatens seventh consecutive day of declines
Nasdaq dailyIt's a huge week for the Nasdaq with earnings from Tesla, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Intel and Snap. At the moment, the market is clearly worried and chipmakers are particularly soft.The Nasdaq has fallen for six straight days and early gains today have...
Cable sinks to a five-month low. What’s next
GBP/USD dailyCable carved out a range from roughly 1.25-1.28 from December to early March in what was a slog of a market as we all weighed whether the BOE would keep its hawkish stance and the Fed would signal rate cuts.For a brief moment in March, it looked like the...
Eurozone April flash consumer confidence -14.7 vs -14.4 expected
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Gold takes a beating, down $59
It's been one-way trading in gold since the start of March but the fever appears to have broken today, with prices down $59 to $2332.gold dailyThere's some minor support from a vague trendline at $2310 but the bigger level is the old all-time high near $2200.The...
S&P 500 opens moderately higher. Eyes on NVDA stock
US equities are higher in the early going but there have been frequent bouts of strength in the latest six-day losing streak that have ultimately been overwhelmed by sellers.In early trading, the index is up 20 points, or 0.45%, which is a tad softer than futures...
Vast majority of economists see ECB cutting rates in June – poll
An poll of 97 economists following the ECB showed a strong consensus towards a cut in June. All but 6 of them are forecasting a cut in June, which is exactly what many ECB Governing Council members have foreshadowed.How much they cut this year is more of a debate with...