Asian stocks opened in green following a strong performance by global equities last week. Japanese shares are higher as the Nikkei 225 gains 0.50%. The Shanghai Composite is trading up by 0.15%. Stock markets stateside were closed the previous session for Good Friday. Back home, India share markets opened the day on a firm note. The BSE Sensex is trading higher by…
WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market went back and forth in electronic trading on Friday, as we continue to struggle a bit. The $64 level underneath should be supportive, and most certainly the uptrend line will be as well. I believe that the area underneath should end up being massively supportive, and I…
The US dollar regained some of its lost ground as the first quarter of 2018 ended. Is this greenback comeback going to last or are is it only a correction? The first week of Q2 features a full buildup to the Non-Farm Payrolls and also other top-tier events. Here are the highlights for the upcoming…
The US dollar regained some of its lost ground as the first quarter of 2018 ended. Is this greenback comeback going to last or are is it only a correction? The first week of Q2 features a full buildup to the Non-Farm Payrolls and also other top-tier events. Here are the highlights for the upcoming…
In the Currency Strength table, the GBP was the strongest currency while the CAD was the weakest. There were some significant changes last month with the USD and GBP gaining 2 points while the CHF lost 2 points. When looking at the trend on a month-to-month basis the GBP and EUR showed a very good…
AUD/USD extended its downside movement from 0.8135 to as low as 0.7642. A further decline is still possible after a minor consolidation and the next target would be at 0.7500 area. Near term resistance is at 0.7785, a break of this level could bring price back towards the falling trend line on the daily chart,…
As previewed one week ago, on Sunday China unveiled new retaliatory duties on US food imports including pork, nuts, wine and fruits of between 15% and 25% in response to Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs (not to be confused with the $60BN in Section 301 tariffs unveiled subsequently) on steel and aluminum imports. In a statement posted on…
The latest weekly survey of investor positioning and views on Twitter showed a slight rebound in overall net bullishness, but as with the action in the markets, it appears indecisiveness is a key theme. Indeed the equity investor surveys showed a continuation of the starkly different views on fundamentals vs technicals – presumably this represents investors holding…
EM FX was mostly stronger last week, despite the dollar’s firm tone against the majors. Best EM performers on the week were MXN, KRW, and COP while the worst were ZAR, INR, and PEN. US jobs data poses the biggest risk to EM this week, as US yields have been falling ahead of the data….
The EUR/USD pair has gone sideways during most of the last couple of months, as we have consolidated between 1.21 and 1.25. I believe this will continue to be the case initially this month, but we are approaching a significant uptrend line that could turn things around. At this point, I suspect that any move…
