The US dollar is showing some weakness to start another holiday-shortened trading week as investors’ risk appetite increased on President Donald Trump signing the coronavirus relief and government spending packages. Despite hesitation...
Risk sentiment climbs after Trump signs US stimulus bill The US dollar moved higher in its early session but reversed these gains after President Trump signed into...
The 2020 Year-End Financial Quiz In a world where central banks have thrown out all the rules, where bond markets (and soon stocks) have been nationalized,...
The 10 Most Important Changes Of The Past Year Authored by Louis-Vincent Gave via Evergreen Gavekal blog, "Time changes everything except something within us which is...
The Turkish lira recorded a massive gain against the US dollar on Christmas Eve, driven by the central bank tightening monetary policy and raising interest rates again in its final policy meeting of 2020. Over...
Fed's New Paradigm Adds Helium To The Stock Bubble Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Valuations are not only high, they are among the highest on...
The US dollar falls on positive sentiment The recent US dollar winning streak came to an end overnight as the dollar index fell 0.27% to 90.41....
Financial markets picked themselves up and dusted themselves of overnight, after a torrid week. Sentiment improved after headlines started appearing that the United Kingdom and European...
2021 Constanza Trades By Mark Orsely, head of Macro Strategy at PrismFP Long time readers will know that The Macro Scan takes a twist at year...
The US dollar is ending its winning streak midweek amid renewed optimism in the broader financial markets. Despite concerns over a new strain of the coronavirus that appears to be more infectious, the investors...
The S&P 500 closed down for the third consecutive day (Dec. 22), despite Congress’s long-overdue approval of an economic stimulus package. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters,...
Trump veto threatens to derail stimulus package The unpredictability of President Trump provided a shock overnight that sent risky assets tumbling as Congress’s hard-fought battle for...
Covid-19 jitters boost US dollar An air of caution continues to pervade currency markets ahead of the holidays and as liquidity falls sharply. Covid-19 fears saw...
Oil’s retreat continues The repricing of the Covid-19 reality in the world continued unabated in oil markets overnight, with US API Crude Inventories showing a surprise...
Trump threatens veto of stimulus bill President Trump has been relatively quiet of late by his own lofty standards. But he has thrown markets a curveball...
US stocks are entering holiday mode as concerns over a virus variant temper a humble rebound that stemmed from the approval of a fiscal relief bill....
The Australian dollar has posted losses for a second straight day. AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.7567, down 0.24% on the day. Australia retail sales jump...
Investor jitters over UK Covid mutation boosts US dollar Asia managed to dodge the worst of the risk-off move overnight, heading home before the panic set...
US dollar rises as risk sentiment slides The US dollar index rose 80 points to 91.00 at one stage overnight, as panicked investors rushed for safe-havens....
If the past year was dominated by the huge human costs of COVID-19, the next few years will be about its economic aftermath, including the alarming...
A new faster strain of COVID-19 is triggering risk aversion across the board. Thin market conditions are making today’s selloff look more like panic selling. US...
The US dollar is staging a rally to kick off the trading week, buoyed by investors pouring into the traditional safe-haven asset as global financial markets plummeted. Despite the US government agreeing to a nearly $1...
Markets ended 2020 in a buoyant mood, with emerging market spreads tightening in the final quarter as the US election result and positive vaccine news provided...
The long-awaited USD900 billion follow-on stimulus package overshadowed by fears over new Kent viral strain gripping Europe
Risk aversion boosts US dollar With the tone in Asian markets generally defensive today, the US dollar has rallied on risk-aversion flows, the dollar index climbing...
The news of a new strain of Covid-19 has delayed truck-borne freight between the UK and the EU and caused the British pound to fall. Read...
It was another difficult week for the greenback, which moved lower against all the major currencies. The Scandis led it, helped by risk-on appetites and Norway's...
A holiday-shortened week will see dwindling participation. The lighter activity could make for either subdued price action or volatile activity. Brexit is a gift that keeps...
The 2020 gold market has flourished this year. In fact, both gold and silver are on their way to coming out on top higher in price...
Futures Fly To All-Time High On Quad Witching Day Tyler Durden Fri, 12/18/2020 - 08:01 Normally, "quad-witching" option expiration days tend to be volatile affairs resulting...