The USD/CHF is trending higher today after hitting its lowest level of 2024 on Friday, followed by a strong rebound. The price action has seen the pair move above the 100-hour moving average at 0.8464 and the 200-hour moving average at 0.8470. Staying above these...
Canada desperately needs to build, but it’s getting worse at it
A broad consensus in Canada has emerged and it's inevitably going to wipe on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party: Canada is bringing in far too many people and can't build the housing or infrastructure to support them.Young people are brutally feeling...
US August employment trends 109.04 vs 109.61 prior
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US wholesale sales +1.1% vs +0.2% expected
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Market rally led by tech and consumer cyclical giants: Nvidia and Amazon soar
Stock heatmap by FinViz.com Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:46:10 GMTDynamic Gains in Technology and Consumer CyclicalsDiving into today’s market activity reveals a robust uptrend led by the technology and consumer cyclical sectors. Powered by standout performances from tech...
Solid starts for the major indices after declines last week
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Kickstart the FX trading day for Sept 9 w/a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY & GBPUSD
Friday employment day in the US, led to volatile up and down price action in the major currency pairs. Today, the USD is trading higher (EURUSD and GBPUSD are lower while the USDJPY is higher) but the greenback is coming off highs. In this video, I look at the...
The price action in stocks reminds me of 2007
A few equity indexes are starting to look like this chart, from 2007.Back then the problems in US housing were starting to mount and in July/August we got a sharp selloff in stocks, including 7% in the S&P 500. Then, it recovered to touch a marginal new record...
The bond market signals that a jobs tipping point is inevitable
Jim Reid at Deutschebank makes a great point in a note today. He illustrates that US unemployment has risen to 4.2% from 3.4% almost entirely due to people entering or re-entering the labor force.Then goes on to warn that it can quickly change to something...
A lighter US economic calendar is a chance to focus on China woes
Xi JinpingThe Fed is in the blackout period until after the FOMC decision and the US economic calendar is light today, featuring only wholesale inventories and employment trends.That will give the market a chance to catch its breath after a hectic week to start the...
The CAD is the strongest and the JPY is the weakest as the NA session begins
The CAD is the strongest (closely followed by the USD) and the JPY is the weakest as the North American session begins. Stocks are higher and yields are also higher, reversing some of the declines from Friday (last week). It is the day after the US jobs report which...
NHC warns of risk of life-threatening storm surge for Louisiana and upper Texas
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Dutch Econ Affairs Ministry to review Draghi report and supports cutting regulatory burden
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Forexlive European FX news wrap 9 Sep – The US Dollar extends gains
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BofA downgrades energy to market weight from overweight in US equity strategy
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China’s Xi urges stronger ties and fair business environment with Spain
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German Finance Minister backs Draghi’s growth focus but not joint EU borrowing
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Sentiment continues to improve through the session
Sentiment has continued to improve the deeper we've gone through the early EU session. Equity futures have built on their early morning gains, and commodities like copper continue to grind higher.News flow has been very light on the fundamental side, but markets are...
USDCAD Technical Analysis – A better than feared NFP boosted the USD
Fundamental OverviewThe USD last week came under some more pressure as a series of soft US data pushed Treasury yields lower. The NFP report on Friday wasn’t bad though, on the contrary, the data under the hood was better than the prior month. That helped the...
Draghi urges EU to boost spending by €750B and calls for joint debt issuance
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