As rising inflation threatens his presidency, US President Joe Biden is turning to the federal antitrust authorities to try to tame hot price increases that his administration believes are partly driven by a lack of corporate competition.Biden pushed the Agriculture Department to begin investigation on large meatpackers that control a …
Read More »Institutional Investors Overcome Barriers To Bitcoin
Before 2000, most traditional institutional investment portfolios did not allocate to commodities and traditionally balanced portfolios of stocks (60 percent) and bonds (40 percent) were the prevalent norm with no alternatives across the board. Given that diversification is a significant catalyst for investment, portfolios started greater diversification into alternatives and …
Read More »Mastercard’s Holiday Data Signaling Growing Online Shopping
It has been another busy holiday season this year with online sales growing 11% year-over-year (YoY) according to the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse market intelligence which focuses on the measurement of in-store and online retail sales across all modes of payment.The data, which covers sales from 1 November to 24 December …
Read More »USA Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index Falls
Texas factory output grew in December at the same pace compared with the previous month, data from a survey compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas showed Monday.The production index of the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey which is a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, fell slightly to 26.7 …
Read More »Gold Price Subdued Around $1800 Amid Flat US Real Yields
The XAU/USD Index has advanced by 0.09% as the last trading week of the year kicks in. The market sentiment is mixed, as a result of Omicron fears and transmissibility, despite being less dull.The weekly chart depicts a neutral bias, though a descending triangle has formed, threatening of pushing prices …
Read More »EUR/USD Remains Within Narrow Trading
The EUR/USD pair has remained on the defensive heading into the early North American session, and rather has managed to hold its neck above the 1.1300 round-figure mark.Having failed to make it through the 1.1340-50 resistance zone on Friday, the EUR/USD pair witnessed a subdued price action on the first …
Read More »Gold Declines Marginally With The Rise of The Dollar
Gold prices fell in weak trading on Monday, with the dollar rebounding, although it is still hovering near its highest levels in a week, with increased demand for safe havens due to concerns linked to the pivot omicron. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.1% to $ 1806.60 an ounce, …
Read More »The Turkish Lira is Falling After Record Highs That Lasted 5 Days
The Turkish lira fell after record highs over five days, disregarding the messages of reassurance from the government. The currency fell 6.2% to 11.3399 per dollar, on a weak trading day, and since the beginning of the year, the lira has lost 34% of its value, which is the largest …
Read More »Gold Prices Settled After The Decline in US Treasury Yields
Gold prices stabilized on Monday above the key level of 1,800 dollars an ounce, while a slight decline in US Treasury yields was offset by a rise in the dollar. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,809.95 an ounce and has mostly remained above $1,800 since closing above that level for …
Read More »Weekly Recap 20 – 24 Dec.
The financial markets closed the trading week ending on December 24, with the progress of risk assets, led by global stocks, over the rest of the safe-haven assets, led by the US dollar. Over that week, the main drivers of the markets were the economic data and positive developments regarding …
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