Tesla stock dropped after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for Q4. But the automaker’s fourth-quarter results might not be good enough for investors. Tesla today reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results, but the company’s stock fell slightly in post-closing trading after the automaker warned that supply chain problems could persist throughout 2022. …
Read More »Japan Shares Close at 14-Month Low After Fed
Japan’s Nikkei index closed at a 14-month low on Thursday, dragged down by technology heavyweights after the Federal Reserve chief indicated his intention to steadily raise interest rates. The Nikkei fell 3.11 percent to close at 26,170 points, its lowest since November 24, 2020. The index, which fell for the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 26 January 2022
The dollar is ending Wednesday firmly higher across the FX board, following the US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision.As widely anticipated, rates and taper were left unchanged, although the statement indicates that “the Committee expects it will soon be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate.” …
Read More »Tesla Q4 Earnings Beating Record Profit, But Shares Drop
Tesla stock dropped after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for Q4. But the automaker’s fourth-quarter results might not be good enough for investors.Tesla reported earnings of $2.54 a share in the fourth quarter from $17.7 billion in sales Tesla reported earnings for Q4 after the close on Wednesday. Earnings per …
Read More »S&P 500 Slumps Amid Fed’s Powell Press Conference
The S&P 500 faced strong resistance at the 200-DMA followed by a sharp drop approaching January 25 daily lows at 4,287. The S&P 500 plunges almost 1% during the New York session. After the Federal Reserve announced that it keep the Federal Funds Rates (FFR) unchanged at the 0 to …
Read More »Positive Risk Sentiment Boosts The Dollar
The US dollar advances some 0.27% ahead of the release of the Fed monetary policy statement. The USD/CHF is upward biased but faces strong resistance at the 100-DMA. The USD/CHF surges in the North American session reclaim the 0.9200 figure ahead of the FOMC monetary policy decision. The pair is …
Read More »Noor Capital | Dubai TV Interview, 24 January 2022
Dubai TV interviewed Mohamed Hashad, the Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Technical Analysts, to comment on a number of the latest developments that financial markets are witnessing this week, most notably: First: Crude Oil In light of the continuing geopolitical …
Read More »Japan Shares Fall Before The Fed
Japan’s Nikkei index ended lower on Wednesday, with technology heavyweights tracking the losses of their US counterparts on Tuesday night on fears of the Federal Reserve’s increasing hawkish tone and tensions surrounding Ukraine. The Nikkei fell 0.44 percent to close at 27,011.33 points, after touching earlier in the session a …
Read More »S&P 500 Dips As Monday’s Late Session Momentum Fades
After Monday’s stunning late-session recovery that saw the major US indices post and incredible recovery from intra-day lows, sentiment has taken a turn for the worse again. The S&P 500, which recovered a more than 4.0% dip to as lows as the 4220s on Monday to close above 4400, is …
Read More »Pfizer and Biotech launch a trial of a vaccine targeting Omicron
Pfizer and Biotech said Tuesday they have started a clinical trial to test a new version of their vaccine specifically designed to target the omicron mutant of COVID-19 that has eluded some of the protection provided by the original two-dose vaccine regimen. The two companies intend to test the immune …
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