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Next week will be a key earnings release week. 4 of 7 of the Magnificent 7 will be released with Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Apple and Amazon all scheduled to report. As if that wasn’t enough, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Merck, AMD, Starbucks, Boeing, Qualcomm, Intel, Exxon Mobil and Chevron will also report. Monday Before Open: McDonald’sPhillips After […]

BMO on the data from the US on Thursday inflation data for Q2. In brief: Second quarter real GDP surprised on the upside at 2.8%while inflation slowed during Q2 to 2.9%, it was modestly above expectations for a 2.7% print. As a result, investors revisited expectations for June’s core-PCE figures that will be released Friday

Monetary Authority of Singapore: The Singapore economy is expected to strengthen over the rest of 2024MAS will therefore maintain the prevailing rate of appreciation of the S$neer policy band. There will be no change to its width and the level at which it is centred The sequential pace of price change is expected to be

USD/JPY and yen crosses have dropped. Its only just after 8am in Tokyo and already we are down nearly 50 or so points in USD/JPY. There is no fresh news nor data. USD/JPY don;t need nothing to get moving! This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The USDCHF moved lower this week helped by flight to safety flows after strong selling in the equity markets. That move lower, took the price back below its 200 day moving average near 0.8883, and the 38.2% retracement of the move-up from the December low also at that level. More momentum took the price below

The appreciation of the yen this month, and especially this past week, has taken some of the pressure off the Bank of Japan. The partial unwind of carry trade (borrow the yen at low rates to invest in USD assets for better returns) has, on the other hand, been accompanied by selling pressure on other

The Baker Hughes rig count for the current week is showing: Oil rigs +5 to 482Gas -2 to 101Total rigs, +3 to 589 The price of crude oil is down $1.28 on the week or -1.63%. Looking at the daily chart, the price of crude oil remains below the 200-day MA (green line) at $78.66.

Market Overview Today’s session on the stock market showcased a distinct dichotomy, with the tech sector experiencing a notable surge, led primarily by semiconductor giants and a mixed bag in other segments, reflecting varying investor sentiment and sector-based dynamics. 📈 Leading Sectors Tech and Semiconductors: A major highlight of today’s trading was the performance of

Reuters reporting remarks from Goldman Sachs: Estimates a peak hit to 2025 oil prices of $11/bbl as a result of weaker GDP and oil demand in scenario where US imposes across-the-board tariff of 10% on goods importsWe still forecast a $75-90 range for Brent given our base cases of trend-like growth in GDP and oil

Southwest Airlines announced today that they will get rid of their open seating and go to an assigned seating model (like everyone else). The move is intended to sell seats at a premium. Yay or Nay on the change? I vote Nay, but I generally don’t care where I sit. For me, if a multi-ton

The US stock market plunged on Wednesday, dragged down by a sell-off in megacap technology stocks after disappointing earnings reports from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and electric vehicle maker Tesla. A weak start to the megacap earnings season sparked concerns about the recent bull rally fueled by the artificial intelligence boom. The Nasdaq Composite suffered

Based on the earnings results of companies reporting on 25 July (AMC), here’s a summary focusing on the moves made by these companies and their possible impact on the overall market indices such as SPX and NDX. The list is ordered by market cap to highlight the biggest movers and provide an average weighted move.

ECBs Schnabel is speaking and she says: services inflation is showing that the last mile inflation fight is especially difficultSome data was not quite in line with projections.The ECB is not on a predetermined path. A first cut does not imply a series of cuts.Freight costs, protectionism could drive inflation.Pace and extent of ECB rate

As the opening bell rings on the major US exchanges, the major indices are trading higher. Having said that the NASDAQ index was up over 200 points in premarket trading and is currently up only 136 points. Having said that with the declines this week, any gain is accepted at this point. A snapshot of

The major European indices have bounced back in trading today with all the indices higher. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX, +0.68%France CAC +1.22%UK FTSE 100 +1.21%Spain’s Ibex +0.18%Italy’s FTSE MIB +0.12% For the trading week, most of the indices were higher with the exception of Italy’s FTSE MIB German DAX +1.38%France

The bounce today comes as the overall risk mood in markets is also searching for a bit of a respite. S&P 500 futures are now up 0.5%, as equities look to a calmer end to the week. At the same time, AUD/USD is also staving off a drop below the 61.8 Fib retracement level at

The AUDUSD and NZDUSD have been running in tandem this week to the downside, but the NZDUSD has seen more downside momentum. Yesterday, the AUDUSD fell below its key 200 day moving average and 50% retracement near 0.6583 and 0.6579 respectively. The price then increase momentum with a break below the 61.8% retracement of the

The Atlanta Fed GDPNow growth tracker for Q3 is out with its initial estimate. It sees Q3 growth at 2.8%. In their own words: The initial GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2024 is 2.8 percent on July 26. The initial estimate of second-quarter real

Headlines: All eyes turn to the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation nextUSD/JPY volatility stays in focus after the bounce yesterdayUS futures continue to pull higher on the dayFrance July consumer confidence 91 vs 90 expectedEurozone consumers see inflation at 2.8% in the next 12 months – ECB surveyTrump wants a weaker dollar but will he

The USDCAD broke above the “Red Box” that I have been talking about for weeks and weeks. That led to buying yesterday, but the high extreme price from April could not be broken convincingly and there was a rotation lower. However, buyers did come in near the high of the “Red Box” (see chart below

In the kickstart video for July 26, 2024, I take a look at three other major currency pairs from a technical perspective – the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. The EURUSD is trading up and down over the last three trading days. In the buyer’s favor, the low price today stalled ahead of its 38.2% retracement

Prior month 68.2Current condition 62.7 versus 64.1 preliminary and 65.9 last month.Expectation 68.8 versus 67.2 preliminary, and 69.6 last month1 year inflation expectations 2.9% versus 2.9% preliminary and 3.0% last month.5 year inflation expectations 3.0% versus 2.9% preliminary and 3.0% last month A mix of the details compared to the preliminary. Sentiment higher employment areaCurrent

Prior 89; revised to 90 Household confidence improved in July but remains well below the long-term average of 100 still. Expectations for future inflation eased further while the outlook for the financial situation improved slightly, though still remaining in negative territory. This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

Due on Friday, July 26, 2024 at 0830 US Eastern time, the Core PCE data is the focus. You can see the median estimates below in the table. The ranges (why these are important is explained below) of estimates are: Core PCE Price Index m/m -0.1% to +0.2% and for the y/y 2.4% to 2.6%This

That is leading to a much better mood in broader markets so far today. USD/JPY is also now trading up by 0.2% to 154.25 with the dollar keeping marginally lower elsewhere. While still in narrow ranges, EUR/USD and GBP/USD are both up 0.1% to 1.0851 and 1.2865 respectively. Besides that, gold is also seen higher

Sellers continued in the US stocks at the start of the day, especially in the Nasdaq and S&P indices. Each of them continued what was started yesterday when both had their worst trading day since the end of 2022. For the S&P it fell -36.17 points before bottoming. For the Nasdaq it tumbled -308.45 points

I posted this during the Asian time zone, repeating it here. Before I do, check this out: — Due at 0830 US Eastern time, the Core PCE data is the focus. You can see the median estimates below in the table. The ranges (why these are important is explained below) of estimates are: Core PCE

Greg had the US growth data for Q2 here: US GDP Advanced for Q2 2.8% vs 2.0% estimate 2.8% vs. 2% expected is a huge beat. Bank of America says the economy “remains on robust footing”. Got that right. In brief from their note: 2Q US GDP growth … even stronger than our above-consensus forecast

Kanda is in Brazil for the meeting of central bankers and finance ministers from Group of 20 nations. Japan’s Finance Ministry’s Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Kanda. He is the official who will instruct the BOJ to intervene, when he judges it necessary. Often referred to as Japan’s ‘top currency diplomat’. Atsushi Mimura takes

Prior month core PCE 2.6%Core PCE MoM 0.2% versus 0.1% estimate. Unrounded was lower than the 0.2% gain at 0.188%Core PCE urine year 2.6% versus 2.5% estimate. Last month 2.6%PCE MoM 0.1% vs 0.1% estimate. The unrounded was lower than 0.1% at 0.0788%PCE YoY 2.5% versus 2.5% estimate and 2.6% priorPersonal income +0.2% versus 0.4%

As the North American session begins, the AUD is the strongest and the JPY is the weakest. That combination reverses what has been more of a familiar theme with the AUD (or NZD) weakest and the JPY the strongest. Not surprisingly, there is a rebound in US stocks in the pre-market which is helping the

German DAX futures -0.1%French CAC 40 futures +0.2%UK FTSE futures +0.2% Meanwhile, S&P 500 futures are up 0.4%, Nasdaq futures up 0.5%, and Dow futures also up 0.4%. That points to a steadier risk mood but again, it is still early in the day. Wall Street will have the final say once again as always.

Today’s data, may help the Fed with their decision next week (and going forward), as the “favored measure of inflation” (the core PCE) will be released at 8:30 AM ET. A review of the economic data to be released today, will be highlighted by that PCE data (and Personal income and spending) along with the

Among registered voters, GOP Trump holds a 48% to 46% lead over Dem Harris. The key here is “registered” voters. You would expect that if a registered Democrat or registered Republican, you are probably back in your own camp. Prior to Biden stepping out of the race, GOP Trump probably had some of the registered

Reuters with the report, citing a Morgan Stanley said in commentary to institutional clients on Thursday: Computer-driven macro hedge fund strategies on Wednesday sold $20 billion in equitiesset to shed at least more $25 billion over the next weekone of the largest risk-unwinding events in a decade “The volatility of the last two weeks started

The idea here is that Trump wants to be the people’s man. He wants to boost opportunities for domestic manufacturing and that means making production in the US more attractive. To achieve that, his go to will be to aim for a weaker currency. But realistically, can he make that happen? On the surface, it

The changes among dollar pairs are relatively light, with USD/JPY continuing to stay in focus amid the volatility and swings. The pair dipped towards 152.00 in trading yesterday before recovering back to 153.70-80 levels currently. There were some light swings in Asia and one can expect more before the close today. In terms of data,

Broader markets are seeking a respite today and if that is to hold, it will need the next key US inflation indicator to play ball. So far, risk trades are sensing some relief today after a rough week. But can it hold through until the weekend? The expectation for the US PCE price index is

Rachel Reeves is the new UK government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer: Says there is still more work to do on ‘Pillar 1’ tax agreement, optimistic for agreement by AutumnWants tax burden on working people to be lower, but will not make unfunded commitmentsWill make statement on Monday about the state of public finances, public spending

Reuters have the piece from a Citi report on politics / oil. In brief: Trump presidency could be net bearish for oil prices combination of factors including tariffs and oil-friendly policies, and pushing the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) to release more oil into the market The main bullish risk for

Life insurance is often viewed purely as a means of financial protection for loved ones. However, it also presents unique opportunities for traders looking to unlock additional capital. In the UK, using life insurance as a financial tool can provide traders with a flexible and secure way to boost their trading funds. This article delves

Eurostoxx +0.1%Germany DAX -0.4%France CAC 40 +0.2%UK FTSE +0.4%Spain IBEX -0.2%Italy FTSE MIB -0.1% It’s been a mixed week for European indices, though a really poor one for French stocks. The CAC 40 is still down 1.2% this week even after accounting for the slight gains to start the day. US futures are holding in

Median expectations for inflation over the next 12 months seen at 2.8% (unchanged vs May)Median expectations for inflation three years ahead seen at 2.3% (unchanged)Median rate of perceived inflation over the previous 12 months seen at 4.5% (previously 4.9%)Economic growth expectations for the next 12 months seen at -0.9% (previously -0.8%) The headline finding is

There aren’t any major expiries to take note of on the day. As such, traders will be left to their own devices again for the most part in the session ahead. USD/JPY volatility will remain a factor, alongside the overall risk mood. The latter is slightly better today as US futures look for a bit

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

The low yesterday touched 151.93 and that resonated with the May low before catching a bounce. The drive lower fell short of testing the 200-day moving average (blue line), seen at 151.58 currently. But still, sellers are in control with price having dropped by 4.5% already in July trading. The pair might be slightly calmer

Info via Reuters: As northern Australia re-emerges as a strategically vital Indo-Pacific location amid rising tensions with China, the United States has quietly begun constructing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of facilities there to support B-52 bombers, F-22 stealth fighters, and refuelling and transport aircraftpart of a larger effort to distribute U.S. forces around

People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate

Decline in US Stocks Continues, Tech Giants Witness Major LossesYellen says market should determine exchange ratesNYT Sienns College Poll: Trump 48%. Harris 46% among registered votersUS treasury auctions off $44 billion of the 7 year notes at a high yield of 4.162%Ex inventories, GDP Q1 is near 1.80%%. GDP Q2 adjusted is near 2.0%. Not

In the Kickstart video today, I talked about two things that had to happen in the EURUSD if the buyers were to take back control. Getting above the 100-hour MA (blue line on the chart above) Getting above the 1.0872 level Requirement #1 was successful but #2 was not. Buyers turned to sellers on the

Tokyo CPI for July 2024 Excluding Fresh Food & Energy 1.5% y/y expected 1.6%, prior 1.8% Excluding Fresh Food 2.2% y/y expected 2.2%, prior 2.1% Headline CPI 2.2% expected 2.3%, prior 2.3% USD/JPY fell earlier: USD/JPY on the move in early Asia Not a lot of change since then: **** Tokyo area inflation data: National-level

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have updated its Monetary Policy Handbook on the RBNZ website. Handbook is intended to support the New Zealand public’s understanding of monetary policy and to support new members of the MPC to establish themselves in their rolesexplains New Zealand’s monetary policy framework, outlines some of the concepts and tools

The Bank of Japan meet next week. Plans for reduced Japanese Government Bond buying are expected to be detailed. The question of a rate hike is an open one, but the consensus expectation is for on hold. Tokyo area inflation data is due today: National-level CPI data for this month will follow in about three

US inflation (PCE) data due Friday – here are the critical ranges to watchUS military is building infrastructure in northern Australia – wary of a China crisisBank of Japan meet next week, a 0.1% rate hike is around 65% pricedThe RBNZ’s guide for members of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) – link to full textGoldman

Via the Wall Street Journal, a summary of forecasts from investment banks and others: I’ll have the ranges to be aware of posted soon. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so:. Happy Friday everyone! This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

No fresh news nor other catalysts/ The yen is trading in an an illiquid fashion following its wild swings. Earlier: Japan’s Kanda says told G20 that excessive FX volatility has negative impact on economyTokyo area July inflation data: Headline 2.2% y/y (prior 2.3%)USD/JPY on the move in early Asia This article was written by Eamonn

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke from a new conference Brazil, where she is attending a meeting with central bankers and finance ministers from Group of 20 nations. Yellen was answering questions re Trump’s comments in a Bloomberg interview on a “big currency problem” with the dollar. Trump said he hears from manufacturers that “nobody wants

ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence for July 2024 in NZ. Improved to 87.9 in July: from June’s 83.2still at low levels The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index above 100 shows optimism, while below that indicates pessimism. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The GBPUSD has traded to a new low and with it is testing a cluster of support targets. Those levels come between 1.2845 to 1.2860. The low just reached 1.2852. Move below and the break higher this week starts to break down more. Find the buyers here, and its a good place to base and

The NASDAQ index has had a impressive rebound from lows. At session lows, the NASDAQ index was down -308.45 points. The subsequent run back higher took the index to a gain of 202.05. Overall a range of 510 points from low to high. However technically, the high price extended up to test and surpass briefly

The Bank of Canada rates by 25 basis points yesterday to 4.5%. It was the second consecutive meeting that the central bank rates. The price of the USDCAD was trading within a key topside swing area between 1.3784 and 1.3803. That topside swing area formed the ceiling of an up-and-down trading range going back to

A view on whats to come from Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs) in the event of continued falling stocks: Basically a ‘follow the momentum’ strategy. – Its already getting interesting: VIX has closed at its highest since April 19 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The NASDAQ index is now down -600 points or -3.34%. That’s its worst trading day since November 2, 2022 when the index fell -3.36%. The price is approaching its 38.2% retracement of the move up from the April 22 low. That level comes in at 17353.82. The low price as reached 17391.94 (WHoops – now

The trend is your friend in trading this week. In FX, the Japanese yen has been the outright leader with the antipodean currencies struggling. The former owes to exhaustion on the part of buyers but also arguably some anticipation flows ahead of the BOJ next week. USD/JPY has taken quite the tumble since Japan intervened

Fundamental Overview The USD has been rallying steadily against the major currencies since last Wednesday, although it’s unclear what has been behind the move. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a

High-yieldWI level at the time of the auction 4.166%Bid the cover 2.64X vs six-month average of 2.54X. Tail -0.4 basis points vs six-month average of 0.0 basis pointsDealers 8.87% vs six-month average of 14.2%Directs (domestic buyers) 16.76% vs six-month average of 17.5%Indirects (international buyers) 74.38% vs six-month average of 68.3% AUCTION GRADE: A Strong demand

The GDP data in the Q1 came in at 1.4%. Today we learned the advanced GDP for Q2 came in at 2.8%. If you looked at the component contributors or subtractions from the total GDP number: For Q1: Consumption +0.92%.Investment, +0.77%Government, +0.31%Net imports/exports -0.65% The sum comes to the GDP of 1.4% For Q2: Consumption,

The NASDAQ index move down to a low of 17352.93. In a prior post I outlined the area as a target level. The level corresponds with the 38.2% retracement of the move-up from the May low. That level comes in at 17353.82. It also corresponds roughly with the gap from June 11. That level came

Prior 0.1%Durable goods -6.6% versus +0.3% expected. Worst since April 2020Durable goods ex transport +0.5% versus +0.2% estimate. Prior 0.1%Durable goods ex Defense -7.0% versus unchanged last month (revised from -0.2%)Nondefense capital goods ex air +1.0% versus +0.2% expected. Prior month -0.9% versus -0.6% previously reported The end of year Fed projections shows -69 basis

Japan benchmark index lower again today, unsurprisingly of course after the falls on Wall Street: Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 24 Jul:Watch out below! Broad indices worst day since 2022 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Prior quarter 1.4%GDP Q2 2.8 % vs 2.0% estimate. The Atlanta Fed GDP now estimate was at 2.6%GDP sales 2.0% versus 1.9% estimate. Prior 2.0%GDP consumer spending 2.3% vs 1.5% priorGDP deflator 2.3% versus 2.6% estimate. Prior 3.1%GDP core PCE prices 2.9% versus 2.7% estimate. Prior 3.7% PCE prices advanced 2.6% vs 3.4% priorPCE ex

The WSJ Timiraos in his X tweets, speculates that the core PCE data from the GDP which came in higher at 2.9% vs 2.7% expected, does not imply the core PCE for June to be released on Friday will be different than the 0.18% gains expected. However, to square to the higher 2.9% data from

The major European indices are closing mixed thanks to the UK FTSE 100 which rose by 0.40%. The majority of the indices, however, did close lower. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX, -0.48%France CAC -1.15%UK FTSE 100 +0.40%Spain’s Ibex -0.56%Italy’s FTSE MIB -2.03% As London/European traders exit, the major US indices have

The EURUSD has had an up and down today, while the stock market gyrates. The moves lower were able to get below the 38.2% of the move up from the June low to the July high. That level comes in at 1.08394. The price also fell below that retracement level yesterday, but snapped back to

There aren’t any major expiries to take note of on the day. As such, trading sentiment will continue to revolve around the same factors driving price action in the last few days. That being bids into the Japanese yen and selling in the commodity currencies amid a more defensive risk backdrop. For EUR/USD, there are

BlackRock’s comments on the Bank of Japan are in the context of the firm holding a ‘high conviction’ view on higher Japanese stocks: Japan’s economic revival — and the return of inflation — “makes its equity market one of our strongest convictions,” the BlackRock Investment Institute said in its mid-year outlook. The firm expect the

Fundamental Overview The USD has been rallying steadily against the major currencies since last Wednesday on the back of general risk-off sentiment, although it’s unclear what has triggered the move. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year

Growth in the first half a year near 2%that is likely to begin to signal they may be ready to go in SeptemberThese numbers are not pointing to a recession at this timeProductivity increases not really there yetThe economy is slowing but is slowing to the trend pace of growth. That’s a soft landing This

The firm argues that the dollar rally during the period of 2021 to 2022 means that there is still scope for a deeper correction to the downside momentum in the greenback moving forward. They don’t expect the dollar to retest the lows seen towards the end of 2020 but says that the currency should move

The selling in the NASDAQ index continues with the index now down -1.75%. Yesterday the index fell over -3.6% it’s worst trading day since December 2022. Looking at the daily chart, the price is approaching its 50% midpoint of the move up from the April 2024 low. That level comes in at 16976.54. Below that,

Overview of Sector Performance Today’s stock market presents a vibrant tapestry of sectoral performances, capturing the investor sentiment and economic currents. While technology stocks like Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) show moderate gains, the healthcare sector is notably struggling, with significant downturns visible in Lilly (LLY) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX). Market Mood and Trends The

On July 22, the price of Bitcoin reached a high of $68,364 and retested that level during Monday’s trade on July 24. After this retest, Bitcoin experienced a downward move, dipping below its rising 200-hour moving average. However, the momentum on these dips was limited. Recently, Bitcoin’s price has settled between its 100-hour moving average

As the North American session trading gets underway, the major indices are mixed. Expect volatile trading as the market digests the next moves after the largest declines since the end of 2022 for the broader S&P and NASDAQ indices yesterday. Japan’s Nikkei index also fell the most since 2021. So markets are unsettled: A snapshot

The CHF been more of a safe-haven currency as the stocks move lower. That has helped to push the USDCHF lower this week. In trading today, the USDCHF fell below key support defined by a number of swing lows and highs going back to February and March 2023. That area comes between 0.8819 and 0.8825.

Headlines: USD/JPY fall draws in the next key support levelUSD/JPY Technical Analysis – 152.00 is the mother of all levelsBacks against the wall for stocks in July tradingGermany July Ifo business climate index 87.0 vs 88.9 expectedEurozone June M3 money supply 2.2% vs. 1.8% y/y expectedFrance July business confidence 94 vs 99 priorUK July CBI

Both the AUDUSD and the NZDUSD have fallen sharply in trading today. Fundamentals are playing a key role as China slows and worries about US growth also is weighing. That has commodities moving to the downside. Stocks moving lower also contributes to the risk off sentiment. The AUDUSD moved away from both its 100 and

The economy is seen as “recovering moderately, although it recently appears to be pausing”. Besides that, the government downgraded their view on exports to say that the situation is moving sideways. In June, they noted that the recovery in exports was stalling instead. On consumption, the government held their view that the pickup in the

M3 Money Supply Y/Y 2.2% vs. 1.8% expected and 1.6% prior.Loans to Households Y/Y 0.3% vs. 0.5% expected and 0.3% prior.Loans to Companies Y/Y 0.7% vs. 0.3% prior. This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.

The futures are applying modest changes in the major indices I have the open, but I get a feeling that it will be a volatile day once again. Yesterday bought the NASDAQ and S&P fell by the most since the end of 2022. Ouch. Futures are currently implying S&P index +1.5 points Dow Industrial Average

Earnings results update, 24 July AMC Based on the earnings results of companies reporting last night, here’s a summary focusing on the moves made by these companies and their possible impact on the overall market indices such as SPX and NDX. Emphasis is placed on the most popular companies and brands that are likely to

The kickstart video takes a look at three the major currency pairs – the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD from a technical perspective. US stocks are opening with modest gains after better-than-expected GDP. The durable goods orders fell sharply but transportation orders which can be volatile did the damage and could rebound next month. Initial jobless

As the North American session begins, the JPY is the strongest of the major currencies (again), while the AUD (and NZD) is the weakest (again). The USD is mixed with declines vs the JPY and the CHF (they are the safe haven – again), offset by gains vs the AUD and NZD (they are the

The barrage of easing measures this week was meant to bolster the economy and shore up confidence in domestic markets. However, it has been anything but that. In trading yesterday, the Chinese yuan had weakened to its lowest level since November against the dollar before bids came through. And that is before the sudden wave

Yesterday, the USDCHF moved higher and found support at the 200-day moving average early in the day, shifting the bias to the upside. It climbed above the 38.2% retracement level of the last move lower at 0.89072, extending to a high of 0.8923 before slowing into the close. Today, however, the price fell back below

Suzuki says he is monitoring political developments in the US. He didn’t comment on FX. – USD/JPY is moving the way Japanese authorities desire, so they may as well avoid comments that might be read the wrong way. IMHO anyway. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Fundamental Overview Bitcoin eventually got hit by the general risk-off sentiment in the markets as the cryptocurrency fell back to the 64000 level. From a fundamental perspective, nothing has changed as the data is still pointing to resilient growth, falling inflation and the Fed cutting at very least two times this year. As a reminder,

The selloff in the last two weeks has outweighed the gains from the two weeks before. The S&P 500 is now down 0.6% on the month, following an over 2% drop yesterday. Tech shares are bearing the brunt of those declines, with the Nasdaq seeing its worst daily showing since November 2022. So, where does

The price of USDCAD is extending to new session highs, and also moving above swing area resistance up at 1.38033. Going back to April, the price has been able to stay below that level and waffle back-and-forth between 1.3589 on the downside and 1.38033 on the top side. Getting above that level now will have

US futures were largely steadier in Asia trading, with S&P 500 futures seen up 0.2% at the time. That comes despite heavy selling in the region, with the Nikkei closing down by over 3% and posting its lowest close since late April. This continues to reaffirm that sentiment is extremely fragile currently and stocks are

Initial jobless claims 235K vs. 238K expected and 243K prior. Continuing Claims 1851K vs. 1860K expected and 1867K prior. This shows that the labour market is still doing good. This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.

Prior 88.6Current conditions 87.1 vs 88.5 expectedPrior 88.3Expectations 86.9 vs 89.0 expectedPrior 89.0; revised to 88.8 The data from the euro area this week has been rather poor to say the least. The readings here reaffirm softer business conditions in the German economy, alongside a worsening outlook as well. Again, if the economy is the

UBS are projecting a recovery for commodity prices, including oil, gold and more. In a note analysts say that concerns over sluggish Chinese demand have weighed on commodity prices in recent weeks. But prices will recover due to “solid demand and limited supply”. lower crude exports could help tighten the oil market copper prices have

The low just a moment earlier touched 152.19 and the pair is down well over 900 pips already from the highs since early July. The breakdown earlier in the week saw price fall below the 155.00 mark and also the 100-day moving average (red line). Now, that shifts the focus to key support from the

Eurostoxx -1.3%Germany DAX -1.2%France CAC 40 -1.6%UK FTSE -0.9%Spain IBEX -1.2%Italy FTSE MIB -2.0% The pain train continues with the mood music leaning towards the softer side to start the session. The CAC 40 index has now broken below its recent consolidation range to its lowest since January: This article was written by Justin Low

Prior -18 The manufacturing order book balance worsened again in July but the good news at least is that the expectations balance increased from 13 in June to 25 this month. The latter is the highest reading since March 2022. However, quarterly business optimism declined to -9 from +9 in April, marking the softest such

US President Biden speaking from the Oval Office in his stepping aside from the election. Its as expected: “I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation” “that is the best way to unite our nation” He’s right but he is still a politician, and all this is

This is a useful read from Reuters on the difficulties China is facing, pushing on a string. China is awash with money and its growth is slowing. To avert a prolonged stagnation, President Xi Jinping’s administration may need to spend its way out of the problem. Yet this and other classic remedies to such a

Major US stock indices close that session lows with the broader indices having their worst trading day since the end of 2022. NASDAQ index has its worst day since November 2 2022. The NASDAQ is closing down -3.64% S&P index has its worst day since December 15, 2022. The S&P is closing down -2.32% The

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Authorities there are asking for help from the Canadian military as the province’s wildfire situation continues to worsen. Alberta’s public safety minister Mike Ellis: “I have requested assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces to ensure all resources are brought to bear on this situation”

Implied volatility is a component of an option pricing model. In a nutshell, an annualized expected move in an asset (USD/JPY in this case), adjusted for the expiration duration. Higher IV means higher priced options (more expensive to lock in ‘protection’ via options). Volatility is up because of the large yen seings we are seeing.

German DAX futures -0.6%French CAC 40 futures -0.8%UK FTSE futures -0.4% French stocks look poised to break the key support outlined here, and that bodes ill for sentiment among regional equities in the latter stages this week. US futures were steadier earlier as well but S&P 500 futures are now down 0.06% as the mood

The European session is pretty empty on the data front with just the German IFO as the main highlight. The IFO index is similar to the German Composite PMI as they are correlated, so it shouldn’t be market moving. The important data will be released in the American session as we get the US Advance

Earlier: Chinese bank (one of the world’s largest banks) cuts time deposit rates Agricultural Bank has cut. Now China Construction Bank also. ADDED: Bank of Communications cuts This all follows a cut from the PBOC on Monday: ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: A series of easings from the People’s Bank of China This article was

The contraction for South Korea’s economy in the second quarter was unexpected: Advance Q2 GDP -0.2% q/q, the sharpest contraction in six quarters expected +0.1%, prior +1.3% (this 1.3% growth in Q1 was the fastest since Q4 2021)strong exportsconsumer spending fell For the y/y, came in at +2.3% expected +2.5%, prior +3.3% Attention now turns

William Dudley served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2009 to 2018. Greg had the headlines from him overnight: Fed’s Dudley: It may be too late to fend off a recession Dudley’s long held previous view was for a rate cut later this year, but: “The facts have changed, so

Earlier: Japan finance minister Suzuki spoke from Brazil – didn’t comment on FX levels This now from Kanda on China. He didn’t mention FX either: Won’t comment on current situation in FX – Japan’s Finance Ministry’s Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Kanda. He is the official who will instruct the BOJ to intervene, when

Services confidence 95Prior 101Manufacturing confidence 95Prior 99 There were declines across all business sectors, with employment conditions also worsening on the month. The latter fell from 100 in June to 96 in July. Overall, business are pointing to renewed weakness in demand conditions as the main cause. This article was written by Justin Low at

ING: “PBOC surprises markets with an off-schedule 20bp cut to the MLF”Horrible images out of Jasper, Canada – fire danger in Alberta now is extremeUSD/JPY implied volatility surges to its highest since the first week of MayJapan’s Nikkei index is more than 10% down from its recent highPeople’s Bank of China reduces 1 year Medium-term

People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

European Central Bank President Lagarde will be appearing at Paris Summit 2024 Sport for Sustainable Development (S4SD) “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together for a Better Future” in Paris, France. This doesn’t sound like the sort of event that’ll bring forth comments relevant to traders. But, you never know. Due at 1500 GMT / 1100 US

VIX has closed at its highest since April 19Big Wins and Misses: IBM and Chipotle Beat Expectations, Ford Falls ShortNASDAQ index has its worst trading day since November 2, 2022Crude oil settles at $77.59Bitcoin consolidating between 100 and 200 hour moving averagesU.S. Treasury auctions off $70 billion of the 5-year note at a high yield

Earlier today: People’s Bank of China reduces 1 year Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) rate to 2.3% This followed the Bank leaving the MLF rate unchanged last week: PBOC to lower collateral for Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) loans ING say the decision today was a surprise for two reasons: 1. The timing After keeping the MLF

Last week the PBOC left the MLF rate at 2.5% . Cuts today, to 2.3% injects 200bn yuan in a 1 year MLF Reuters reporting on a statement from the People’s Bank of China. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Israeli PM Netanyahu is addressing U.S. Congress. He will meet individually with Pres. Biden and VP Harris and will also meet with GOP nominee Trump tomorrow. Says: America and Israel must stand togetherCame to assure you of one thing, that we will win.Actively engaged in intensive efforts to secure hostages release.Thanks Biden for his heartfelt

Corporate Service Price Index (CSPI) is Japan’s Services PPI. From the BOJ report: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Lower-tier data due from Japan. The Corporate Service Price Index is Japan’s Services PPI. This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.The times in the left-most column are GMT.The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to

AUD and NZD aren;t the only FX falling against the dollar, but they are performing worse than EUR and GBP. CAD is losing ground also. JPY is rising, USD/JPY is circa 153.11 Apart from what has already been posted there are no fresh catalysts. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Equities had another down session, more to come This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Bank of China have announced a 10bps-20bps cut in time deposit rates. Cuts begin today. — About that awkward headline. No doubt someone will confuse this for a PBOC rate cut. It is not. The PBOC did cut rates, and dropped in other easing measures, on Monday: ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: A series of

The Bank of Canada cut by 25bp on Wednesday, news and analysis posts here: Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 24 Jul:Watch out below! Broad indices worst day since 2022 From noted economist David Rosenberg, calling for plenty more to come: The Bank of Canada’s decision to lower its key interest rate to 4.5% is the

Key earnings after the close IBM: shares are up 1.83% in after-hours trading Revenues 15.77 billion versus 15.62 billion estimat – BEATEPS $2.43 versus $2.20 expected- BEAT Chipotle: Shares are up 8.155% in after-hours trading Revenues $2.97 billion versus $2.94 billion expected: BEATEPS $0.34 versus $0.32 expected: BEAT ServiceNow: Shares are up 6.15% in after-hours

Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman speaking unrelated to her views on the economy and monetary policy. She is delivering Opening Remarks at “Advance Together: Celebrating the Achievements of Texas Community Partnerships,” a public event at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (via pre-recorded video) This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Crude oil futures are settling at $77.59. That is up $0.63 or 0.82%. The rise today snaps a four-day losing streak. Inventory data showed a surprise drawdown in crude, gasoline, and distilates. That helped to support the gains. Technically. however, the price remains below its 200-day moving average at $78.73 (green line in the chart

The major US stock indices closed lower ahead of Tesla and Alphabet earnings. Dow Industrial Average average fell -57.27 points or -0.14% at 40,358.10S&P index fell minus 8.65.4 -0.16% at 5555.75NASDAQ index fell -10.22 points or -0.06% at 17997.35 The small-cap Russell 2000 rose 22.61 points or 1.02% at 2243.26. Ahead of earnings, Alphabet rose

High-yield 4.121%WI level at the time of the auction 4.110%Tail 1.1 basis point versus a six month average of 0.5%Bid to cover 2.40X versus six month average of 2.36XDealers 13.97% vs six month average of 16.3%Directs (domestic investors) 18.78% vs six month average of 17.9%Indirects (international investors) 67.25% versus the six month average of 65.8%

The U.S. Treasury will auction off $70 billion of five-year note at the top of the hour. The success or failure of the auction will be dependent on the components and their relationship to the six month averages. More specifically: Tail 0.5 basis pointsBid to Cover 2.36XDirects 17.9%Indirects 65.8%Dealers 15.3% The last option high-yield was

Prior month $-98.4 billion revised to $-99.37 billionTrade deficit for June $-96.8 billion versus expectations of $-98.8 billion This is just the deficit for goods. The US always runs a negative goods trade balance with the rest of the world due to the large inflow of imported goods. In contrast the US runs a service

US stocks continue to move lower. The NASDAQ index is leading the way with a client of -2.17% at 17606.71. The S&P index is down 83 points or -1.5% at 5472.73. For the NASDAQ index it is currently trading at the lowest level since June 25. Last Tuesday, the price fell -2.77%. The S&P decline

Earlier this month, I did a series of posts, following the trend of the GBPJPY on a trend move higher. The move to the upside was helped by dips finding support against the 100-hour MA. That continued until it didn’t and the technical story changed. Here is the succession of posts. https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/the-gbpjpy-is-trading-at-highest-level-since-2008-and-bounced-off-support-todaywhat-next-20240705/https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/has-the-song-remained-the-same-for-the-technicals-driving-the-gbpjpy-trend-move-higher-20240708/https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/gbpjpy-still-remains-above-the-100-hour-ma-20240709/https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/gbpjpy-continues-its-run-to-the-upside-hints-of-a-top-yesterdayfails-20240710/ When the high

European Central Bank speakers on Wednesday include de Guindos, Lane and BuchAustralia Q2 CPI preview – “June CPI should not close the door on a rate cut”Earnings results update 23 July 2024 (AMC)NZD/USD, AUD/USD extend their dribbling lossesPBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 7.1358 (vs. estimate at 7.2795)USD/JPY drops to a fresh low for

0645 GMT / 0245 US Eastern time: Chairing of Session 5 by ECB board member Luis de Guindos at joint conference of the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and IMF Economic Review “Global Challenges and Channels for Fiscal and Monetary Policy” in Frankfurt, Germany 1200 GMT/0800 US Eastern time: Participation by ECB board member

Lane gave ‘Opening remarks’ at the Joint ECB-IMF-IMFER Conference 2024 You can find the full text here: I am pleased to welcome you to this research conference (if you are having trouble sleeping) The ECB bill the conference as: jointly organised by the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF Economic Review,

Major European indices moved and closed lower on the day. The declines were led by German DAX and France CAC.. Germany’s flash services and manufacturing indices were lower than expectations. France’s manufacturing index was lower while its service index did move back above the 50 level after dipping below the key growth/no growth 50 level

The EURUSD is bouncing higher and on the bounce has moved back above its 100 bar moving average on the 4- hour chart 1.0852. The price has moved back into a swing area between 1.08538 and 1.08617 (see red numbered circles). Move-up that level will have traders targeting the 1.0872 level. It would take to

Understanding Today’s Volatile Market Trends Today’s US stock market presents a varied landscape of gains and losses across different sectors, painting a picture of evolving market dynamics and investor sentiments. A deep dive into the heatmap reveals significant movements that are crucial for investors at every level. Technology and Communication Sectors The technology sector, typically

The private oil inventory data released late yesterday showed another drawdown in crude oil stocks. Gasoline, distilates and Cushing all showed drawdowns as well: The EIA numbers are now out showing: Crude oil drawdown of -3.741M vs drawdown of -1.583M estimateDistilates drawdown of -2.753M vs build of +0.249M estimate. Gasoline drawdown of -5.572M vs drawdown

This video is a potpourri of various instruments. At first I take a look at the broader stock indices which are getting hammered on concerns of growth slowing (and costs increasing). I then transition into some of the major currency pairs which are moving today including the: EURUSD – Trying to bounceUSDJPY – Continuing to

The Atlanta Fed GDPNow growth estimate for 2Q comes in at 2.6% versus 2.7% previously. This will be the last model report for the 2Q. smart 8:30 AM, the advanced GDP will be released. The survey of economists estimates a lower value at 2.0%. In their own words: The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP

A Reuter/Ipsos poll (get used to them), has Harris leading Trump in a two way race 44% to 42%: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 44% to 42% among registered voters, within 3-point margin of error, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.56% of registered voters in Reuters/Ipsos poll consider Harris ‘mentally sharp’; Trump seen as

The price action in the USDCAD has been limited after the cut in rates by 25 basis points from the BOC. Looking at the 4-hour chart, the price remains in the topside swing area between 1.3784 and 1.3803. A move above the high should lead to more upside momentum with the high for 2024 at

The low earlier today hit 0.6583 and that brings in a test of the 200-day moving average (blue line) at 0.6584. The 50.0 Fib retracement level also sits nearby at 0.6580, so there are key technical levels in play now for AUD/USD. The pair is already seeing its worst streak since August last year, and

The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%,½%, with the Bank Rate at 5%4¾% and the deposit rate at 4¾%.½%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The global economy grew by about 3% in the first quarter of 2024, broadly in line with the Bank’s

The world seems to be moving further and further away from the idea of ‘make love, not war.’ Conflicts continue to erupt everywhere, with no end in sight. Recently, the US Department of Defence has updated its Arctic strategy, as the Arctic is becoming a strategic area of competition between the world’s major powers. Experts

The newswire says that the date had been decided by the German cabinet. It has to be held at the latest by 26 October 2025 and no earlier than 31 August 2025. So, this is right smack in the middle of the expected period in autumn. This will be the elections for the federal parliament,

Tesla (TSLA) technical analysis, 24 July 2024 – what is expected from the stock after last night’s earnings and into the next several weeks/months Tesla’s recent earnings report has had a notable impact on its stock price. Here is an in-depth technical analysis and price forecast for TSLA post-earnings, incorporating key technical levels to help

Prior month 0.619M annualized (lowest level since December 2023. The high level came in at 0.693M annualized pace) revised to 0.621MNew-home sales 0.617M which is lower than the estimate of 0.640M Details: Sales of New Single-Family Houses: June 2024: Seasonally adjusted annual rate of 617,0000.6% below the revised May rate of 621,0007.4% below the June

It has been a recurring theme this week to see the Japanese yen pick up some bids in the handover from Asia to Europe. And in the overall picture, the yen itself is firming across the board despite the dollar also holding its own against the rest of the major currencies bloc. And that comes

Worries about recession are gaining momentum. Former Fed Gov. Dudley warned that the Fed may be too late and is pushing for a cut now (at the meeting next week). Earnings calls did have some warnings. LVMH, the European luxury retailer said: Concerns about demand from Chinese consumers impacted other luxury stocks:Sales in Asia (excluding

Overnight, Fed’s Dudley to Bloomberg said that: Historically deteriorating labor markets generate a self reinforcing feedback loop When jobs are hard to find, household trim spending, the economy weakens, and businesses reduce investment, which leads to layoffs and further spending cuts.Although it might already ready to fend off a recession, dawdling now unnecessarily increases the

Prior 49.6Manufacturing PMI 44.1 vs 45.8 expectedPrior 45.4Composite PMI 49.5 vs 49.0 expectedPrior 48.8 Both the services and composite readings are 3-month highs but the manufacturing reading is a 6-month low. That once again speaks to the contrast in the two sectors, not just for France but across the euro area as well. The good

The Bank of Canada cut rate by 25 basis points to 4.5%. Highlights from the Macklem’s prepared text: BoC lowered the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5%.Key considerations for the decision:Monetary policy is easing broad price pressures.Economy has excess supply and slack in the labor market, allowing for growth without inflation.Balancing risk

The Bank of Canada meet today, announcement due at 0945 Eastern time: The survey referred to is conducted by the Wall Street Journal: All 14 economists surveyed last week by The Wall Street Journal predicted Canada’s central bank would cut its benchmark rate by a quarter point, to 4.5%. majority of analysts surveyed expect the

As the North American session begins, the JPY is the strongest and the NZD is the weakest. The USD is mixed with decline vs the JPY and CHF and gains vs the continued weak NZD and AUD the biggest movers. The CAD is also mixed ahead of its interest rate decision at 9:45 AM ET.

Fundamental Overview Crude oil has been under sustained pressure since the beginning of July. Things got even worse as Trump’s odds of winning soared after the failed assassination attempt. He is a great supporter of the “drill, baby, drill” slogan and he will likely put an end to the war in Ukraine if he gets

Prior -21.8; revised to -21.6 German consumer morale recovers significantly going into August as income expectations for households hit the highest in over two years. That comes amid stronger wage increases and slightly lower inflation, according to GfK. That said, the institute does warn that while the signs are promising, “it can also as quickly

Fundamental Overview The USD has been rallying steadily against the major currencies since last Wednesday, although it’s unclear what has been behind the move. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a

There is another excess supply in the economy to bring inflation back down toward 2% targetWe need to be more symmetric in our policyindicators are suggesting that broad base price pressures are easingIf inflation continues to move down as we expect, it is reasonable to expect lower rates. We don’t want to predetermine policy This

The decision on whether to hike rates will be a “close call” and a “hard one to make”, according to one of the sources. Another said that it will be more of a “judgment call” in terms of whether to act this month or wait until later in the year. But one thing is for

The Bank of Canada will announce her interest rate decision at 9:45 AM ET (CLICK HERE). The tilt is for a 25 basis point cut to 4.5% from 4.75%. However, a survey 30 economists and Reuters puts the average rate at 4.57%. So there is some dissension. The press conference will begin at 10:30 AM

The BOC press conference will begin at 10:30 AM. The prepared text from BOCs Tiff Macklem has already been released. You can read his full statement (which he will read at 10:30 AM) is below. July 24, 2024 Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers to discuss the July

The USDJPY continues its run to the downside and trades to the lowest levels since May 16. In the process, the price is moving below the 50% of the move up from the March low. That level comes in at 154.209 and is now close resistance. The low from May 16 comes in at 154.57.

There are a couple to take note of, as highlighted in bold. However, they may not feature too much into play given the state of play in major currencies this week. The first one being for USD/JPY at the 155.00 mark but the pair is feeling rather heavy already in the handover from Asia to

Reuters with the info, on a survey covering wage negotiations: data based on 145 pay settlements covering 370,000 employeesemployers offered average annual pay settlements of 4.9% in the three months to June, unchanged from the previous month The implication: strong wage growth that may sustain the Bank of England’s inflation worries More here: Official data

Headlines: USD/JPY drops below 155.00 mark for the first time in seven weeksUSD/JPY Technical Analysis – The sellers remain in controlEurozone July flash services PMI 51.9 vs 53.0 expectedFrance July flash services PMI 50.7 vs 49.8 expectedGermany July flash services PMI 52.0 vs. 53.1 expectedGermany August GfK consumer sentiment -18.4 vs -21.0 expectedUK July flash

Prior +3.9%Market index 209.3 vs 214.1 priorPurchase index 134.8 vs 140.4 priorRefinance index 614.9 vs 613.0 prior30-year mortgage rate 6.82% vs 6.87% prior Mortgage applications fell back in the past week with a drop in purchases activity offsetting a marginal increase in refinancing activity. Overall, it still points to a more subdued sentiment in the

Jibun Bank S&P Global PMI Flash / Preliminary for July 2024 for Japan Manufacturing PMI 49.2, first time under 50 (and into contraction) in 3 month expected 50.5, prior 50.0sub indexes show that output and new orders fell slightly, higher prices weigh on margins (input cost inflation to the highest since April 2023)new orders weakest

Prior 52.8Manufacturing PMI 45.6 vs 46.1 expectedPrior 45.8Composite PMI 50.1 vs 51.1 expectedPrior 50.9 The growth in the Eurozone economy has stalled in July, with services activity growing at a slower pace and manufacturing conditions continuing to dawdle. The former reading is a 4-month lower while the latter reading is a 7-month low. That suggests

Bloomberg (gated) gathered together views on the USD from Deutsche, Barclays, and Morgan Stanley. Deutsche Bank say that tarriffs & associated stronger implications for the USD are significantly more likely to be dominant than stated polices to seek a weaker USDBarclays say in isolation the tariff risk is enough to support a rally for the

The AUDUSD has continued its run to the downside in trading today, and in the process broke below a 100-day moving average of 0.6607, and moved down to test the 200-day moving average at 0.6582. Also in play on the downside is the 50% midpoint of the move up from the April low. That level

Key levels and market trends for S&P 500 e-mini futures (ES) 📈 Current market trend for S&P 500 e-mini futures: The S&P 500 e-mini futures (ES) have been in a strong upward trend within a well-defined ascending channel since October.The chart shows consistent higher highs and higher lows, indicating a bullish market sentiment. 📉 Recent

Oil: Private survey of inventory shows headline crude oil draw larger than expectedEarnings after the close led by Alphabet and Tesla. Tesla misses. Alphabet beatsUS stocks close lower ahead of Tesla and Alphabet earningsGOP Nominee Trump: I will go ahead and debate Harris. Happy to do more.Crude oil futures settle at $76.96Macron:Outgoing majority has lost

Trump supports crypto, attracting votes from the sector Bitcoin (BTC) is on the cusp of significant price movements due to two major catalysts: the launch of new Ethereum ETFs and the evolving political landscape with Donald Trump’s increased engagement in the crypto space. Ethereum ETF Approval, Trump’s Crypto Endorsement, and Bitcoin’s Bullish Outlook Recently, the

Services PMI 52.0 vs. 53.1 expected and 53.1 prior.Manufacturing PMI 42.6 vs. 44.0 expected and 43.5 prior.Composite PMI 48.7 vs. 50.7 expected and 50.4 prior. Key Findings: HCOB Flash Germany Composite PMI Output Index(1) at 48.7 (June: 50.4). 4-month low. HCOB Flash Germany Services PMI Business Activity Index(2) at 52.0 (June: 53.1). 4-month low. HCOB

Services PMI 52.4 vs. 52.5 expected and 52.1 prior.Manufacturing PMI 51.8 vs. 51.1 expected and 50.9 prior.Composite PMI 52.7 vs. 52.6 expected and 52.3 prior. Key Findings: Flash UK PMI Composite Output Index(1) at 52.7 (Jun: 52.3). 2-month high. Flash UK Services PMI Business Activity Index(2) at 52.4 (Jun: 52.1). 2-month high. Flash UK Manufacturing

Prior month was 0.6%Wholesale inventories advanced for June 0.2% versus 0.5% estimate.Retail inventories ex auto 0.2% versus revised -0.1% last month (from 0.0%) This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

JPY lower, AUD & NZD too. Not helped by a weak fix for CNY (lowest from the onshore yuan since November 21 last year). The outlook for the NZD includes the potential for a Reserve Bank of New Zealand rate cut by perhaps the end of this year. New Zealand’s economy has slumped badly and

Last week the Wall Street Journal reported on the claim that Musk was to donate USD45mn a month to Trump. The Journal cited, sources “familiar with the matter.” Musk says its b/s: “What’s been reported in the media is simply not true,” “I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”Musk has created a

People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate

But alas, the ECB has to keep their focus on inflation pressures first and foremost. If growth expectations were the main argument, there would be a strong reason to push with a rate cut in September after the PMI data earlier. Instead, the situation now presents a bit of a headache for the central bank.

EUR/USD is now down 0.2% on the day to 1.0832 and looks poised for a further decline, at least from the charts. The dollar has been holding up better this week and the more sluggish risk mood is also helping with that in trading today. Looking at the chart above, EUR/USD now looks on course

Fundamental Overview The USD has been rallying steadily against the major currencies since last Wednesday, although it’s unclear what has been behind the move. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

The theme among major currencies recently has been a stronger yen, with USD/JPY continuing to drop. But the dollar itself is also seen advancing against the rest of the major currencies bloc. In particular, the antipodeans have been softer this week amid ongoing weakness with the Chinese yuan as well. Here’s a snapshot of things

Today, we will finally get some notable releases. It’s the PMIs Day, so we will see how economic activity fared in July for the major economies and especially the US. We have also a central bank decision on the agenda as the Bank of Canada will release its policy setting with a rate cut widely

German DAX futures -0.4%French CAC 40 futures -0.7%UK FTSE futures -0.2% It’s a bit of a rough one with US futures also holding lower, mostly from tech shares. Tesla’s earnings underwhelmed and while Alphabet’s was a bit, there are some warning signals for the coming quarters. That is weighing on the overall mood currently. S&P

Main points made by Westpac in thier CPI preview, saying “June CPI should not close the door on a rate cut”: Westpac confirms its June quarter CPI forecast of 1.0%qtr/3.8%yr which we first released on June 18 and left unchanged at our July 2 update. Our Trimmed Mean forecast is also unchanged at 0.9%qtr/4.0%yr. For

Visa Inc (V) Q3 2024 (USD): Shares are trading down -2.11% after the close. Adj. EPS: $2.51 (exp. $2.43) BEATRevenue: $8.9B (exp. $8.89B) BEA Tesla Inc (TSLA) Q2 2024 (USD): Shares are trading down -5.22% after trading down -2.04% during the day today Adj. EPS: $0.52 (exp. $0.62) MISSRevenue: $25.5B (exp. $24.77B) BEAT Tesla’s focus

155.25 and thereabouts the low, a very sharp drop from its high a few minutes ago just under 156.00. Fears of intervention reignited. The drop took it to its lowest since June 7. NZD/USD has fallen also, to its lowest since May 2, circa 0.5943 Not so dramatic for AUD/USD, but its to a one-month

Former Pres. Trump and GOP nominee Trump initially said he would not debate Harris but has changed his mind. Says that he will be happy to do more. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

JPY has been the outperformer, surging against the USD. Analysts at MUFG Bank are a little wary though: Japanese politicians are nervous about the snail’s pace of monetary policy normalizationyen’s weakness, along with Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election in September are factors favouring a rate rise next week, not waiting until laterMUFG expect

Snippet via HSBC on likely potential tailwinds for stockmarkets globally in this second half the year. Analysts at the bank say their discussion with clients indicate to much attention being paid to downside risks, and overlooking 5 key potential triggers for higher prices yet to come: Earnings reports remain positiveThe ‘Goldilocks macroeconomic landscape to underpin

Judo Bank S&P Global PMI Flash / Preliminary for July 2024 While manufacturing is up a touch, services is down. Composite (reflecting both) is down. Not a great report. Comments from the report, Warren Hogan, Chief Economic Advisor at Judo Bank, in brief: Flash PMI report is an early read on Australia’s economy in July

USD/JPY is up from its late US/early Asia lows under 155.60. We haven’t seen news headlines out of Japan apart from the data: Japan flash PMIs (July): Manufacturing 49.2 (prior 50.0) Services 53.9 (prior 49.4) This data is not usually much of a yen mover, and today is no different. The bounce back happened well

Based on the earnings results of companies reporting on 23 July 2024 (AMC), here’s a summary focusing on the moves made by these companies and their possible impact on the overall market indices such as SPX and NDX. Emphasis is placed on the most popular companies and brands that are likely to influence market sentiment.

Crude oil futures are settling at $76.96. That is down $-1.44 or -1.84%. The price moved to a 6-week low (lowest since June 7)and fell for the 4th consecutive day. The price moved down close to 8% from the high last Wednesday. Later today, the private oil inventory data will be released ahead of the

The numbers via oilprice.com on Twitter: – Expectations I had seen centred on: Headline crude -1.6mn barrelsDistillates +0.2mn bblsGasoline -0.4mn — This data point is from a privately-conducted survey by the American Petroleum Institute (API). It’s a survey of oil storage facilities and companiesThe official report is due Wednesday morning US time. The two reports

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The EURUSD trended lower after tries above the 200-hour MA earlier in the session and yesterday could not sustain upside momentum.Buyers turned to sellers. The move lower took the price from near 1.0900 to a low today of 1.0843. That low got within 4 pip of the key 38.2% retracement. After a trend move higher

Russian news outlet Interfax had the comments from Novak on Tuesday: “We have nearly reached it [the required level of oil output within OPEC+]. We are close to it. We have somewhat ‘underperformed’ the target at full volume, so to speak,” said that the Energy Ministry would send the OPEC Secretariat a schedule for offsetting

more to come This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.The times in the left-most column are GMT.The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.

France President Macron: The outgoing majority has lost elections, but the French wanted non-far right to work togetherWhen asked about left-wing alliance PM candidate, Macron says issue of the moment is not about names.Neither left-wing alliance nor outgoing majority can apply their program.Urges political parties in parliament to work together to reach compromises during the

As expected, Senate Majority Leader Schumer and House Minority Leader Jeffries officially endorse VP Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. The money has been flowing into the Harris coffers with $140M raised since Sunday. As a comparison Biden raised $96M up until July. Meanwhile, over at Trump headquarters, after the assassination attempt, it was

Politico is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Schumer and House Minority Leader Jeffries are to officially endorse Harris for president at a 1 PM press conference: Late yesterday Harris secured the necessary delegates for the Democratic nomination. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

US treasury auctions off $69 billion at a high yield of 4.434% High yield 4.434%Tail -2.3 basis points vs six month average of 0.2 basis pointsBid to cover 2.81X vs six month average of 2.58X. Best since August 2023Direct (a measure o domestic demand) 14.42% versus six month average of 21.0%. Weakest since Jan of

The US stocks are open and the major indices are modest the lower/higher. A snapshot of the market currently shows: Dow Industrial Average average -56 points or -0.15% at 40352S&P index -4.42 points or -0.07% at 5560.30nanoseconds -36 points or -0.20% at 17971 The RUSSELL 2000 is down -12.08 points are -0.54% at 2208.51 After

Crude oil continues its run to the downside. The price is now down for the 4th consecutive days. Since reaching a high price of $83.10 on Wednesday of last week, the price has moved down nearly 8%. Technically, the price fell below its 200-day moving average on Friday. Today the high corrective price reached $78.73.

Overview of Today’s Stock Market Dynamics Investors and traders continue to navigate a patchwork of performance across various sectors in today’s trading session. A look at the latest stock market heatmap provides valuable insights into sector leaders and laggards, informing strategies in a market characterized by mixed sentiments. Technology and Semiconductors: A Mixed Picture Semiconductors

In this video, I take a look at two currency pairs – the AUDUSD and NZDUSD. Both are trending lower this week as traders react to slower growth from China. Both countries do rely on China for growth. For the AUDUSD, it is breaking lower but approaching key support against it rising 100-day moving average

As the market awaits the Bank of Canada rate decision tomorrow, the USDCAD has moved higher in anticipation of a cut in rates. Also helping the pair is sharply lower oil prices which has take the price down nearly 8% from the high reached last Wednesday (today the price bounced off of $76.40). Technically, the

Reuters Poll Summary: 70 of 100 economists anticipate a 25 basis points cut in the federal funds rate in both September and December, compared to 58 of 116 in June.73 of 100 economists expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates by 50 basis points in 2024. 13 say 25 bps in 2024. 3 see no

In the kickstart video for July 23, I take a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. For the EURUSD, it traded up and down yesterday and tried to get back above its 200-hour moving average (green line), but could not find any upside momentum on the breaks above. As a result, buyers turned

Fundamental Overview The USD regained some strength in latter part of last week. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a back-to-back cut in November. The data continues to suggest that the

The closing bell rings, and the tech sector/small cap stocks lead the way higher in tandem with each other today. Last week, the Russell outperformed vs the NASDAQ on a rotation out to high cap tech into the small cap stock sector. . Both the NASDAQ and the small-cap Russell 2000 rose by around 1.6%

Silver hangs on at the June lows for nowDollar keeps on firmer footing following last week’s advanceAUD/USD looks poised for longest losing streak since August last yearJapanese yen continues to find bids in the early stages this weekEuropean equities open in a more mixed mood to start the dayWhat are the main events for today?ECB’s

Tom Lee is Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder and head of research. Spoke with CNBC on Monday. He is expecting inflation data from the US due on Friday (PCE) to be cooler. “One print can be uncertain, but I think the forces underway for inflation to fall like a rock are in place”there do not seem

The major European indices are ending the day with mixed results. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX, +0.77%France CAC, -0.31%UK FTSE 100 -0.38%Spain’s Ibex, +0.61%Italy’s FTSE MIB +0.07% Benchmark 10 year yields or trading modestly lower: As London/European traders had for the exits, the major US stock indices are trading higher: Dow

People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate

Manufacturing index -17 vs. -7 expected and -10 prior.Services index 5 vs. -11 prior.Manufacturing shipments index -21 vs. -9 prior. Fifth District manufacturing activity worsened in July, according to the most recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The composite manufacturing index decreased from −10 in June to −17 in July. Of its

China’s loan collateral tweak will ease ‘asset famine’US Q2 GDP data is due Thursday – Goldman Sachs expect +2.3%The AUD and the easing from China – given more a nudge lowerUS Vice President Harris has just passed 1,976 Delegates.PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 7.1334 (vs. estimate at 7.2746)Deutsche Bank expect further losses still

Diving into the world of financial markets, investors are often faced with the choice between Forex and Futures trading. Both avenues offer unique opportunities and come with their own sets of risks and rewards. Understanding the key differences between these two types of trading can help investors make more informed decisions. But which trading option

The retreat comes again as we get to the handover from Asia to Europe, somewhat similar to yesterday. Sellers are staying interested with price action keeping below the broken trendline support (white line) as seen below: The 100-day moving average (red line) at 155.31 currently will be a key downside target to watch. Looking at

Ufunded.com has opened its futuristic headquarters in the heart of Dubai, spanning across a third of an entire floor in the prestigious Opus Tower, designed by the legendary Zaha Hadid. The new headquarters reflect Hadid’s futuristic vision and align seamlessly with Ufunded.com’s disruptive ethos. Overlooking the expansive Dubai skyline in 360°, including iconic landmarks such

. 1.32 million units Prior month 4.11Mexisting home sales -5.4% versus -0.7% last monthinventory at 4.1 months vs 3.7 months prior or 1.32 million unitsMedian price $426,900 which is up 4.1% from June 2023 (record high)These are closed sales when rates were above 7%Average days is 22 (down from 24 days) but up from 18

The orchestra arrangement is continuing: Schumer and Jeffries are to meet with Harris shortly. So rather than be the first to endorse, they will do their due diligence with a one-on-one and then come out together and unified. Does Harris come out with them for a photo-op, for the “hand in hand raised” opportunity? I

The PPI data from South Korea is due at 2100 GMT / 1700 GMT and that’s about for the data agenda in the Asian timezone today. Europe time will bring a speech from European Central Bank’s Lane. Nothin’. Nothin’ at all! This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Prior month -14.0consumer confidence -13 versus -13.4 estimate The confidence levels are moving higher (although still negative), and is also moving closer to the EU long term average (see chart above). This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

The Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns according to sources. The move comes after intense questioning from House Oversight Committee members yesterday harshly criticizing the director related to the recent assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump. During her testimony yesterday, she acknowledged significant and colossal security failures at the rally. One rallygoer died from

Fundamental Overview Gold has been on a steady retreat since hitting a new all-time high last Wednesday. We saw a reversal in many other markets since last Wednesday and it’s not clear what has been behind the move. The data continues to point to a resilient economy with inflation falling slowly back to target. That

The US broader indices are trading at at session highs. The gains are led by the NASDAQ and the switch is currently up 114 points or 0.64%. At session lows, the price approached its rising 200 hour moving average, but found early buyers against at that level. That kept the buyers and control. There is

Amongst concerns TD ennumerate on gold are: discretionary trader positioning “remains bloated” (to the long side), which means positioning risks are now asymmetrically skewed to the downsidefroth above and beyond what is consistent with expectations of Fed cutsAsia on a buyer’s strikenotable long liquidations on Shanghai Futures Exchange TD says a “a liquidity vacuum could

Via CNBC, thoughts from Deutsche Bank on further losses still to come for large cap tech stocks: rotation away from big tech into small caps that happened will be more than a short-term blipmarket is still pricing in too much optimism about the growth areas of the market that have led most of the bull

Eurostoxx +0.3%Germany DAX +0.5%France CAC 40 -0.1%UK FTSE -0.3%Spain IBEX flatItaly FTSE MIB +0.3% This comes as US futures are seen down slightly at the balance as well. S&P 500 futures are lower by 0.2% with Nasdaq futures down by 0.3% currently. That is not making much for traders to work with as the session

The USDCHF waffled up and down during yesterday’s trade, but late yesterday early today, the price did find support buyers against its 200 day moving average and 38.2% retracement near 0.8883.That was “the tell” for traders, and the buyers entered. The price has since moved higher and extended above the 38.2% retracement of the move

South Korean Producer Price Index for June 2024: -0.1% m/m prior +0.1% +2.5% y/y prior +2.3% The Bank of Korea is eyeing rising inflation but there are signs it’ll begin to fall from August. SK’s finance minister is thinking the same – says inflation may temporarily rebound higher in Julyu, it should stabilise from Augsyt.

After having hit its highest since the opening day in January, the pair has seen quite a pullback in the last week. The drop after nearly touching the 0.6800 mark now sees the pair down 2.5% from its high on 11 July. And the pair looks poised for a seventh straight day of losses now:

On the economic calendar today: Consumer confidence flash estimate for July (10 AM ET): Estimate -13.4 versus -14.0 last month.Existing home sales for June (10 AM ET): Est. 4.00M vs 4.11M last month.Richmond Fed index for July (10 AM ET): Last month -10. Services index -11 last month The U.S. Treasury will auction the 2-year

Media reports that US Vice President Harris has just passed 1,976 Delegates. That’s a magic number, it means she is the Democratic Party’s Presumptive Nominee for November’s Presidential Election. The formalities of a vote are yet to take place of course, but with that number of delegates she appears to have it locked in. This

As the North American session begins, the JPY continues its move to the upside, while the AUD is the weakest of the majors. the USD is higher vs most currency pairs but is lower vs the JPY. The USDJPY corrected higher yesterday in the US session but once the price reached the 100 hour MA,

German DAX futures +0.3%French CAC 40 futures flatUK FTSE futures -0.3% US futures are a touch lower though, with S&P 500 futures down 0.2% and Nasdaq futures down 0.3%. That is making for more of a pensive start to European morning trade. This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

The Philadelphia Fed nonmanufacturing activity in the region declined in July, as reported by the firms in the Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey. Key indicators such as general activity at the firm level, new orders, and sales/revenues turned negative. The full-time employment index also suggested a decline in employment. Both price indexes showed continued overall price

Analyst says the “forces underway for inflation to fall like a rock are in place”The closing bell rings and the tech sector/small cap stocks lead the way in tandemCrude oil futures settle at $79.78Israel PM Netanyahu and US Pres. Biden meeting postponed until Wednesday/ThursdayMore on Schumer and Jeffries: Are due to meet with Harris shortlyCNN:

The Japanese yen is on its own at the front to start the week but the dollar is also seen holding slightly firmer now as after a short period of consolidation since Friday. Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD are down 0.3% to 1.0860 and 1.2895 respectively, touching their lowest levels since 11 July. The latter looks

Despite the sharp fall since last week, silver is still hanging in there in July trading. On the month itself, the precious metal is now down by 0.3% after erasing its monthly gains in the last five trading days. Price is now currently trading around $29.05, down 0.4% on the day. Still, buyers are not

There were a string of policy easings from the People’s Bank of China yesterday, summarised here: ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: A series of easings from the People’s Bank of China Via UBS on the Bank’s rate cuts: The decision of the People’s Bank of China to cut rates by 0.1 percentage point was perhaps

Will look particularly closely at wage developmentsCurrent level of uncertainty is huge, so have to be prudent when taking decisions The comments don’t add anything to the prevailing outlook. They’ve already said before July that they will defer their next “live” decision to September, so this just continues that. This article was written by Justin

Fundamental Overview The Russell 2000 has been on an incredible run ever since the last US CPI report. The goldilocks data was the catalyst for a strong rotation from big cap stocks into the small cap stocks, and the momentum was probably exacerbated by hedge funds facing short squeezes on their small cap hedges as

Fundamental Overview The USD regained some strength in latter part of last week. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a back-to-back cut in November. The data continues to suggest that the

0700 GMT / 0300 US Eastern time, European Central Bank chief economist and board member Philip Lane will be giving opening remarks at a joint conference of the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and IMF Economic Review “Global Challenges and Channels for Fiscal and Monetary Policy” in Frankfurt, Germany This article was written by

JP Morgan considers the upcoming Bank of Canada (BoC) meeting to be a close call but leans towards the BoC holding rates steady. Governor Macklem has previously emphasized a gradual easing approach to avoid jeopardizing progress on inflation. Recent data showing reacceleration in core inflation and wage firming, despite some labor market softening, suggests a

Via IONG on the EUR ahead. Not seeing a volatile period for now. euro could fall if European data this week support the case for ECB interest-rate cuts – say to watch of business sentiment is weaker, which would shape a story that policy is too tighteuro falls will be limitedvolatility remains “exceptionally low” a

If yesterday was a boring day on the data front, today is no different. We don’t have any notable event as we will just get some low tier releases like the Eurozone Consumer Confidence and the Richmond Fed Index. As a reminder, we won’t hear from Fed speakers until the FOMC meeting next week as

Yesterday the People’s Bank of China lowered the collateral requirement for medium-term loans: ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: A series of easings from the People’s Bank of China The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would lower the collateral requirement for the medium-term lending facility (MLF) loan to increase the size of tradable bonds

I posted last week on Macquarie pointing to populist economic policies as “inflationary by design“, and that the Fed’s easing cycle may be shallower than presumed: while US inflation may continue to stay low in the next few months and allow the Fed to start easing in September, once ‘popunomics’ is invoked, inflation will be

Amid a lack of events on the economic calendar, the Japanese yen has been a decent mover to start the week thus far. After the gains yesterday, we are seeing a further advance today with USD/JPY now down 0.6% to near 156.00 on the day. AUD/JPY in particular is suffering the most, down another 1%

Scanning here comments there isn’t much of relevance for markets yet: gun laws – universal background checks, assault weapons banwill support Congress passing reproductive freedom laws Yeah, nothing on economic policy in this speech, but a heads up if you are interested. Harris vs. Trump This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Goldman Sachs have been concerned about the US economy drifting along in H1 but have been encouraged by recent retail sales and industrial production data. GS now expect Q2 GDP growth at 2.3% (annualised) “Our estimate implies that GDP grew at a 1.9% annualized pace in 2024H1 and domestic final sales grew at a 2.3%

Toshimitsu Motegi is Secretary-General of Japan’s ruling party the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Report via the Nikkei that he thinks Bank of Japan policy should be made clearer. I know a couple of thousand traders who agree with him. — The Bank of Japan meet on July 30 and 31 where they are expected to

There aren’t any major expiries to take note of for the day. As such, trading sentiment might be more muted in the European session as we await US markets to open again later. In that lieu, even then equities and the broader risk mood might be more cautious today considering that we have Alphabet and

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

It hasn’t been a quiet summer for markets so far but the start of this week sort of embodies the typical summer lull that we have been accustomed to over the years. And we have an empty calendar day, more or less, to thank for that. Similar to yesterday, there won’t be any major releases

A snippet from WPAC on the Australian dollar, in brief for the week ahead: AUD might find support from a likely very benign US June PCE this week, reinforcing September Fed rate cut pricing, while Biden dropping out of the US presidential race likely stymies the rush to bullish-USD Trump trades for the time being.

The Australian and New Zealand dollars have been on the soft side. Yesterday’s easings from the People’s Bank of China not bolstering them either. The summary of the PBOC is here ICYMI: ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: A series of easings from the People’s Bank of China NAB comments via Reuters report: “For the Aussie

CNN is now reporting that Sen. Majority leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Jeffries will endorse VP Harris as soon as today. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

Reuters have the report, citing The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has told at least two of the eight firms that have applied to launch the first U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the price of ether that their products can begin trading on Tuesday. Products from BlackRock, VanEck and six others will begin trading

Crude oil futures settled at $79.78. That’s down $0.35 or -0.44% The low today reached $77.55. The high price was at $79.13. The drop was the third consecutive down day. Political uncertainty following President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 election contibuted. The settlement was the lowest since June 14. The declines also

A better showing for this indicator of consumer sentiment in Australia. Comes in this week at 84.4 a 6 month highprior 78.5 The 5.9 point rise is the largest rise in a week since April 2021 ANZ says: Each of the subindices rose by at least 5pts AUD/USD is little changed around 0.6643 This article

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The US presidential election, so far, has had significant implications for trade, prompting swings across markets. PIMCO with the timely warning: In what has been a series of stranger than fiction events – from the disaster of the debate to the assassination attempt of former President Trump to the first time an incumbent president is

The meeting between Israeli PM Netanyahu and US Pres. Biden is to be postponed until Wednesday and perhaps Thursday, depending on the president’s health. Biden has Covid and is doing well, but has been absent from the public. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

The broader US indices are trading to new at session highs. For the S&P index it just reached a new high of 5569.19. That is just 2-3 points short of the 100-hour moving average at 5571.79.. Getting and staying above that moving average would tilt the technical bias more to the upside. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq

The major stock indices are moving higher at the US open. The gains are led by the NASDAQ with a gain of 1.30%. That has taken the price of the Nasdaq index, back above its 200 hour moving average at 17914.20. If the price can stay above that level, it would be a shift back

Former House Speaker (and stock picker extraordinaire), Nancy Pelosi endorses VP Harris for Presidential nominee. This is according to Punchbowl reporter on X. My enthusiastic support for camel Harris for president is official, personal, and politicalPolitically it makes no mistake: Harris as a woman in politics is brilliantly astute – and I have a full

The major European indices are closing the session with gains. The gains are led by the German DAX which closed up 1.35% on the day. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX, +1.35%France CAC, +1.18%UK FTSE 100 +0.62%Spain’s Ibex +0.59%Italy’s FTSE MIB +1.12% As European traders look to end the trading day, US

Rate cuts by year-end Fed: 62 bps (96% probability of no change at the next meeting) ECB: 42 bps (62% probability of rate cut at the next meeting) BoE: 46 bps (56% probability of no change at the next meeting) BoC: 62 bps (92% probability of rate cut at the next meeting) RBNZ: 70 bps

In the kickstart video, I outlined how if the USDJPY continued to move higher, the 100 hour MA needs to hold resistance. Looking at the price action on Friday and again today, the ups and downs ignored the MA line. Today’s break lower, did find more selling momentum. Sellers made a stronger play. Now with

The NZDUSD has continued its run lower (SEE CHART ABOVE) started last week after the pair initially found resistance against its 100 bar moving average on the 4-hour chart (higher blue line at 0.6082 at the time), 100-day moving average at 0.6060, 50% midpoint of the move up from the April low at 0.60363Downward sloping

The Michigan governor Gretchen Witmer is saying that she will not be the VP nominee. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

The US stocks are set to open higher with the NASDAQ index leading the way. Recall from last week, the NASDAQ index had its worst training week since April 15, falling by -3.65%. The S&P index fell by -1.97%, but the rotation sent the Dow industrial average up 0.72%. The Russell 2000 also advanced last

Headlines: USD/JPY slides lower ahead of European morning tradeUSD/JPY Technical Analysis – Keep an eye on this important resistanceECB’s Kažimír: Market pricing of two rate cuts by year-end is not entirely misplacedBundesbank calls for rate cuts to be “carefully considered” as inflation risk persistsPBOC lowers standing lending facility rates by 10 bpsSNB total sight deposits

Earlier from the People’s Bank of China: PBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80% *** People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi

Today’s US Stock Market Overview Today’s US stock market showcases a robust performance in the tech sector, with noticeable gains from key players. This sturdy performance comes amidst a backdrop of mixed sentiments in other sectors, evidencing a dynamic trading landscape ready for strategic investments. Sector Spotlight Technology Sector: The technology sector is looking particularly

The USDCHF is trading up and down in a confined range. The price action is above and below the low for a swing area at 0.88808 and the 200-day MA at 0.8883. The 38.2% of the move up from the December 2023 low is also in play withing the swing area at 0.8883. Although the

We are Day 1 of the transition to a new Dem candidate for President after Biden stepped down from his run for President yesterday. Assuming VP Kamala Harris is the nominee, who might be her VP running mate? That choice will most likely be from one of the key swing states.. Those key states include,

Biden is feeling betterLegacy of Biden accomplishment is unmatched in modern history Meanwhile, billionaire Michael Bloomberg is putting support behind the Dems and says: Democrats now have a chance for fresh start, have four weeks to take pulse of the voters before the convention starts. Initial thoughts that WV Sen. Manchin would make a run

Reuters with the info, and the worrisome headline: China hedge funds brace for upheaval from tough new rules In brief: China’s $715 billion hedge fund industry is facing renewed pressure from stringent regulations coming into effect next month, forcing some investment firms to seek fresh capital from white knights or even shut shop. New guidelines

This week is going to be pretty boring on the data front as the calendar is kind of bare. Today the only notable event was the PBoC rate decision and the central bank surprised with cuts across many key benchmarks. We won’t hear from Fed speakers until the FOMC meeting next week as they are

The People’s Bank of China has cut one- and five-year loan primce rates. The one-year rate has been cut to 3.35% prior 3.45% The five-year rate has been cut to 3.85% prior 3.95% Earlier: PBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80%PBOC to lower collateral for Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) loans

Social media, and traditional media reporting a sum in excess of USD50mn has been donated to the Democrats. One of the key concerns of the party was the drying up donations under an incumbent President deemed unfit to run. That seems to have been reversed now. This election looks like a contest again. This article

New Zealand trade balance for June 2024 NZD/USD little changed on the data. NZD has been bid up early in the week on the political news. ‘Risk’ FX on the move higher now as confidence returns This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The kickstart video each day looks at the 3 major currency pairs from a technical perspective. Those 3 pairs include the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. To start the trading week, the price action is mostly up-and-down in those three major currency pairs. EURUSD: The EURUSD moved higher but fell just short of its resistance target

The calendar for the FX market is light in terms of scheduled events on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, traders will be monitoring the U.S. existing home sales data and the Richmond manufacturing index. On Wednesday, the focus shifts to flash services PMI and flash manufacturing PMI for Australia, Japan, the eurozone, the U.K., and

Fundamental Overview The USD regained some strength in latter part of last week. From the monetary policy perspective, nothing has changed as the market continues to expect at least two rate cuts by the end of the year and sees some chances of a back-to-back cut in November. The data continues to suggest that the

No need to rush decisionsData will set the stage for September decisionThe door remains open to additional easing should conditions warrant it The ECB narrative now is that they would want to cut rates further but are going to let the data in the coming weeks to decide that. Not much of a change to

The People’s Bank of China cut policy rates today: China cuts 1 and 5 year loan prime rates by 10 basis points eachPBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80%the PBOC last lowered the seven-day rate in August 2023, when it cut the MLF also. Noth were cut by 10bp. PBOC

Eurostoxx +0.4%Germany DAX +0.5%France CAC 40 +0.5%UK FTSE +0.5%Spain IBEX +0.4%Italy FTSE MIB +0.7% This comes as US futures are also holding up, with S&P 500 futures seen higher by 0.2%. Despite the early optimism, US trading is a different ball game though as we saw last week. Besides that, traders will also have to

Some of the factors supporting the economy are making it more difficult to achieve inflation targetThe labour markets is still operating at a high capacityWage growth is brisk and prices are rising strongly, particularly in the services sectorPossible further interest rate cuts should therefore be carefully considered in light of current data Besides that, they

The JPY is the strongest and the AUD is the weakest as the NA session begins. The USD is mixed after the weekend news of the Pres. Biden stepping down and endorsement of Kamala Harris as the Presidential candidate. Can she turn the Dem story and negative momentum around? Who will be her VP candidate

Domestic sight deposits CHF 452.9 bn vs CHF 450.3 bn prior Swiss sight deposits rose slightly in the past week but is keeping thereabouts within the range in the weeks before. This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

US stocks will be looking to bounce back after a bit of a hiccup last week. Tech shares saw its worst showing since April with the Nasdaq erasing its monthly gains for July. So far today, we are seeing a calmer mood but it is still early in the day. S&P 500 futures are up

1330 GMT / 0930 US Eastern time will bring Bank of England’s Executive Director, Markets, Victoria Saporta. Speaking at AFME seminar ‘The future Bank of England balance sheet – managing its transition towards a new system for supplying reserves’ will discuss the Bank’s latest thinking on the future of its balance sheet, and how it

In case you missed it: It’s finally JoeverPBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80%China cuts 1 and 5 year loan prime rates by 10 basis points eachPBOC to lower collateral for Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) loans Joe Biden officially drops out of the presidential race and has endorsed Kamala Harris

Fundamental Overview Copper experienced a strong rout last week with market participants blaming the soft Chinese economic data and the increase in inventories in most global warehouses suggesting some weak demand. The PBoC tonight surprised with rate cuts across many key benchmarks. Moreover, the recent PBoC policy framework reform suggests that the Chinese officials could

The report cites three sources familiar with the matter. And it pertains to Nvidia’s “Blackwell” chip series, which was unveiled during March. The chip is due to be mass produced later this year with the sources saying Nvidia will work with Inspur, who is one of the firm’s major distributors in China, on the launch

The trade for the days ahead looks to be some unwinding of the ‘Trump trade’ we saw since Biden performed poorly in the debate a couple of weeks ago. When the prospect of a Trump second term rose traders and investors focused on: the likely increase in US debt, fiscal and inflationary pressuresstocks benefitting from

Fundamental Overview Bitcoin rallied strongly last week after a failed attempt to assassinate the former US President Trump. The market reacted positively to the event because he’s been a supporter of the crypto industry and Trump’s odds of winning the election soared. Last night, the price of Bitcoin dipped on the news that Biden dropped

Justin was lightning fast with the breaking news on Sunday afternoon US time: It’s finally Joever Major FX rates are little changed on the political news, minor wiggles for major FX only. As is usual for a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian centres come online … prices

Fundamental Overview The PBoC tonight surprised with rate cuts across many key benchmarks. It’s no secret that rate cuts are generally positive for stocks, but the question will be if it’s going to be enough for a sustained rally after the big correction from the cycle high set on May 20th. The recent PBoC policy

This continues with their moves from earlier: PBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80%China cuts 1 and 5 year loan prime rates by 10 basis points eachPBOC to lower collateral for Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) loans This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

People’s Bank of China: To lower collateral requirements for medium term lending facility loans from julyThe move is meant to increase the size of tradable bonds in the marketMove is to alleviate pressure on supply and demand of bonds in the market PBOC is wading in to easing, this from earlier: PBoC announces cut to

I posted the bleary-eyed super-early rates here: Monday morning open levels, indicative FX rates 22July2024, little change from late Friday Just updating now after the huge political news on Sunday from the US, Biden has dropped out of the presidential election: It’s finally Joever Its still very early here in Asia, just before 7 am

The ‘blackout’ policy from the Federal Reserve limits the extent to which Federal Open Market Committee participants and staff can speak publicly or grant interviews. The period begins the two Saturdays preceding a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and ends the Thursday following the decision (decisions are always on Wednesdays). That was on the

People’s Bank of China has cut its interest rate for the 7-day reverse report to 1.7% from 1.8% PBOC will strengthen the counter-cyclical adjustment to “better support the real economy” The rate cut is, at the margin, a headwind for yuan … but the strengthening of the counter cyclical adjustment is the opposite! The rate

EUR, NZD, GBP, CAD and eyn are all weakening against the USD. AUD takes the cake though, its under its late Friday low. Ranges are not huge but for the Asian time zone are notable: Political news has dominated. However, market news centres on the People’s Bank of China and its easing today: China cuts

As forex markets get a little more liquidity the buying of risk has come in. Its still early, just after: 8.30 am in Sydney10.30 am in New Zealand7.30 am in Tokyo6.30 am in Singapore and Hong Kong Still, Globes is open on the CME so we have futures trade underway. ES and NQ are both

The People’s Bank of China has cut rates: PBoC announces cut to 7-day reverse repo rate to 1.70% from 1.80% And have also eased MLF requirements: PBOC to lower collateral for Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) loans The Loan Prime Rate (LPR) setting is due at 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time). The cuts we have

The People’s Bank of China announces the 1- and 5-year loan prime rates on Monday, 22 July 2024. The announcement is usually on the 20th, but since that was on Saturday it’ll be today instead. Last week we had the monthly Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) setting: The PBoC has kept the 1-year MLF interest rate

The pair had been holding steadier around 157.30-50 levels in Asia before easing slightly to 157.00 just about a half hour ago. The break under the figure level seems to be triggering some stops amid a quick fall to 156.50 on the day. This cuts back some of the bounce last Thursday, with the pair

German DAX futures +0.2%UK FTSE futures +0.2% It’s still early in the day and on the week itself, European indices will be eyeing earnings from the big banks. Spain’s Santander and France’s BNP Paribas will be reporting on Wednesday, alongside Germany’s Deutsche Bank and Italy’s UniCredit. US futures are also calmer, with S&P 500 futures

Bank of England Executive Director, Markets, speak Monday on its balance sheetThe money taps have been turned on again for the Democrats since Biden’s announcementPBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.1335 (vs. estimate at 7.2624)China cuts 1 and 5 year loan prime rates by 10 basis points eachPBOC cut 7-day rates, eased

There are a couple of large ones in the likes of EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and USD/CAD. However, they are all unlikely to feature as they are quite a distance away from the spot price currently. As such, the expiries should have no impact on price action with the focus to start the new week being on

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

The not unexpected weekend news, a bombshell nonetheless. Justin all over it Sudnay US time: It’s finally Joever Market response has been subdued, the latest: Via twitter, the latest odds: There are over 100 days until the election, and the Democrat convention is a month away, where we will learn who their nominee is. But,

Via Reuters: All 50 Democratic party state chairs have thrown their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s new presidential nominee, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Democratic nomination is still a month away. *** US President Biden removed himself from the race for the 2024 election. It was not

Globex has opened for trade, brought to you by the CME! The big news markets are responding to is the withdrawal of US President Biden from the 2024 presidential election. Justin was all over the weekend news as it happened! It’s finally Joever The USD is little changed, EUR/USD is circa 1.0886 and USD/JPY circa

The decision has been coming for a few weeks already and Biden has now made it official. There was a sense that he could’ve stuck in there until the Democratic National Convention in August. But alas, the sense of realism has finally taken over Biden and his camp. This was his statement on Twitter/X: “My

UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: PBoC LPR.Wednesday: Japan/Australia/Eurozone/UK/US Flash PMIs, BoC Policy Decision.Thursday: US Durable Goods Orders, US Jobless Claims, US Q2 Advance GDP.Friday: Tokyo CPI, US PCE. Monday The PBoC is expected to keep the LPR rates unchanged at 3.45% for the 1-year and 3.95% for the 5-year. The central bank left the MLF rate unchanged

Week Ahead 22nd-26th July: Mon: PBoC LPRTue: NBH Policy Announcement; US Existing Home Sales (Jun), Richmond Fed (Jul), EZ Consumer Confidence Flash (Jul)Wed: BoC Policy Announcement & MPR; Japanese Flash PMIs (Jul), German GfK (Aug), EZ, UK & US Flash PMIs (Jul)Thu: CBR Announcement, CBRT Announcement; EZ M3 (Jun), German Ifo (Jul), US Durable Goods

The oil market has been in a tough spot. The macro is deteriorating and hopes for Chinese stimulus are fading. At the same time, all the data out of Russian and OPEC show a surprising drop in exports. That’s led to a real push-and-pull in the market including a big jump on Wednesday and a

Canada May retail sales -0.8% vs -0.6% expectedBiden’s family has started discussing his exit plan – reportCanada industrial product prices for June 0.0% vs 0.2% expectedFed’s Williams: Central banks must own the inflation-control missionAdd Dem Senator Heinrich to the ranks of “It is time to quit Joe”… and more.Crowdstrike CEO: Many customers rebooting systems, could

The bond market is usually the first to figure things out but even it’s struggling with the political turmoil and economic uncertainty right now. Notably, long dated Treasury yields jumped in the immediate aftermath of the debate on June 28 in a signal about a Republican sweep coupled with further tax cut and a deficit

FTSE China A50 Index Futures: A practical guide for investors The FTSE China A50 Index Futures (ticker: XIN9) are a vital tool for international investors aiming to tap into China’s vibrant A-share market. Traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), these futures mirror the performance of the 50 largest A-share companies listed on the Shanghai and

The People’s Bank of China announces the 1- and 5-year loan prime rates on Monday, The announcement is usually on the 20th, but since that’s Saturday it’ll be on Monday instead. Earlier this week we had the monthly Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) setting: The PBoC has kept the 1-year MLF interest rate unchanged at 2.5%,

The bad news is that it was the worst week for the Nasdaq since April. The good news is that after the sharp correction in April, the market recovered quickly. Today’s price action was influenced by $2.7 trillion in options expiring including $555 billion in single stocks. It was the largest-ever July month expiration and

Credit Agricole sees GBP as one of the best-performing G10 currencies, despite recent setbacks due to returning risk aversion and stickier-than-expected UK inflation. The GBP’s relative strength is attributed to expectations that the BoE will maintain rates, reinforcing its status as a top performer in the G10 FX space. Key Points: Recent Performance: End of

Where do you hide today? Bonds are downMegacap tech is downStocks are down across the boardGold is downCommodities are all down, including 3% in oil Full credit to anyone who bought bitcoin, which is up 4.6% today and has had a nice rally from the Mt. Gox headlines early this month. But for 95% of

Late selling led to the STOXX 600 closing near the session lows and also at the lowest closing level since May 6. It was five straight days of declines in a 2.9% decline on the week. Closing changes on the day: German DAX -1.0%France CAC -0.8%UK FTSE 100 -0.7%Spain’s IBEX -0.8%Italy’s FTSE MIB -1.0% This

Overnight Crowdstrike uploaded an update that crashed Microsoft products and in turn many businesses. I am still having some issues with my technology. Crowdstrike shares are down -10.60% at $306.40. At least the stock is off the low at $290.10. Meanwhile, the major indices have moved to new lows in the current hourly bar. Dow

There aren’t any major expiries to take note of on the day. As such, trading sentiment will rely on the same key drivers from the day before mostly. The dollar saw recovery flows yesterday with yields pushing higher, so that will remain in contention in the session ahead. Besides that, the overall risk mood is

The selling in US equities were more widespread today and came with a healthy bit of intrigue about President Biden’s future. Dow Industrial Average average -1.3%S&P 500 index -0.8%NASDAQ Comp -0.7%Russell 2000 -1.9%Toronto TSX Comp -0.5% The numbers aren’t pretty but all indexes closed modestly above the session lows, in part due to some late

The AUDUSD is lower this week, but as the week works toward the close, the AUDUSD is running into a cluster of support as the week moves toward the close. The area comes in between 0.6676 and 0.6689. I targeted this area in the post from Wednesday saying: A break… could lead to another multi-technical

Market mosaic: Navigating through a mixed performance landscape Today’s stock market presents a vibrant tapestry of performances across various sectors, illustrated vividly in the latest heatmap snapshot. As markets oscillate, understanding sectoral dynamics becomes crucial for informed investment strategies. 📉 Technology Sector: A close scrutiny The technology sector shows a divergent performance with Microsoft (MSFT)

NBC reports that Biden’s family has specifically discussed how he wants to end his campaign, including the timing. They cite sources. Biden’s family members have specifically discussed how he would want to end his re-election bid on his own timing and with a carefully calculated plan in place. Considerations about the impact of the campaign

I’m curious to hear exact what this ‘new era’ looks like because I strongly suspect it will be just like the old era where central banks are behind the curve and forecast poorly. Fingers crossed that the ‘new era’ isn’t the same old talking points about high and sticky inflation. In terms of monetary policy,

It is just about everywhere and the Australian government has even called an emergency meeting amid the whole fiasco. Trading brokerages are also impacted but that hasn’t stopped the selling in the meantime. S&P 500 futures are now down 0.3% on the day with Nasdaq futures down 0.5%. Microsoft shares in Frankfurt are also down

At some point on Wednesday, it looked like the dollar was bound to break down further. But a strong reversal yesterday is setting up for a continued move today, with the greenback keeping steadier across the board thus far. Of note, GBP/USD is facing a strong rejection after a brief push above the 1.3000 mark

The USDCAD has climbed higher during the North American session following weaker-than-expected retail sales earlier today. This, coupled with a weaker CPI earlier this week, sets the stage for a rate cut by the Bank of Canada next week (Wednesday). Technically, the price has broken above a downward sloping trendline, maintaining the bullish trend established

Chinese Communist Party Third Plenum has concluded. The news conference with some details, I don’t expect too many, is due at 10am Beijing time 0200 GMT2200 US Eastern time The property sector has been a huge, and prolonged, drag on the economy. More support measures are likely. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at

Headlines: Global tech outages impact markets at the European openTech shares fall as global IT outage greets Europe in the morningMicrosoft says underlying issue causing the tech outage has been resolvedECB’s Villeroy: market expectations on rates seem rather reasonableECB’s Muller: It’s important not to pre-commit on SeptemberECB’s Šimkus: I agree with markets which sees two

Via analysts at JP Morgan Private Bank, an outlook for the BoJ and yen. The TL;DR version is: A July hike from the BoJ is not our base case, nor do we expect a hike for the rest of 2024.Its too early to turn bullish on the yen More: JPMy can see arguments the BoJ

Bitcoin (BTC) is showing a notable upward price trend, fueled by significant exchange outflows and bullish sentiment, with many eyeing the $72,000 mark as a potential target. This article focuses on the technical factors driving this trend and explores emerging opportunities in the crypto market such as the Minotaurus ($MTAUR) presale. Bitcoin (BTC) on the

The “calls to quit” line gets longer with Dem Senator Heinrich, and then you watch GOP Nominee Trump ramble and ramble in his acceptance speech when he had a chance to unite. SMH. Anyone one candidate is nominated. The Dems convention is not until August 19-22. Will Biden step down this weekend? PS Meanwhile, Biden

You would expect gold to benefit with global computers crashing but that’s not the case today. Commodities are struggling across the board as profit taking hits hard. Gold is down nearly 2% and silver is down 3.3% as this week’s breakout fails. It’s now down on the week and if we finish like this then

As the North American session begins, the USD is the strongest and the NZD is the weakest. UK retail sales was weaker overnight (-1.2% versus -0.6% estimate) The big news is the global downage as a result of a software update at Crowdstrike that then impacted Microsoft (and others) grounded airlines and impacted many businesses

Representatives Jared Huffman of California, Marc Veasey of Texas, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Illinois issued a joint letter to Mr. Biden on Friday morning saying: “It is now time for you to pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders… “We must face the reality that widespread public

The major US indices continue to see changes in flows. Today, the Dow and the Russell 2000 are down. The S&P and NASDAQ indices are higher. A snapshot of the market currently shows: Dow Industrial Average average -240 points or -0.58% at 40425S&P index up 3.14 points or 0.05% at 5547.70NASDAQ up +38.83 points or

Fed remains committed to achieving the 2% inflation targetPrice stability is key to financial stabilityLonger run trends affecting R-star are still in place The comments are slowly rolling out, it doesn’t appear there is a text of the speech released. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

BNP Paribas says its remaining bearish on EUR” ‘prior to the French parliamentary election being called we held a bearish view on the EUR’says that the outcome of the French election reinforces the case for EURUSD to drop ‘towards our year-end target of 1.06’see 1.10 in 2025 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at

The USDCHF has continued to rebound from its session lows earlier this week, and in doing so, it has moved back above the 200-day moving average (MA) and the broken 38.2% retracement level. However, it is currently encountering resistance around the falling 100-hour MA near 0.8900, which aligns closely with the high of a recent

Prior was +0.7% (revised to +0.6%)Ex autos -1.3% vs -0.5% expectedPrior ex-autos +1.8% (revised to +1.7%)Ex autos and gasoline -1.4% vs +1.4% prior Largest decrease in sales was at food and beverage retailers (-1.9%)Lower sales in May were also reported at building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (-2.7%) and general merchandise retailers (-1.0%)Preliminary

Fundamental Overview The Nasdaq has been on the backfoot recently as the goldilocks data led to a strong rotation into small caps stocks. Yesterday, there was general weakness across all the indices although it wasn’t triggered by any catalyst. The fundamentals haven’t changed, on the contrary, they strengthened the case for a soft landing. The

Fundamental Overview The S&P 500 has been on the backfoot recently as the goldilocks data led to a strong rotation into small caps stocks. Yesterday, there was general weakness across all the indices although it wasn’t triggered by any catalyst. The fundamentals haven’t changed, on the contrary, they strengthened the case for a soft landing.

Fundamental Overview The Russell 2000 has been on an incredible run ever since the last US CPI report as the index had its best 5 days streak in 24 years. The goldilocks data was the catalyst for a strong rotation from big cap stocks into the small cap stocks, and the momentum was probably exacerbated

Major US exchanges are set to open normally today and say they’re not affected by the Crowdstrike outage. I fear secondary effects. So much of the liquidity in global markets is powered by algos and if those are affected or shut off as a precaution today then bid-ask spreads could blow out. ZeroHedge reports that

Fed emergency lending programs have been effectiveAll eligible banks should be prepared for the discount window This doesn’t relate to monetary policy and isn’t a market mover but it’s critical that the Fed gets this right ahead of the next crisis (whenever it is). This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

The cause pointed out by Microsoft was that there was a flawed update of CrowdStrike program that took down its systems. That has resulted in massive IT failures and outages across the globe, hindering services and businesses all around. CrowdStrike did also earlier say that they had deployed a fix to the issue while confirming

In the kickstart video for July 19th, I take a look at the three major currency pairs – the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. The EURUSD has moved down continuing the decline from yesterday, and in the process tested its rising 200 hour moving average at 1.08794. That moving average will be a key barometer on

The Crowdstrike outage is continuing and we have some details from the CEO who spoke with NBC: Says only Microsoft operating system is affectedWe are working with every customer to bring them back onlineIssue has been resolved, now issue is recovering systemsFull interview This is a real mess. Crowdstrike shares have been a market darling

The US dollar has popped. But gold has dropped. Correlation is not necessarily causation. There is no other fresh news about. The reports are not on mainstream media, only social sources for now. Added: Initial reports suggest a car bombin the Ben Yehuda area of Tel Avivnear several embassies and diplomatic sites including the US

After the Japanese CPI and the UK Retail Sales, there’s not much left for the rest of the day. The only notable economic release is the Canadian Retail Sales report in the American session and a few Fed speakers before the blackout period starts tomorrow. 12:30 GMT/08:30 ET – Canada May Retail Sales The Retail

more to come Japan’s government cut growth forecast for the current fiscal year ending in March 2025 to a 0.9% expansion from a 1.3% gain projected in January expects the economy to grow 1.2% in fiscal 2025consumption took a hit from rising import costs due to a weak yenprojected growth to accelerate next year on

For this year, inflation is projected to average at 2.4%, which is similar to the last survey three months ago. Then, inflation is expected to slow to 2.0% next year and then potentially falling to 1.9% by 2026. As for the long-term, defined as 2028, inflation is seen being at exactly the 2% mark. A

Will Biden go or stay is the hot topic on media, social and otherwise. WSJ latest headline. Let’s see if there is more to come. Hope not 😉 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Japan finance minister Suzuki: Also will attend G7 meetings to be held on the sidelines of g20 meetingsPlan to discuss various topics including world economy and currency at g20Hope that politicians should be mindful about commenting on market-related comments due to their impact It looks like Suzuki is responding to Kono earlier: Japan government minister

Eurostoxx -0.3%Germany DAX -0.2%France CAC 40 -0.3%UK FTSE +0.2%Spain IBEX -0.2%Italy FTSE MIB -0.4% US futures have also erased earlier gains, with S&P 500 futures now down 0.1%. It is being reported that a major outage by Microsoft is also impacting banks, media outlets, and several other platforms. Of note, Sky News is down in

Prior €38.6 billion Slight delay in the release by the source. Looking at the details, surpluses were recorded for goods (€33 billion), services (€15 billion) and primary income (€4 billion). These were partly offset by a deficit for secondary income (€14 billion). This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

Prior IPPI prices 0.0% revised to 0.2%IPPI prices 0.0% versus 0.2% expectedIPPI prices YoY 2.8% Raw material price index -1.4% versus -0.7% expected. Prior month -1.5%RMPI YoY +7.5% for the 4th consecutive year-over-year increase. Base executed the level year-over-year increase as the RMPI fell -5.4% in May. THe June 2023 number showed at -2.0% decline

The GfK consumer confidence survey hit -13 in July expected -12, prior -14highest since September 2021subindex measuring consumers’ willingness to make major purchases jumped 7 points, an encouraging result Joe Staton, GfK’s client strategy director: “July’s consumer confidence poll suggests a note of caution as people wait to see exactly how the UK’s new government

Fundamental Overview Gold has been on a steady retreat since hitting a new all-time high on Wednesday. The price tonight fell below the previous key resistance at 2430 level, and some might start questioning if this is just a pullback or the breakout was in reality a fakeout. As of now, it looks like gold

Only 24% of economists see a July rate hike (76% see no change to rates this month)30% of economists see a rate hike in September instead, with 43% anticipating it in October59% of economists see the BOJ tapering monthly bond purchases to around ¥5 trillion to start52% of economists see those monthly purchases cut to

There is a wild story about China published by Newsweek today. It University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Yi Fuxian who says China’s official population numbers are wrong and that the 1.41 billion population estimate is off by nearly 10%. Citing births and deaths data, he says the true figure is about 130 million people smaller. “Economically,

China’s senior party official for economic affairs: China’s economic recovery is not strong enoughNeed to implement macro policies more effectivelyShould speed up the issuance and use of special bondsShould give full play to the role of fiscal funds in leveraging economic growth and structural adjustmentMonetary policy should be flexible, moderate, accurate and effectiveMaintain reasonable and

Will improve macroprudential policy framework and systemic financial risk prevention and disposal mechanismWill always maintain prudency of mon pol, enrich mon pol toolkit These are vague comments. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

Prior 0.0% Producer prices crept a little higher in June and if you exclude energy prices, the figure would’ve been up 0.3% instead. This comes as there were increases in prices for intermediate goods (+0.1%), capital goods (+0.2%), and consumer goods (+0.3%). Meanwhile, energy prices were seen down 0.1% on the month. This article was

Newswires conveying the latest scuttlebutt, citing unnamed “sources familiar with the matter” Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriouslymultiple Democratic officials think an exit is a matter of time “His soul searching is actually happening, I know that for a fact,” said one of the sources, who requested anonymity.

UBS increasing their year-end price target to 5,900 for the S&P 500. previously at 5,600And their June 2025 target to 6,200 Trying to dig up a little more on this. UBS seemingly unfazed by the sliding action the past few days. Here’s a daily chart … for some perspective on the ‘slide’ I refer to

It’s important that we wouldn’t promise too much in advance.It’s true that at least one more cut is expected by the market but I personally wouldn’t comment. There are still fluctuations on inflation. Wage growth is not in line with the 2% target.It’s realistic that in next 12 months inflation will keep to decelerate.The Eurozone

Reuters is citing six industry sources as saying that several oil and gas trading desks are struggling to execute trades to start European trading. Meanwhile, some Indian brokerages are also out of commission amid tech outages. This started with Microsoft reporting that their cloud services were down just about an hour ago. But it looks

Careful on this folks. Kishida sounds like he is not happy with the weak yen. Reuters conveying report in Kyodo news: Govt must be vigilant about impact of rising prices, driven in part by weak yen, on economy to achieve domestic-demand driven recoverySays need to be cautious about effects of rising prices due to weak

Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Traders and investors are not known for being timid. With mental and emotional toughness as a natural trait, few things can truly unsettle them. However, comments by former President Donald Trump have shaken their confidence. Shares of some of the world’s largest chipmakers have dropped following Trump’s statement that Taiwan, a key player in the

The US dollar has further strengthened as stocks continued to sag. The Russell 2000 is at the lows of the day, down 1% while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are modestly above the lows and under some pressure. There isn’t a clear catalyst for the dollar strength with yields in the middle of today’s session.

The ‘core-core’ rate of inflation in May (core-core is that excluding food and energy, it’s the closest to the US measure of core inflation) inched up on the month. Expectations I had seen for this were for a 2.2% rise, which is the result. As I posted earlier: the BoJ is dissatisfied with the nature

It is highly uncertain to what extent financial firms can bear interest rate risk (1)BOJ should proceed cautiously with reduction of bond purchases (1)In order to stimulate demand, BOJ should swiftly reduce purchases to target level originally set to be achieved in over around two years’ time (2)Even if BOJ reduces amount significantly to start,

Interest rates will keep getting lower, and quite significantly This is slightly different to the headline from a report yesterday here. But perhaps it speaks to his own position and not one that is shared among his peers. It seems that there are a mix of views in the ECB at the moment. And that

Disinflation is happening as predicted.Inflation will continue to decline a bit slower.We are watching services inflation carefully.Rate decisions will depend on data.There is more uncertainty on growth than a few months ago. This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly participating in a ‘fireside chat’ at a conference: Recent data has been really goodEconomy is not there yet on inflationLabor market is coming back into balanceRisks on both side for monetary policy choicesFed remains data dependant for monetary policyPreemptive or urgent policy actions risk making mistakesWe

The Japanese inflation data is here from earlier: Japan data – June CPI Headline 2.8% y/y (vs. 2.9% expected) The BoJ meet on July 30 and 31 and this data will go into the mix for their decision. The Bank is widely expected to leave its short term rate unchanged but trim JGB buy plans

A summary of a note from WPAC on inflation in Australia and the RBA: Recent inflation data overseas has reminded market participants that sticky inflation need not imply stuck inflation. After a few wobbles, disinflation has resumed in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Expectations of near-term cuts in policy rates have therefore come

China’s senior party official says China’s economic recovery is not strong enoughJapan PM Kishida says need to be cautious about effect of rising prices due to weak yenJapan finance minister Suzuki scolds government minister speaking about marketsChina says it will encourage the development and expansion of private economyJapan private sector economic council members say cant

German DAX futures -0.1%UK FTSE futures -0.4% After the mixed showing yesterday, European indices are still trying to find their way towards the end of the week. US futures are steadier with S&P 500 futures seen up 0.2%. However, it is still early in the day to be drawing any conclusions for how the week

This might be the end of the line for Joe Biden’s bid to remain as President. “We’re close to the end,” a person close to Biden told NBC News. A person who spoke with a senior campaign official said a sense of a new reality has fallen over the campaign. “They’re finally realizing: It’s a

Japanese media, Jiji, reporting – conveyed via Reuters: Japan digital minister Kono says he is not directly requesting BOJ to raise rates nowSays monetary policy decision is up to BOJ This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate system that allows the value of the yuan to fluctuate

Prior +2.9%Retail sales -0.2% vs +0.2% y/y expectedPrior +1.3%; revised to +1.7%Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) -1.5% vs -0.5% m/m expectedPrior +2.9%Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) -0.8% vs +0.2% y/y expectedPrior +1.2%; revised to +1.6% That’s a disappointing reading and once again reaffirms that household spending continues to suffer amid higher prices in the UK.

After the drop on Wednesday, the dollar pushed back in trading yesterday as it gained decent ground to be up on the week now. EUR/USD fell back below 1.0900 while GBP/USD saw a stronger rejection at the 1.3000 mark. Meanwhile, USD/JPY also rebounded back above 157.00 and is up over 200 pips from the lows

On the agenda today we have Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly participating in a ‘fireside chat’ at a conference co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman will speak at the same event later, on “Accountability and Reform”. Also

ECB leaves key rates unchanged in July monetary policy decision, as expectedLagarde opening statement: Q2 growth was likely slower than Q1Lagarde Q&A: Question of what we do in September is wide open, will be data dependentECB sources: Officials consider if only one more cut is feasible in 2024Biden may be about to drop out –

China’s Senior Party Official For Policy Research: Promoting Chinese-style modernisation faces many complex contradictions and problems, but it is necessary China’s senior party official for deepening reform: We have consolidated and developed the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristicsWe will continue to improve and develop the socialist systemWe will inject strong impetus into

The People’s Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected

AP reporting. No more details. The gossip mill keeps on churning. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Macquarie analysts cited in a Dow Jones / Market Watch (gated) piece: US “neoliberal vision” of economic policy management may be fading outTaken over by a “populist economic vision” Macquarie analysts refer to the new populism as “popunomics” and say its “inflationary by design”: while US inflation may continue to stay low in the next

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Info via Reuters: Several people close to President Biden say that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race- New York Times Surely it must be time to just rip the band aid off and

Liz Truss rose to the top of UK politics. Unfortunately, all she will be remembered for is being the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister ever, in large part due to a budget drafted by her Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. On September 23, 2022 Kwarteng announced a mini-budget that proposed abolishing the 45% rate of

The euro has climbed a few pips on a report citing ‘ECB sources’ saying that officials considered at today’s meeting if only one more cut was feasible this year. ECB pricing is currently for 44 bps in easing this year. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

More jobs were likely created in Q2, mainly in servicesLabour market is more resilientExpect recovery to be supported by consumptionMost inflation measures were either stable or edged down in JuneWages are still rising at an elevated rateLatest surveys indicate that wages will moderate over the next yearInflation expected to fluctuate around current levels for the

Closing changes: German DAX -0.4%.France CAC +0.4%UK FTSE 100 +0.3%Spain’s IBEX +0.5%Italy’s FTSE MIB +0.5% French stocks are trying to recover from the election but aren’t finding it easy. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

The traditional ECBs sources leak is out saying: ECB hawks open to September rate Provided upcoming data confirms disinflation underway Going back to the cut in June,, from the get-go, the ECB members felt uneasy about the cut. Since then, they seem to have been influenced by talking too much about a bias. Lagarde gave

There were some interesting moves in markets yesterday and they were very much all over the place. It’s been a tough week to try and paint a coherent picture to say the least. The dollar weakened at the balance, with USD/JPY continuing to steal the spotlight for the most part. Meanwhile, tech shares endured a

It would be prudent for the Fed to wait for clearer evidence that inflation is sustainably returning to 2%US should consider scaling back tax exemptions for employer-paid health care, capital gains on the sale of primary residencesUS has a pressing need to reverse ongoing increase in public debtUS should consider progressively raising income tax rates,

Crude oil futures is settling the day at $82.85. That’s up $2.09 or 2.59%. Yesterday, the price fell below its 100-day moving average currently at $80.61, but closed back above the moving average level. Today the price did drift back below the moving average to a low of $80.45, but reversed, and is closing near

Fundamental Overview The USD remains on the backfoot as the US data continues to point to resilient growth with falling inflation. This week, we got a good US Retail Sales report suggesting that the stories of deteriorating consumer spending have been exaggerated. Overall, this should continue to support the soft-landing narrative and be positive for

Prior decisionMain refinancing rate 4.25% vs 4.25% expectedPrior 4.25%Deposit facility rate 3.75% vs 3.75% expectedPrior 3.75%Marginal lending facility 4.50%Prior 4.50%Incoming information broadly supports previous assessment of inflation outlookNot pre-committing to a particular rate pathDetermined to ensure inflation returns to 2% target in a timely mannerWill keep policy rates sufficiently restrictive for as long as necessary

The Nasdaq index moved higher in the first few minutes of trading today, giving buyers some hope after the sharp move lower. Recall from yesterday (see post here and here), the Nasdaq moved down by over 500 points. In the post, I started to talk about the 200 hour MA as the next target. Today,

For what it is worth, the Washington Post is putting that former Pres. Obama tell allies that Biden needs to seriously consider his viability. The article adds that Biden’s path to victory has significantly shrunk. The sentiment is not unusual of late. Biden has even opened the door, saying in a new BET interview that

Axios reports: Several top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, as soon as this weekend. There have been fresh calls for Biden to drop out today along with reports that Jeffries, Pelosi and Schumer

The GBPUSD moved higher yesterday, reaching its highest level since July 18, 2023, with a peak at 1.3043 before slowing. This move pushed the price above the July 28 high of 1.2995 and the psychological resistance at 1.3000. Today, however, the price has rotated lower, falling back below both the 1.3000 and 1.2995 levels, indicating

It’s very clear that inflation has come way down in 12-18 monthsThis is about as fast as inflation has ever fallenInflation path isn’t done but it makes me feel a lot better to see components decline, including housing The labor market has been cooling to a position of better balanceSo far this doesn’t look like

Fundamental Overview The Nasdaq posted its biggest daily decline since December 2022 yesterday as the rotation out of big tech stocks into more rate sensitive names continues. We can clearly see this internal market dynamic unfolding as the Russell 2000 and the Dow keep on gaining. In the big picture, the fundamentals did not change,

Yesterday at this time, the USDCAD was basing at the 100-bar MA on the 4-hour chart and moving above the 200-bar MA on the same chart. I noted that this price action tilted the technical bias to the upside (see my post by clicking HERE). However, the price couldn’t sustain the upward momentum and fell