Gold prices succeeded in touching the first official target published during the last analysis at 1781, recording its lowest level at the end of last week’s trading of 1782. On the technical side, gold’s current moves are witnessing stability below the previously broken support-into-resistance level 1797, 50.0% Fibonacci correction as …
Read More »Euro is in a Sideways Range 10/1/2022
Positive trading dominated the euro against the US dollar, but it is still limited within a sideways range between the support level of 1.1300 and below the main resistance level of 1.1380. Technically, looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice that the price is moving above the 50-day moving average, …
Read More »Weekly Recap 3 – 7 Jan.
The last trading week ended with a decline in the US dollar as risk appetite improved with optimism around Omicron, in addition to data out of the USA. As a result, the dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of currencies, fell to 95.7. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 7 January
Nonfarm Payrolls relatively disappointed prior estimates, but the labor market indicators were stronger than expected. The employment data has had a modest impact on the forex market. In the light of the NFP data, the US Fed is very determined to move out of easing policy settings.Economic DataNonfarm Payrolls (NFP) …
Read More »What 2022 Will Bring For Cryptocurrency Investors
The first seven days of 2022 have not been kind to bitcoin, as the most famous cryptocurrency lost 11% of its value within days and finished this week at about $42,000; down almost 40% from its all-time high in 2021’s fall.Other digital coins including ethereum and ripple also fell this …
Read More »What Surprises Could US Stocks Encounter Next Week?
Inflation, rising rates and the Federal Reserve could lash US stocks next week. After a sharp jump in bond yields with the new year, rising rates could again impose a different tone on the stocks next week. Powell and Brainard’s TestimonyBig events, for newt week, include testimony by Federal Reserve …
Read More »Will Bidenomics’ Bubbles Start To Deflate?
The new year’s first week closed with a usual jobs report signaling solid annual wage growth of 4.7% but a disappointing figure of new jobs. Employment rose by just 199,000 in December, far less than expected. The economy created a record-breaking 6.4 million jobs in 2021, but that was after …
Read More »Bank of England’s February Rate Hike Still 50:50
Will the Bank of England hike interest rates again at the beginning of February? Market observers do believe the answer is yes. The monetary policy committee may wait until May, though February’s meeting is looking much more 50:50 than it did just a few weeks ago. Partially, that is because …
Read More »Eurozone Inflation Soars To Record 5 Percent,
Inflation in the Eurozone climbed to an annual rate of 5 percent in December, the second-consecutive record, according to the European Union statistics office’s initial estimate, which was released on Friday.The rate was slightly higher than the previous month’s increase of 4.9 percent. Inflation around the world has jumped as …
Read More »US Drillers Add Oil, Gas Rigs For Fourth Week
US energy companies kicked off the new year by continuing to add oil and natural gas rigs this week after increasing the rig count in 2021 after two years of declines.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose two to 588 in the week to …
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