Some investors bet that Rivian can become the next Tesla, whose own market cap stands above $1 trillion, while others say It is a bad bet.U. S. Electric automaker Rivian closed trading yesterday with value nearing $105 billion, two days after completing the largest U.S. IPO since Alibaba in 2014. …
Read More »APEC Leaders Tackle Economic Recovery, COVID-19, Climate
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum vowed on Friday to address economic recovery in the region by shoring up supply chains.The summit is tackling labour issues and continuing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit is held amid heightened U.S.-China tensions.Biden and Xi expected to meet virtually …
Read More »Baker Hughes Reports Rise of U.S. Oil Drilling Rigs
Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil rose by four to 454 this week. That followed increases in each of the previous two weeks, including a climb of six oil rigs last week, Baker Hughes data show. The total active U.S. rig …
Read More »XAU/USD Dips to $1850 as Fed Williams’ Speech Eyed
XAU/USD prices have recovered back to trading flat on the day, having at one point prior to the U. S. open been trading with losses of nearly 1.0%. Gold appeared to find good demand at $1850 as gold bulls and those seeking inflation protection bought the dip.As Fed encounters pressure …
Read More »XAU/EUR Reaches Fresh High
Gold against the EUR is trying to extend its weekly uptrend for seven successive days, trading at €1,627 during the New York session.Early in the Asian session, the precious metal retreated to give back some of its weekly gains, as bears pushed gold towards the 50-simple moving average on the …
Read More »U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops on Inflation Concerns
U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early November to the lowest level in 10 years as surging inflation cut into households’ living standards, with few believing policymakers are taking sufficient steps to mitigate the accelerating inflation.The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 66.8 in its preliminary November reading, released …
Read More »EU Ready To Handle Any Issue Within NI protocol
Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, in public comments regarding Brexit negotiations, said that the European Union is willing and ready to look at any issue that is within the Northern Ireland protocol.Šefčovič has added that problems should be tackled one at a time, perhaps starting with medicines …
Read More »Gold is Heading to Record The Largest Weekly Jump in 6 Months
Gold prices fell on Friday, under pressure from the strength of the dollar, but it is heading towards recording the largest weekly jump in 6 months, as concerns about the rise in consumer prices in the United States led to the demand for the yellow metal as a hedge in …
Read More »Oil Falls as The Dollar Rises on Bets That The Fed Will Raise Interest Rates
Oil prices fell on Friday, erasing gains made in the previous session, as the dollar continued to rise on bets that the US central bank would present plans to raise interest rates to curb inflation. In Asian trading, US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 26 cents, or 0.3%, to …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 11-11-2021
Gold has shifted after the latest round of hot than expected U.S. inflation data and here’s what to watch with the latest surge higher.There’s a fundamental change of language as solid CPI data previously meant faster tapering schedule, consequently lower gold, the new prevalent language has become: strong CPI = …
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