Introduction Gold bulls were hoping for a rally through the all-time high last week, but it looks like they will need to sit on the sidelines for a while longer before that happens. Gold futures have performed well so far in 2024. Gold prices have risen approximately 15% year-to-date, reaching new highs. J.P. Morgan’s research Read More…
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Currency Futures Drop as Risk Appetite Falls Post-Cyber Outage
Currency futures fell on Friday as the dollar rose on safe-haven inflows after a cyber outage. At the same time, Fed rate-cut optimism fell, and markets focused on US economic resilience instead. A cyber outage on Friday spooked investors and had them rushing for safety in the dollar. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike made a software update Read More…
Interest Futures Pullback After Fed Rally Amid Profit-Taking
Interest futures fell on Thursday as investors took profits after the recent rally on a September Fed rate cut. The US unemployment claims data shows that more people are becoming unemployed, which will likely force the Fed to reduce interest rates in September. Interest futures have been bullish since last week as investors cheered the Read More…
Euro FX Futures (6E) News, Technical Analysis
Economic Data Recent positive data from the Eurozone, such as higher-than-expected GDP growth and industrial production, have supported the Euro but this is not very evident on the chart because at the same time the Dollar has many factors contributing to its strength too. Recent US inflation data showing a cooling trend has led to Read More…
Oil Prices Soar 2% as US Crude Inventories Drop
Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Wednesday due to a larger-than-expected drop in US crude inventories. At the same time, oil demand increased as Fed policymakers indicated that the recent decline in inflation would pave the way for rate cuts. Brent futures (Source: ICE Futures Europe, Bloomberg) The Energy Information Administration reported that inventories fell Read More…
Price action ‘unbelievable’ on S&P 500 Futures (ES)
Introduction What if you are long stocks and the price only went up? What if the RSI was overbought ALL THE TIME? Would you think its time for a retracement? No, you wouldn’t because euphoria is striking, and that is dangerous. It is even difficult to do technical analysis because the price only goes up Read More…