There were a lot of market drivers last week like the Fed and Bank of England meeting and tensions over the Brexit talks and developments for the Corona vaccine as well as the continuing trade tension between the US and China and the TikTok crisis. There was a lot of …
Read More »U.S. Unemployment Claims Rise to 218K for the Week Ending July 26
According to the latest U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) report released on Thursday, the number of ne…
U.S. Annual Inflation Rises to 2.6% in June, Exceeding Expectations
Annual inflation in the United States as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Pri…
Bitcoin Struggles to Gain Momentum as Fed Holds Rates and Trade Tariff Deadline Approaches
Bitcoin remained largely unchanged on Thursday, maintaining its rangebound movement after the Federa…
Shell Reports 32% Drop in Q2 Profit Amidst Lower Oil Prices and Chemicals Losses, But Beats Forecasts
Shell’s second-quarter net profit plunged by almost 32% on Thursday, impacted by a drop in oil price…
Microsoft Poised to Surpass $4 Trillion Market Valuation on Investor Confidence in Azure
Microsoft is set to make history on Thursday by surpassing a $4 trillion market valuation for the fi…
Gold Prices Rebound Amid Trade Tariff Jitters, Fed’s Stance Limits Gains
Gold prices rebounded from one-month lows in Asian trade on Thursday, as escalating trade tariff con…
WTI Climbs Toward $70.00 Amid US Threats of Sanctions on Russia
The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. crude oil benchmark, rose to approximately $69.…
US Stocks Decline After FOMC’s Interest Rate Decision
U.S. stocks ended Wednesday’s trading session in the red following the Federal Reserve’s announcemen…
Dollar Continues to Rise After Fed Decision and Powell’s Statements
The U.S. dollar has been climbing since the announcement of the Federal Reserve’s decision to mainta…
Fed Chair Powell: No Decisions Made Regarding Rate Cut in September
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a press conference following the July policy meeting, where…
Market Analysis
September, 2020
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19 September 2020 1:36 am
Wall Street Records Weekly Losses
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) extended its weekly losses on Friday, amid increasing selling pressures, especially on tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA dropped by 244.56 points, or 0.9%, to finish at 27,657.42 points, registering a marginal weekly loss of less than 0.1%. S&P 500 lost 37.54 …
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19 September 2020 1:29 am
US Treasury Yields Finish the Week Higher
Treasury yields in the United States rose on Friday, after declining yesterday following the release of the Federal Reserve policy statement on Wednesday, which indicated maintaining low interest rates close to 0% until 2023. Return on the 10-year Treasury bonds rose by 1.2 basis points to 0.694%, rising by 2.6 …
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19 September 2020 1:22 am
Oil Prices Register Weekly Rise
Oil prices showed a mixed performance on Friday amid concerns over demand outlook and output disruptions, especially in North America. Crude prices also received support from recent remarks reiterating the commitment of OPEC+ to restoring market balance. Brent crude futures for November delivery decreased by 15 cents, or 0.4%, to …
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19 September 2020 12:35 am
Gold Maintains Gains for Second Week
Gold prices maintained a rising streak for the second consecutive week after rising on Friday. Gold futures for December delivery gained $12.20, or 0.6%, and finished at $1,962.10 per ounce, adding 0.7% for the week. Meanwhile, silver futures increased by 3 cents, or 0.1%, and closed at $27.129 per ounce, …
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18 September 2020 11:08 pm
European Stocks Record Small Weekly Gains
European stocks closed lower on Friday, as the Stoxx Europe 600 index declined by 0.52% and finished at 369.31 points, rising by 0.24% for the week. The UK’s FTSE100 decreased by 0.71%, following the Bank of England’s (BoE) decision to maintain its main rate steady at 0.1%. Meanwhile, the German …
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18 September 2020 10:17 pm
US Oil Rigs Decline in Week
Oil and natural gas rigs in the United States increased this week, according to data by Baker Hughes. Active oil and gas rigs increased by one to 255, but remained 71% below the level of rigs for the same time last year at 613 rigs. Oil rigs fell by one …
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18 September 2020 10:10 pm
US Current Account Deficit Increases by 53%
Current account deficit in the United States increased during the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, data by the US Department of Commerce showed on Friday. The current account deficit surged by 52.9% to $170.5 billion in Q2 of 2020, its highest level in about 12 years, since Q3 of 2008. …
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18 September 2020 7:13 pm
Kashkari Prefers Stronger Tone on Rates
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, said on Friday the monetary policymakers need to take better measurements to ensure the economy restore its pre-crisis levels. “I would have preferred the Committee make a stronger commitment to not raising rates until we were certain to have achieved …
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18 September 2020 6:55 pm
Bostic: Inflation Stability is Necessary Above 2%
The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Raphael Bostic, said on Friday that he will accept inflation going above 2% to 2.3% but remaining stable. “By contrast, if we were at 2.2% and the next quarter at 2.4% and then at 2.6% that trajectory would give me concern.”
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18 September 2020 6:01 pm
Ethereum Transactions Hit All-Time High
The number of Ethereum transactions on blockchain recorded its all-time daily high on Thursday, Coin Telegraph reported. Daily transactions reached 1.406 million yesterday, as shown by data from Etherscan.
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18 September 2020 5:55 pm
US Current Account Deficit Jumps 53% in Q2
The US current account deficit rose to the highest level in nearly 12 months in Q2, as the Covid-19 pandemic put pressure on exports of goods and services. The US Commerce Department said the current account deficit, which measures the flow of goods, services and investments into and out of …
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18 September 2020 5:18 pm
Canadian Retail Sales Rise by 0.6% in July
Retail Sales in Canada increased by 0.6% in July to $52.9 billion, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This reading followed June’s increase of 0.7% and fell short of the market expectation of 1%. “Core retail sales, which exclude these two subsectors, declined 1.2% on lower sales …
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