Market Analysis

May, 2022

  • 17 May 2022 5:11 am

    US: Retail Sales rise by 0.9% MoM in April

    US Retail Sales rose at a pace of 0.9% MoM in April, in line with the expected pace of 0.9% but slower versus the previous month’s 1.4% MoM pace of gain (which had been revised up from 0.7%), data released by the US Census Bureau on Tuesday revealed. YoY, sales …

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  • 17 May 2022 5:08 am

    Stronghold Surpasses Q1 Revenue Estimates

    The bitcoin miner, Stronghold known for using waste coal for energy, had its shares retreating slightly in after-hours trading.Stronghold reported Q1 revenues of $28.7 million versus estimated $26.2 million. But its adjusted net loss of 66 cents per share exceeded the consensus estimate for an adjusted net loss of 8 …

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  • 17 May 2022 4:56 am

    Poll: ECB to hike deposit rate 25 bps in July

    “The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to raise the deposit rate for the first time in over a decade in July and bring it out of negative territory at its following meeting in September, despite a 30% chance of recession within a year,” per the latest Reuters poll of …

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  • 17 May 2022 4:12 am

    US shares slide as slowdown signals digested

    The S&P 500 dropped, dragged lower by a slide in megacaps including Tesla Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. The risk of an economic slowdown amid price pressures and rising borrowing costs is still the major concern for markets.Equities fell back toward session lows in the last hour of trading …

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  • 17 May 2022 2:23 am

    GBP/JPY Eases, Eying UK Jobs Data

    The GBP/JPY has faded from a two-day rebound near 159.00 as traders await UK data during Tuesday’s Asian session. The cross-currency pair remains inside a one-month-old descending trend channel formation, recently firmer around the 50% Fibonacci retracement (Fibo.) of December 2021 to April 2022 upside.The GBP/JPY pair’s breakout of 50% …

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  • 17 May 2022 1:30 am

    Former Fed chair warns of stagflation crisis

    The former Federal Reserve chairman warned of a coming economic morass in the next decade. Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke warns in his new book that the United States could face simultaneous sky-high unemployment and inflation on levels not seen since the 1970s.Bernanke, who ran the US central bank from …

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  • 16 May 2022 11:36 pm

    European woes undermine demand for EUR/USD

    Geopolitically; EU ministers cannot reach an agreement on new sanctions against Russia as ECB’s Lagarde and Fed’s Powell get ready to deliver their speeches on Tuesday, meanwhile the EUR/USD pair holds modest gains above 1.0400, corrective advance could extend to 1.0470.The EUR/USD pair ended Monday achieving modest gains in the …

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  • 16 May 2022 10:49 pm

    Silver rallies above $21.50 on sliding Treasury yields

    Silver price is rallying more than 2% in the day amidst falling US Treasury yields. Market sentiment has improved during the US session, a headwind for the dollar.Silver holds ground for the last two trading days and advances firmly in the US session, almost 2% up, and is closing at …

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  • 16 May 2022 10:13 pm

    GBP/USD targets upside correction

    The GBP/USD is higher by 0.17% in midday US trading session, pulling away from the consolidation between 1.2150 and 1.2250 after travelling from a low of 1.2216 to a high of 1.2296 so far on the day. Global growth concerns have been the main focus at the start of the …

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  • 16 May 2022 9:28 pm

    Treasury yields slide on global slowdown concerns

    Treasury yields were little changed to lower Monday morning as weak factory data in the US and an unexpectedly big drop in retail sales in China reinforced concerns about a global slowdown.Weak data from China also underscored worries about a demand slowdown, sending oil futures lower in the New York …

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  • 16 May 2022 8:42 pm

    Fed has new plan to avoid recession

    Earlier this month Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced a half-percentage-piont increase in interest rates, the largest hike in over two decades. Powell also indicated that he wouldn’t hesitate to do it again — a move straight out of the central bank’s 1994 playbook, when the Fed last tempered the US …

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  • 16 May 2022 8:24 pm

    Gold Price Recovers as bulls regain serenity

    The Gold Index has recovered some ground after earlier slipping below the $1800 mark on Friday, on higher US Treasury yields, which during the session are sliding, thus lifting the prospects of the non-yielding metal. XAU/USD is trading almost flat, around $1811.02 a troy ounce.As for market sentiment, the rhetoric …

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  • 16 May 2022 7:48 pm

    NZD/USD prints fresh highs, remains below 0.6300

    The NZD/USD pair has climbed to 0.6295 during the American session touching its highest level since Thursday. The pair is surging as the USD dollar’s strength takes a pause and amid lower US Treasury yields.The Dow Jones Index has fallen by 0.27% but still holds to most of Friday’s rally. …

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