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US stocks close moderately lower
The major stock indices are closing modestly lower. After closing at record levels on Friday, both the S&P and Dow industrial average are lower. No record closes today.The snapshot ofthe closing levels shows:Dow industrial average fell -62.25 points or -0.16% at...
Economic calendar in Asia 27 February 2024 – Japan inflation data the focus
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Trade ideas thread – Tuesday, 27 February, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas
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Hamas officials were ‘disappointed’ with hostage deal framework – report
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US dollar gives some back as bonds find a bid
The US dollar has ticked higher in the past hour as Treasury yields have fallen from the highs of the day. It's been a mostly lacklustre day for equities and the S&P 500 is on track for a 0.3% decline.Treasury yields rose earlier after sales for 2s and 5s with the...
Crude oil futures settles at $77.58
Crude oil futures are settling at $77.58. That is up $1.09 or 1.43%. The high for the day reached $78.03. The low extended to $75.84. Looking at the hourly chart, the price is back above the 100/200 hour MA blue and green lines) Those MAs are near converged at $77.45....
Bitcoin climbs nearly 7% to $54,000. What’s next
Momentum is the dominant feature of markets this year and nothing has more momentum than bitcoin right now. After a 10-day break as it consolidated around $52,000, bitcoin has broken out in a big way.It's up $3400 today, or 6.7%, to $54,450. That's the highest since...
The first job of artificial intelligence should be to clean up science
One of the dreams of artificial intelligence is that if we take all of the world's research papers -- let's say cancer research -- and put them into the machine, it will come up with new and novel approaches to find cures.I'm hopeful that will be the case.But I'm...
NZDUSD sets up for rate decision later this week
Target rangeThe Reserve Bank of New Zealand will meet and announce their rate decision on Wednesday morning in New Zealand (8 PM ET in the US. The expectations are for central bank to keep rates unchanged but to keep the door open for potential tightening in order to...
Warren Buffett: Capital spending on America’s power needs will be staggering
Warren Buffett's annual letter was released on the weekend and what got my attention was how much of it he spent on energy, which is mentioned 163 times in the text.One area he focuses on is Berkshire Hathaway Energy and losses in the electrical transmission space. He...
US sells 5-year notes 4.320% vs 4.312% WI
We have a double dose of Treasury sales to start the week and the market appears to be having some difficulty digesting the supply. US 5s were up 4.2 bps ahead of the sale to 4.33%.Record size of $64 billionBid to cover 2.41 vs 2.31 priorPrior to this auction, results...
US treasury to auction $64 billion of 5-year notes at the top of the hour
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J.P. Morgan Chase Dimon: There are things ahead that are concerning
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Major European shares close the day mixed
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USDJPY moves to new highs and looks toward 2024 high at 150.88
USDJPY extends to new highsThe USDJPY is moving to a new session high and in the process is extending above a swing area between 150.718 and 150.774. The next target comes against the high price from 2024 which was reached on February 13 at 150.88 (see chart above)....
AUDUSDD moves to new lows and tilts the technical bias more to the downside in the pair
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US treasury sells $63 billion of two-year notes at a high yield of 4.691%
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Bitcoin breaks the range to hit $53,000 for the first time since 2021
Bitcoin dailyBitcoin is trading at the highest since December 2021 as it breaks out of a consolidation pattern from the past two weeks.Bitcoin has been trending higher for the past month but stalled on February 15 to carve out a narrow range around $50-53K. However it...
ECB Pres. Lagarde: Increasing signs of bottoming out in growth.
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