Gold prices rose on Thursday, recovering some of its big losses on Wednesday, which were due to the surge in Treasury yields in the United States and were the first in a week. With Democrats taking over a majority in the U.S. Senate, more fiscal stimulus spending is expected, which …
Read More »Bitcoin Remains Rangebound Amid Trade Talks and Fed Decision
Bitcoin stayed steady near $119,000 on Tuesday as investors awaited further clarity on U.S. trade ne…
Visa and Mastercard to Report Strong Quarterly Profits Amid Consumer Resilience and Trade Uncertainty
Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA), the world’s largest payment processors, are expected to repo…
European Equities Edge Higher Amid Trade Deal Optimism and Corporate Results
European equities saw a modest uptick on Tuesday, lifted by corporate earnings reports, notably in E…
Gold Prices Steady Near Three-Week Lows as Dollar Strengthens, Trade Tensions Ease
Gold prices held steady near three-week lows on Tuesday, with a stronger U.S. dollar and easing glob…
Oil Prices Rally as Supply Tightened Over Global Dynamics
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Earnings Recap: Markets Blaze and US Stocks Hold Steady
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Pound Outshines Euro Amid US-EU Trade Deal Fears
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Trump Blazes with Russia Sanctions Threat
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Euro Tumbles as US-EU Trade Deal Sparks Concerns
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Gold Stumbles as Dollar Demand and Trade Deal Reshape Markets
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Market Analysis
January, 2021
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8 January 2021 12:15 am
Bitcoin Trades Above $40,000 for First Time Ever
Bitcoin continued its rising rally on Thursday, going above $40,000 for the first time ever, supported by a recent surge in demand especially from institutional investors. This means that the market value of the world’s largest digital briefly exceeded $1 trillion today. Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency in the world, has …
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7 January 2021 10:31 pm
European Stocks Close in Green
European stocks closed higher on Thursday, supported by the gains of the construction and commodity sectors. In addition, global markets were affirmed by the confirmation of the election of Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States, after riots erupted in Washington D.C. on Wednesday causing concerns …
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7 January 2021 9:21 pm
Goldman Sachs Sees Democrats Spending $750 M in Extra Stimulus
Goldman Sachs expects new government stimulus spending in the United States at around $750 billion during the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, after Democrats gained a majority in the U.S. Senate after winning the Georgia elections. This means that the Democratic Party will be in control of both the White …
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7 January 2021 8:42 pm
Facebook and Instagram to Block Trump’s Accounts for Two Weeks
Social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, will impose a suspension on the official accounts of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for at least two weeks, until the end of his presidency term, the CEO of Facebook Inc. Mark Zuckerberg revealed. This comes after Facebook and Instagram, as …
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7 January 2021 7:49 pm
Fed’s Harker: Bond Buying to Continue until 2022
The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, said on Thursday that he expects the United States Federal Reserve to continue with its bond buying activity at least until the end of 2021, Reuters reported. The continuity of asset purchases at the current pace depend on the …
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7 January 2021 7:36 pm
ISM Services Index Rises in December
The activity of the services sector in the United States expanded in December, data showed on Thursday. The non-manufacturing activity index registered 57.2 in December, up from a reading of 55.9 in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The index came very close to its level prior …
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7 January 2021 5:37 pm
ECB Bulletin: High-frequency Indicators, Latest Survey Results Consistent With a Fall in GDP in Q4
The European Central Bank said in a periodic economic bulletin that economic indicators for the eurozone indicate that the economy will contract in the last quarter of 2020. “Survey indicators point to a renewed contraction in an activity primarily affecting the services sector.” “Financial conditions in the euro area have …
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7 January 2021 5:19 pm
US: Challenger Job Cuts Rise to 77.03K in December
Planned job cuts in the US-based employers rose to 77,030 in December from 64,797 in November, Challenger Gray & Christmas announced in its latest Job Cut Report on Thursday.
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7 January 2021 5:16 pm
Dollar Falling as Democrats Advance The Run-Off Election in Georgia
The dollar rose on Thursday, January 7, hovering above its lowest level in nearly three years, after the Democrats won control of the US Senate, paving the way for a possible greater fiscal stimulus under President-elect Joe Biden. Currency markets were not affected much by the scenes of chaos in …
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7 January 2021 3:40 pm
Eurozone Preliminary CPI at -0.3% YoY in December
According to Eurostat’s flash reading of Eurozone CPI report, the annual reading came in at -0.3% in December, missing expectations of -0.2% and -0.3% previous. The core figures came in at 0.2% in the reported month when compared to 0.2% expectations and 0.2% seen in November.
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7 January 2021 2:52 pm
Turkish Lira Rising About 1%, With The Dollar Falling to Its Lowest Level in 3 Years
The Turkish lira rose about 1% Thursday, January 7, reaching its strongest level since August 21, as the US dollar retreated to levels not seen in nearly three years. The lira, which lost about 20% of its value last year, was at 7.25 against the dollar, up from its close …
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7 January 2021 1:56 pm
Gold Climbing as The Democratic Leadership of the US Senate Supports Stimulus Hopes
Gold prices rose Thursday, January 7th, as a democratic sweep of the re-election in Georgia boosted expectations of additional US stimulus, although the rise in Treasury yields curbed the yellow metal to below a two-month high it reached in the previous session. Gold advanced in spot transactions to more than …
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