The U.S. Treasury will auction off a $52 billion of three-year notes at the top of the hour. The auction is the first of three coupon options this week. Tomorrow the treasury will auction off 10-year bonds and on Thursday they will auction off 30-year bonds:The major...
ECBs Villeroy: 2024 will be the year of our first rate cuts
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NZDUSD: Muddling along. Flip-a-coin as traders work through more bullish or more bearish.
In this video, I take a look at the NZDUSD from a technical perspective. Unfortunately, the ups and downs in the currency pair this week are suggestive of the "market" unsure of the directional bias. There is just a lot of ups and downs.What can be determined is that...
📈💥 Mid-day stocks to look at: Top stock movers and shakers! 💥📉
Heatmap of stocks today. Source Finviz.comIn the fast-paced trading arena, today's market heatmap flashes with clear signals for alert traders and savvy investors. Let's cut to the chase and spotlight the stocks making waves and those riding the volume surge.On the...
NASDAQ index erases losses and trades in positive territory
Nasdaq index moves closer to its 100 hour moving averageThe Nasdaq index has now erased its -127 point decline and trades positive on the day. The index is currently up 12.74 points or 0.09% at 14857. The rise puts the price closer to its 100-hour moving average at...
EURUSD: Falls to new session lows and in the process, falls below a key swing area
The EURUSD is making a break to new session lows and in the process, has moved below a key downside support target at 1.0929. Yesterday, the price fell below that level, only to rebound within the hour and start the run back to the upside that culminated with the...
Russia reduced December crude output by the most since cuts started
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Atlanta Fed Q4 GDPNow 2.2% vs 2.5% prior
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Euro spills to the lows of the week as the dollar nabs bids
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AUDUSD moves lower and for the 3rd day in a row, falls back below the 50% retracement.
The last three trading days have seen the AUDUSD trade below its 50% midpoint of the December trading range at 0.66975. On Friday the price spike below the level after the US jobs report and quickly rebounded off of lows on closer inspection of the jobs data....
China likely to cut its lending rates on January 21 — Nomura
The US CPI report isn't the only big one this week.China also releases its inflation data on January 11 and it will highlight the room the PBOC has to cut rates. The November CPI reading was -0.5% y/y and December is likely to be even lower as energy costs pass...
USDCAD buyers are making a play with a break away from the 50% and swing area
The USDCAD is making a break to the upside. In the process, the price of the USDCAD is moving above its 50% retracement level at 1.33971 and the high of a swing area at 1.3408. If the buyers mean business, staying above the 50% would keep the bullish bias fully...
US stocks trade lower and erase some of the gains from yesterday
Yesterday:Dow Industrial Average rose 0.58%S&P index rose 1.41%Nasdaq index rose 2.20%Today, all or some of those gains have been erased. A snapshot of the market currently shows:Dow Industrial Average -287 points or -0.76% at 37396S&P index -30.01 points or...
USDCHF stuck in a trading range: Bulls struggle at resistance. Bears lean on support.
The 2nd verse, is same as the 1st...The USDCHF fell in the early European session but found willing sellers against the local yesterday nearly 0.8459. The low price today reached 0.8463. The subsequent move to the upside stalled at 0.8519 which was near the high...
Why the spot bitcoin ETF will be approved
Spot bitcoin ETF approvals are a done deal, the only question is how the market will react.The co-founder of crypto manager Valkyrie Steven McClurg today said the SEC will approve the ETF sometime after the market closes on Wednesday with trading beginning on...
Kickstart the forex trading day with a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD
Yesterday, the US dollar fell, helped by lower US rates, and surging stock prices. Today those trends are reversed. The US dollar is higher, the US yields are higher, and US stocks are lower.In the morning FX kickstart video, I take a look at the shift in the major...
Canada November trade balance +1.57B vs +2.00B expected
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US November international trade deficit -$63.2 billion versus -$65.0 billion estimate
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Canada November building permits -3.9% vs -1.7% expected
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ForexLive European FX news wrap: Dollar steadies alongside yields, stocks hold lower
Headlines:Markets:JPY leads, AUD lags on the dayEuropean equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.4%US 10-year yields up 4 bps to 4.042%Gold up 0.3% to $2,035.12WTI crude up 2.4% to $72.48Bitcoin down 0.9% to $46,693It was a quieter session in Europe today, bereft...