US stocks rallied on Tuesday, driven by anticipation of Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings and expectations for a potential Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all posted modest gains. Nvidia, a tech titan, is under the spotlight as investors await its earnings report, …
Read More »To what extent has liquidity levels recently impacted financial assets?
Over the last six months, financial market liquidity has played a major role in supporting credit and equities prices in spite of large fluctuations in Fed forecasts. But with April’s tax deadline drawing near, the liquidity situation is becoming less clear, which might cause uncertainty and increased volatility in the …
Read More »Could Bitcoin gain land as a safe haven amid banking sector fears?
Bitcoin’s price movement and stock market performance have diverged as a result of the banking collapse and the turbulent events of the past week. Experts noted the split in Bitcoin and evaluated whether the asset would begin trading as a flight from danger.Before correcting to the $25,100 mark, the price …
Read More »Explainer: What are Bitcoin put options, and why are they important?
Bitcoin is becoming an increasingly important contributor to investors’ portfolios not only because of the returns, but also because the most famous cryptocurrency is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to portfolio performance in terms of versatility.BTC puts give the holder the right to sell BTC at an agreed price …
Read More »Equities fall, Treasury yields rise ahead of FOMC minutes
Global equities fell while US Treasury yields rose on Wednesday ahead of the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes that are expected to reveal the extent of officials’ hawkish stance on interest rates and inflation.MSCI’s gauge of stocks in 50 countries across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) shed 0.94%, while the pan-European …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap – July 18-22
The US dollar fell over the past week by more than 1.5%, and closed at 106.410 last Friday. The US Treasury yields declined, but the gap remains large between the two-year yields of 2.9721 and the 10-year yields of 2.754. Following the conclusion of its two-day policy review meeting on …
Read More »USD/CAD dropped on a volatile session
The USD/CAD pair reversed and dropped back below 1.2900 during Thursday’s volatile session for financial markets following the European Central Bank meeting policy decision and US data.The rejection from above 1.2900/05 (horizontal levels, and 20 and 200 Simple Moving Average in four-hour chart) reinforced the bearish short-term bias. If USD/CAD …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Tuesday, July 19
The EUR/USD pair soared to 1.0268 on headlines suggesting the European Central Bank could discuss a 50 bps rate hike when it meets this week. Economic DataThe data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Tuesday that Housing Starts declined by 2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap – July 11-15
The US dollar surged to two-decade highs between Wednesday and Thursday after panic across markets that the Fed might decide a record 100-basis point rate hike next to suppress fresh four-decade highs in consumer prices which constitute a threat later downplayed by the US monetary policymakers.On Friday, the US Census …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, June 27 – July 1
Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, June 27 – July 1 Last week, financial markets sent several warnings that global economic growth slowdown is looming and recession has become most probable, however there is no general agreement among market participants on ‘when’ entering into recession could take place. Gold As trading kicks …
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