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Atlanta Fed Pres. Bostic: Expects a slow pace of disinflation in 2024
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US stocks ticking back to the downside. Indices down -0.43 to -0.55% now
The major US stock indices are tilting back to the downside with the three major indices now down around -0.45% to -0.55%.A snapshot of the market currently shows:Dow industrial average -216.30 or -0.56% at 38676.88S&P index -27.16 points or -0.53% at...
Crude oil settles at $85.23
The price of the WTI crude oil futures are settling at $85.23. That is down $1.20 or -1.39%. The high price for the day reached $86.94. The low price was at $85.11. The price is closing near the session lows. Looking at the hourly chart above, the price is approaching...
USDCHF returns to 100/200 hour MAs
USDCHF back testing the 100/200 hour MAsEarlier today, the dollar selling took the USDCHF to and through the 100/200 hour MAs which were near converged at the 0.9040 area. That shift back below the MAs, disappointed the buyers from yesterday, and shifted the bias back...
GBPUSD rotates back to the 100 day MA. Break higher today runs out of juice.
The GBPUSD - like the EURUSD- moved higher in the early US session. For this pair the move broke above the 100-day MA at 1.2665. The momentum next took the price above its 200-bar moving average on the 4-hour chart at 1.2684. The next target was at the 50% midpoint of...
Bank of Canada preview: Six things to watch for in Wednesday’s suddenly-close decision
Wednesday's Bank of Canada interest rate decision is one of the more-intriguing ones this year.Six things I'm thinking about:1) What's priced inThe market has priced in a 24% chance of a cut and 90% at the next meeting on June 5. Most decision this year -- including...
US sells 3-year notes 4.548% vs 4.528% WI
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SNB’s Schlegel: Forex interventions support goal of achieving price stability
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EURUSD retraces the gains as the pair ping-pongs between retracement levels
EURUSD ping pongs between retracement levelsThe EURUSD moved higher in the early NY session and in the process moved to the next target level at the 61.8% retracement retracement of the March trading range at 1.08825. The high price reached 1.0884 before finding...
EIA cuts 2024 world oil demand forecasts, sees higher US production
There is an ongoing forecasting war between primarily the US EIA and OPEC regarding demand growth this year. Despite strong economic growth this year (which is usually correlated with oil demand), the EIA is doubling down.Cuts 2024 world oil demand forecast by 480k...
Intel announces a chip that beats Nvidia H100
The earlier drop in Nvidia shares is looking curious after this news:Intel unveils chip called Gaudi 3, an AI accelerator chipOutperforms Nvidia's H100 chip (according to Intel at least)To be 'widely available' in Q3Intel just announced that it "Introduced the Intel...
UPDATE: USDJPY falls to MA support targets and bounces on the first test
In the kickstart video, I spoke to the USDJPY's inability to get above the ceiling area between 151.91 and 151.96. The price decline has continued in the early New York session as risk off sentiment has pushed the price lower. In the process, the next targets at the...
A wave of risk aversion upends markets
A wave of risk aversion has hit global equities in a seeming bolt of lightning out of the blue.There's no big macro catalyst for this move, which now has the S&P 500 down 39 points or 0.75%. Shares opened higher today and everything appeared to be calm with no...
Nvidia, a market darling, is down close to 2% and below its 200 hour moving average.
Shares of Nvidia are down around -1.9% at $854.71 (down $16.51). Shares are being marked lower after a UK analysts had some cautious comments on the chip maker saying "sentiment on semis are as optimistic as I can ever remember"Technically, the price is trading at its...
Reuters Poll: US 10 year yield to reach 4% in six months and 3.85% in one year.
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The NZDUSD and the AUDUSD are both trading higher for the day/week. What next technically?
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Major US stock indices trading higher led by the S&P index
The major US stock indices are trading higher led by the S&P index. The NASDAQ index is trading near unchanged on a day. Yesterday all three major indices closed marginally higher/lower to start the trading week.A snapshot of the market six minutes into the open...
USDCHF moves back below MA support tilting the bias back to the downside
The USDCHF moved higher yesterday, and in the process moved about politics 100 and 200 hour moving averages.In trading today, the Asian session saw narrow trading, but the prices stayed above the moving average support near 0.9041. However, for gave way in the...
White House economic advisor Brainard sees steady progress on inflation in coming months
White House economic advisor Lael Brainard is on the wires saying that they see steady progress on inflation in the coming months.Tomorrow the US CPI data will be released with expectations of 0.3% for both the headline and the core measure. The yarn year is expected...