Most investors are worried about an aggressive Fed’s hike that could knock the US economy into a recession. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3293, above its opening price by 0.51%. The Canadian dollar weakened versus the solid US dollar, piercing the 1.3300 mark briefly during …
Read More »Wall Street, Fed officials push for third 0.75% interest rate hike
Several Wall Street banks raised expectations this week for the Federal Reserve’s next rate hike. Economists at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Nomura now anticipate a 75 basis-point rate increase at their next FOMC meeting, this is up from previous forecasts of a half percentage-point hike.Following remarks by Fed …
Read More »Wall Street on track for weekly gains
US Stocks abandoned an early stumble and rose in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the market on track to break a three week losing streak.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133 points, or 0.4%, to 31,720 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%.The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 10:58 …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 06/09/2022
The US dollar extended its gains, ending Tuesday higher against most rival currencies. The EUR and the JPY were the worst performers, falling to multi-year lows against their American rival. EUR/USD traded as low as 0.9863, now hovering around 0.9900, while USD/JPY trades a handful of pips below 143.07, a …
Read More »Does VIX Accurately Work As A Reliable Risk Gauge?
Markets are becoming harder and harder to predict in 2022. One of the biggest questions, right now, is whether a reliable common measure of volatility can work and show risk direction.Traders lack a reliable measure of the risk level when they have to make investment decisions. Instead, they derive direction …
Read More »Can Wall Street Avoid Fourth Day Of Losses?
US stocks are generally struggling to put an end to the three-day losses. Traders and investors are still busy digest monetary policy signals and comments by the Fed speaks.Any economic downturn would give the Fed reason to ease up its rate hiking stance. Stocks have been subject to heavy selloff …
Read More »Wall Street hits one month lows on rate hike worries
US stock indexes hit fresh one-month lows on Monday, adding to a sharp selloff last week as investors worried about the Fed’s plan to keep raising interest rates in its fight against inflation even if the cost is an economic slowdown.At 11:43 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) …
Read More »US Equities Fall On Powell’s Hawkish Remarks
Stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Fed will continue to raise rates to fight inflation in his Jackson Hole speech while The Fed’s favourite inflation measure shows prices have eased in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 302 points, or 0.91%. The S&P 500 fell 1.11% …
Read More »Wall Street falls as investors wait for signs of a rate hike
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Wednesday as recent economic data fueled fears of a slowdown ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s annual conference this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10.58 points, or 0.03%, to 32,899.01 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index opened down 2.18 points, or …
Read More »Dow stumbles after Wall Street suffered worst day since June
The Dow fell 121 points, or 0.37%. The S&P 500 lost 0.03% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.17%. Healthcare, real estate and utilities were the worst performers in the S&P 500. Meanwhile, energy was the biggest winner in the broader market index, up 4% on the back of rising oil …
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