Shares of Coinbase closed up 9% on Monday as cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether began the week rallying. Bitcoin was trading at $22,269, up around 6%, according to Coinbase data. Ethereum also jumped unevenly 10%, trading at $1,478.Tech stocks have been performing very well since Monday morning, moving up more …
Read More »Wall Street edges higher on more corporate profit reports
Wall Street is ticking higher Monday to kick off a week full of updates on the two things that set stock prices: how much profit companies are making and where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in afternoon trading, on pace for another gain after it …
Read More »Gold In Correction On Weaker USD As Fed’s July Decision Awaited
Gold Price s correcting the weekly and daily impulses. The focus is on the US dollar’s performance and the future path of the Federal Reserve in response to latest inflation-linked data. The 50% mean reversion and a 38.2% Fibonacci retracement are brought into focus. At $1709 to $1711, gold price …
Read More »AUD/USD awaits speech by RBA’s Lowe for direction
At 0.6827, AUD/USD is trading between a 0.6784 and 0.6854 range but is higher by 0.5% on the first trading day of the week in midday New York trade. However, the pair is significantly higher than the fresh bear cycle low that was printed last week which was the lowest …
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 »US Dollar edges lower as Fed’s rate decision eyed
The dollar slid lower on Friday as investors evaluated how high the Fed is likely to raise interest rates by when it meets later in July. Investors also took profits after a strong USD’s rally that sent the American currency to a two-decade high.The dollar has jumped as the Fed …
Read More »US Consumer Confidence: Inflation expectations cooled
University of Michigan’s Consumer Confidence July report has showed an unexpected modest rebound in the main index. Inflation expectations are cooled. This could represents welcome news for Fed’s policymakers and it makes the pressure to go big at the next FOMC meeting less intense after this week’s scorching CPI reading.At …
Read More »Bitcoin recovers but traders still cautious
Bitcoin breached the important $20,000 resistance level and surged past $20,600 on Friday. However, traders are still cautious because the US Fed is expected to boost interest rates by as much as 75-100 basis points in an effort to cool down the country’s spiking inflation, which would make riskier assets, …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: Not concerned about debate on rate hikes
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said on Friday that she is not concerned above “over cooking things” on rate hikes. Daly also noted that US consumers continue to spend and that the labour market is still robust.However, Daly mentioned that “Inflation is too high” and that the Fed is …
Read More »Gold Retreats On Stronger USD
Gold prices fell on Friday, July 15, and remained on track for the fifth consecutive weekly decline, as the continued rise in the dollar and fears of a sharp rise in US interest rates affected the demand for bullion. And the price of gold in spot transactions fell 0.3% to …
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