On Thursday, gold prices surged above the crucial $2,000 barrier once more as the dollar and Treasury yields declined. Weak US economic data supported the argument for the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates. A different data set revealed fewer existing house sales and significantly lower-than-expected factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region. At the Read More…
Oil prices fell by almost 2% on Wednesday, hitting a two-week low on worries that Fed rate hikes in the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, might reduce oil consumption. Europe’s persistently high inflation rate and China’s mixed economic indicators discouraged investors. China is the world’s largest consumer of crude oil. That was the Read More…
Introduction Today we look at the Dollar index because it has a widespread effect on all markets. Generally, when the Dollar rises in value, stocks fall, and vice versa. It also drastically affects the Oil and Gold charts. Let us take a look at the technical formations that can give us a better idea of Read More…
Equities in the US and Europe made some gains on Tuesday as the first-quarter earnings season started. The S&P 500 scraped out a tiny gain thanks to the resilience of a few large technology firms, which helped offset weaker-than-expected quarterly results from Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs. Shares of healthcare firm J&J dropped 2.8% Read More…
Technical recap In our previous article, we looked at the fact that it was difficult to make a call on the direction of CL futures. It is sometimes just a better option to do nothing than force things. This is something we must learn in trading and investing, or else we take the ego-based, fight-or-flight Read More…
US equities edged higher on Monday, buoyed by banking and industrial equities, as investors prepared for a busy week of corporate results. Federal Reserve officials’ remarks could also provide additional insight into the future direction of interest rates. Markets are assessing the state of corporate profits and the economy following several US banks’ impressive first-quarter Read More…
