EUR/USD: No to Rate Hike, Yes to Dollar Appreciation! ● Market participants continue to scrutinize the macroeconomic backdrop in the United States, attempting to discern (or speculate) whether the Federal Reserve will proceed with further increases to the federal funds rate. Following disappointing consumer confidence reports, weak ADP labour market data, and a slowdown in
The September dot plot is always the most-interesting one of the year because it’s the closest thing to forward guidance that the FOMC offers. Officials are required to place a year-end dot but there are only two meetings left so it basically says what they expect to happen in the next two meetings. Now that’s
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Did you know that price action trading strategies are one of the most commonly used methods in today’s financial market? Whether you are a short-term or long-term trader, analysing the price of a security is perhaps one of the simplest, yet also the most powerful, ways to gain an edge in the market. After all,
The markets were quiet on the last day of August, awaiting the key jobs report today. Treasuries and the US Dollar were firmer, but off their best levels, while Wall Street closed mixed. Ongoing expectations that the FOMC can pause, or is done with rate hikes continued to support along with the lingering impact from
“September is the worst month of the year for Equities, period; median return for 500 since 1928 is -1.56% “. This was the warning from the Goldman Sachs research department a few days ago after a difficult month for stock indices. To be fair, the sentiment has improved quite a lot since this note was
The $1.2 billion United States Oil Fund (USO) is the biggest US oil ETF. Its rebooting its pre-pandemic investment strategy that drew the scrutiny of regulators and helped roil markets in 2020. In September it’ll begin to back to allocating the majority of its holdings to the nearest oil futures contract, rather than spread exposure
UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: UK Bank Holiday, Australian Retail Sales. Tuesday: Japan Unemployment Rate, US Consumer Confidence, US Job Openings. Wednesday: Australia CPI, US ADP. Thursday: Japan Retail Sales, Chinese PMIs, ECB Minutes, Eurozone CPI, Eurozone Unemployment Rate, US Jobless Claims, US Core PCE. Friday: Swiss CPI, US NFP, US ISM Manufacturing PMI. Tuesday The US
EUR/USD: Mr. Powell and Mrs. Lagarde – Much Talk, Little Substance ● Last week’s business activity data from both sides of the Atlantic proved to be exceptionally weak. The euro came under selling pressure due to a decline in Germany’s Services PMI from 52.3 to 47.3, which in turn pulled down the Composite Business Activity