Prior month -5.5% Pending home sales for August 0.6% versus 1.0% expectedIndex comes in at 70.6 versus 70.2 last monthMonth over month, contract signings rose in the Midwest, South and West but dropped in the Northeast.Compared to one year ago, pending home sales...
US stocks trades higher. S&P index trades at record levels.
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Tech stocks surge while energy sector slides: Navigating today’s market shifts
Stock heatmap by FinViz.com Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:46:08 GMTTech stocks surge while energy sector slides: Navigating today's market shiftsThe U.S. stock market today paints a vibrant picture of sectoral shifts, with technology stocks outperforming while energy stocks...
Bowman: Discount window is for emergencies
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Kickstart the FX trading day for Sept 26 w/a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY & GBPUSD
In the kickstart video for September 26, I take a look at 3 major currency pairs - the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. For the EURUSD, the price action today and over the last few trading days, has been up and down volatile. On most days, there are technical levels that...
Fed’s Bowman repeats speech from earlier this week. No policy comments from Powell
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David Tepper loads up on China with some very bullish comments
David Tepper was on CNBC and made some very bullish comments on China.HE said he has gone over his usual limits. He said he bought more on the PBOC announcements this week and even more overnight today on the fiscal announcements."This is incredible stuff for that...
OPEC+ likely to go ahead with planned Dec oil output increase – report
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An energy generation company passed Nvidia as the top performer in the S&P 500
VST dailyThe best business to own this year was old-fashioned power generation.It's poetic how an industry that was seen as the epitome of quiet and predictable has just passed the AI-revolutionary defining company as the best performer in the S&P 500 this...
US Q2 final GDP +3.0% vs +3.0% expected
Prelim reading was +3.0%Final Q1 was +1.4% (unrevised)Details:Consumer spending +2.8% vs +2.9% second reading GDP final sales +1.9% vs +2.2% second readingGDP deflator +2.5% vs +2.5% second readingCore PCE +2.8% vs +2.8% second reading Corporate profits after tax...
US initial jobless claims 218K versus 225K estimate
Prior week 219K revised to 222KInitial jobless claims 218K vs 225K est4- week moving average initial jobless 224.75 vs 228.25 Continuing claims 1.834M vs 1.838M estimate. Prior week revised to 1.821M from 1.829M prior4-week moving average continuing claims 1.836M...
US August durable goods orders 0.0% vs -2.6% expected
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US initial jobless claims, durable goods and GDP coming up next
We get the 'final' Q2 US GDP report today but that's generally not a market mover as now we're just 4 days away from the end of Q3.More important today are initial jobless claims and durable goods orders. I'd put claims at the top of the list.Here is Parker Ross on...
ForexLive European FX news wrap: China uplifts broader markets; SNB cuts, dollar sluggish
Headlines:Markets:AUD leads, USD lags on the dayEuropean equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.8%US 10-year yields down 0.9 bps to 3.771%Gold up 0.8% to $2,678.03WTI crude down 2.8% to $67.77Bitcoin up 1.3% to $64,330China continues to hog the spotlight so far...
US futures stay buoyed ahead of North America trading
The gains picked up during the handover from Asia to Europe, following comments from China's Politburo here. That amplified Beijing's commitment from all of the measures announced this week and also drove Chinese equities to surging gains on the day. S&P 500...
USDCHF Technical Analysis – The SNB decision fails to weaken the CHF
Fundamental OverviewThe US Dollar came under renewed pressure recently following the surprisingly weak US consumer confidence report on Tuesday. The labour market data in the report softened a lot and it generally leads the unemployment rate. The market responded by...
Russell 2000 Technical Analysis – Key level to break before the all-time high
Russell 2000 Technical Analysis – Daily TimeframeRussell 2000 DailyOn the daily chart, we can see that the Russell 2000 got rejected from the cycle highs and pulled back. The buyers will want to see the price breaking higher to increase the bullish bets into a new...
Deutsche anticipates faster rate cut cycle by the ECB going into next year
They are sticking with the view that the ECB will begin delivering back-to-back rate cuts, but starting from December. A further weakening in the economic outlook is the main cause for the shift in their call, after having previously forecasting the ECB to deliver on...
Nasdaq Technical Analysis – Better global growth expectations lead to new highs
Fundamental OverviewThe Nasdaq has been on a sustained rally ever since the last FOMC decision with the market continuing to price in a back-to-back 50 bps cut in November. More recently, the PBoC surprised with strong easing measures as Chinese officials seem to have...
Reliable, Fast, Simple: NordFX Broker Introduces Automated Withdrawal System in Crypto
Since mid-year, any NordFX broker client can take advantage of the automated withdrawal feature. This innovation, among many others, is aimed at further enhancing the quality of service and comfort for the company’s clients. Currently, 84% of withdrawal requests are...