Dollar loses a bit of ground to start the session

And that is weighing on the dollar slightly, but nothing too significant. Of note, it is the euro and pound which are advancing just a touch more against the dollar after having previously stuck in narrow ranges in Asia. EUR/USD was holding in a 13 pips range earlier but is now extending that to roughly

Relief Rally to Start the Week Ahead of Key Macro Data

Wall Street managed to get through the Jackson Hole Symposium unscathed (DJIA +0.73%; S&P 500 +0.67%; Nasdaq +0.94%), despite a hawkish takeaway from Fed Chair Jerome Powell last Friday. The general view may be that market participants were already priced for a hawkish outcome in the lead-up to his speech, which allows room for some

Bearish Engulfing Confirmed, Retail Bets Start Shifting Balance

Crude Oil, WTI, Retail Trader Positioning, Technical Analysis – IGCS Commodities Update Crude oil prices weakened over the past couple of days Retail traders are beginning to increase upside exposure Meanwhile, a Bearish Engulfing was confirmed, where to? Recommended by Daniel Dubrovsky Get Your Free Oil Forecast WTI crude oil prices have been aiming cautiously

Subdued Start in Asia as Wall Street Rally Fizzles

An initial rally in Wall Street eventually fizzled into the close, as Treasury yields headed higher in the aftermath of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) release, prompting the US dollar to pare its earlier losses. Both headline and core US CPI surprised on the downside, which will likely provide grounds for the Fed to

European equities kick start the day on a more positive footing

Eurostoxx +1.1% Germany DAX +0.9% France CAC 40 +1.3% UK FTSE +0.8% Spain IBEX +0.8% A good start for European stocks but this comes after the strong dip buying in Wall Street yesterday. The overall mood is also keeping steadier today with S&P 500 futures seen up 0.15% at the moment. In FX, the dollar

We should start thinking about how long to hold rates

Share: According to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee, they should start thinking about how long to hold rates. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said that the last couple of inflation readings were pretty positive.  Regarding Fitch’s US credit downgrade, Goolsbee mentioned that it won’t make much difference. On the

Positive start in the US stock market as earnings lower PCE help

Major US stock indices are off to a positive start. Earnings overnight came in better than expectations and that has been the trend this week (generally speaking). The prices are rebounding as well after yesterday’s decline which saw the Dow industrial average snap its 13 day winning streak. All good things have to come to