Crypto: No Growth Without Fear
Market picture The crypto market continues to bump along, pulling back 2.7% to $3.15 trillion […]
Not Convinced that Higher Inflation Figure Will Trigger Sustained Further USD Gains
Markets Fed Chair Powell’s appearance before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday didn’t yield much clues […]
Chinese Tech’s Big Return?
Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony yesterday went smoothly. He said that the Fed’s […]
US: Small Business Optimism Index Cools to Start 2025
The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index fell 2.3 points to 102.8 in January, disappointing market […]
Potential Fallout of tariffs’ Flood Will Continue to Dominate Headlines Today
Markets Yesterday US president Trump’s ‘announcement policy’ on tariffs continued to dominate market headlines as […]
Hang Seng Index: Positive Momentum Overrides Lackluster Fundamentals
The emergence of China’s AI start-up, DeepSeek has triggered a positive feedback loop into the […]
XBRUSD: Technical and Fundamental Outlook
Crude oil starts the week with moderate gains after three consecutive weeks of losses. Tensions […]
Can. Dollar Shrugs After Strong Can. Jobs Report
The Canadian dollar is drifting on Monday. In the European session, USD/CAD is trading at […]
Announcements on New Tariffs Subject to Law of Diminishing Returns
Markets Friday’s US payrolls solidified the Fed view that it can sit back and wait […]
New Week, New Threats
Another week starts with tariff threats. This time, everyone that applies tariffs to the US […]
Investor focus remains on US data and Trump
In focus today The Sentix indicator will give us the first indication of European investor […]
Markets Weekly Outlook – Inflation Fears Rise with Tariffs Ahead of US CPI Release
Inflation expectations are rising, driven by tariff concerns and impacting consumer sentiment. US job growth […]