Submitted Apr 25, 2022|From forex.com

Exchanges in Australia and New Zealand reopen today following Anzac-day on Monday, so some investors have some catching up to do. Concerns of a China slowdown due to lockdowns and rising cases continued to fan concerns of weaker global growth ...

Submitted Apr 20, 2022|From forex.com

US indices diverged today which saw the S&P 500 post a minor gain yet the Nasdaq selloff, after Netflix (NFLX) posted their first subscription drop in a decade. The stock fell as much as -38.4% overnight to eventually close down by around -30% ...

Submitted Apr 18, 2022|From forex.com

The US dollar index closed at its highest level since April 2020 following further bullish comments form the Fed. James Bullard thinks the Fed Funds rate should be at 3.5% by the year end which would require more than a 50-bps hike at each Fed ...

Submitted Mar 30, 2022|From forex.com

Just a day after vowing to draw back ‘military operations’ from Kyiv, Russia continued to attack the outskirts if the city. Although the Pentagon have said it appears that Russia have started to move around a fifth of their forces, although suspect ...

Submitted Mar 30, 2022|From forex.com

A couple of themes have done their bit to make trading metals a white-knuckle ride in March. Supply concerns which stemmed from the war in Ukraine helped industrial metals rally and, in some cases, hit record highs (for a brief moment). Yet it was ...

Submitted Mar 20, 2022|From forex.com

The Australian dollar and euro futures contracts saw the largest weekly repositioning, with AUD net-short exposure falling by -33.3k contracts and EUR net-longs falling by -40.1 contracts. • Net-long exposure to the US dollar index fell to its least ...

Submitted Jan 19, 2022|From forex.com

Traders are offloading bonds like hot potatoes and sending yields higher. And they’re pushing yields so high and so fast we had wondered if they’re betting on the Fed hiking by 50 bps at their March meeting. Yet market pricing says otherwise. ...

Submitted Dec 20, 2021|From forex.com|3 comments

In Turkey, Inflation sits around 21% and is forecast to rise to around 30% in 2022. Regardless, Erdogan has continued to defend his rate-cut policy in a highly inflationary environment, and on Sunday he said “We’re lowering interest rates. Don’t ...

Submitted Dec 5, 2021|From forex.com

According to data compiled by IMM (International Money Markets) traders are their most bullish on the US dollar since June 2019. The chart below shows exposure to G10 currencies and emerging market currencies in a ‘stacked’ chart, which when ...

Submitted Dec 1, 2021|From forex.com|4 comments

A fully vaccinated traveller returning from South Africa to the US tested positive upon arrival to the states, just hours after airlines were told to provide names of passengers from southern Africa who had known Omicron outbreaks. According to the ...

Submitted Nov 28, 2021|From forex.com

Two people that arrived in Sydney on Saturday evening from South Africa over the weekend have tested positive for the Omicron variant. So far cases outside of SA have also been detected in the UK, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The ...