Monthly Archives: May 2018

Morning Call For Friday, May 11

Overnight Markets And News Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM18 +0.23%) this morning are up +0.23% at a new 1-1/2 month high on expectations for the Fed to maintain their slow pace to interest rate hikes after Thursday’s CPI data came in below expectations. Energy stocks are stronger with Jun WTI crude oil (CLM18 +0.04%) up +0.14% as Middle…

How Increasing Interest Rates Affect Equity Returns

Since last September, the yield on the U.S. 10-Year Treasury has steadily increased from 2.05%, eventually surpassing the important psychological level of 3%.1 While we’ve written recently about the implications of rising rates for fixed income investors, we believe it is important to understand the consequences this has for equity investors too. Rising interest rate periods are often associated with a…

Get AUD/USD Long As Commodity Prices Rise

Oil prices steadied near three-and-a-half year highs as the prospect of new U.S. sanctions on Iran tightened the outlook for the Middle East supply at a time when global crude production is only just keeping pace with rising demand. Commodity currencies strengthen. We have lowered USD/CAD sell order and opened AUD/USD long trade. This is…

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USD index looks overall bearish since the start of 2017, but current recovery from this year low can differ. In general, we are observing an unfolding impulsive five-wave bearish price movement of a higher degree that still has to develop two more waves. An impulse is a five-wave movement that indicates the direction of the…