Market Update

The dollar was lower on Monday, retreating from a 16-month high, as traders looked for fresh clues about the Federal Reserve’s thinking about the timing of an interest rate hike. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was down 0.1% at 95.073, retreating …

European shares got off to a lukewarm start to the week as investors worried they might resort to shutdowns again to contain COVID-19, with miners the biggest losers in the wake of the metals price crash after China promised to phase out coal at the COP26 climate summit. The Stoxx …

Calm dominated the Asian session. Data released by the National Statistics Authority on Monday showed a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase in China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October. The total value of retail consumer goods sales in the country reached about 4.05 trillion yuan (about 633 billion US dollars) …

Data released by the National Statistics Authority Monday showed a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase in China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October. The total value of retail consumer goods sales in the country reached about 4.05 trillion yuan (about 633 billion US dollars) in October, the authority said. The …

Japan’s economy contracted faster than expected in the third quarter of 2021 as global supply disruptions and new COVID-19 cases impacted business and consumer spending, posing challenges to the new government’s plans in Tokyo for growth. Preliminary GDP data showed Japan’s economy contracted at an annual rate of 3% during …

Gold prices fell Monday, November 15, retreating from their highest level in more than 5 months in the previous session, as cautious investors assessed whether rising inflation would trigger a more aggressive response from central banks. Spot yellow metal prices fell 0.3% to $1858.73 an ounce, while US gold futures …

Inflation fears dominated the market this week. Wall Street closed higher Friday, November 12th, driven by the rise of market leaders, as investors shrugged off disappointing US economic data. The U.S. A University of Michigan survey showed that US consumer sentiment in early November plunged to a decade low as …

The “Big Short” movie star Michael Burry returned to Twitter Friday. After earlier remarks about inflation, SEC and Fed policies, the movie star who is also CEO of Scion Asset Management says that Elon Musk has wrong calculations and had it not quite right with his Rivian comments. Earlier in …

Taproot is the next upgrade of bitcoin, and even bitcoin’s first major upgrade since 2017, and it will impact the blockchain in several aspects. It is expected to go into effect in the coming days at block 709,632. It will go live as soon as Saturday.Taproot will introduce investors to …

A handful of bearish factors are driving oil prices lower, with both WTI and Brent set for a third successive weekly loss.While crude prices have been relatively range-bound recently, hovering within the $80-85 per barrel range, they are expected to suffer their third weekly decline in a row. Yet, beyond …