The Fed is set on a rate-raising trajectory, largely because of burgeoning inflation. Jim Bianco with Bianco Research, who recently held a conference call titled Regime Shifts Are Not Pretty, takes a look at how the transition from a deflationary environment to an inflationary one is throwing a monkey wrench in expectations about the economy….
Yesterday’s signals were not triggered, as there was no bullish price action at $8,334. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades can be entered until 5pm Tokyo time today, over the next 24-hour period. Long Trade Go long after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame following the next touch of $7,825….
Fed tightening has been a reliable catalyst for the bursting of asset bubbles globally, says Crescat Capital. Crescat Capital’s First Quarter Review suggests now is a good time to be short equities and long gold. Advertisement While many global equity markets have bounced off their February and March lows, we strongly believe it’s a bull trap. We…
Japan is the third largest economy after the United States and China. It has a GDP of $4.9 trillion, which is slightly lower than the GDP of the United Kingdom and France, which have a combined GDP of $5.1 trillion. For decades, Japan has used its expertise in manufacturing and its good relations with the…
AUDUSD pulled back to 0.7445 area after touching 0.7560 resistance. However, the pullback is likely correction for the uptrend from 0.7412, another rise could be expected after the correction and next target would be at 0.7650 area. Only a breakdown below 0.7412 support could trigger another downside movement towards 0.7300.
Recent fears, warranted or not about the potential for retaliatory liquidation by China of its US Treasury holdings appear to have been once again vastly exaggerated because according to the latest TIC data released, America’s trade-war nemesis added $11 billion in TSYs in March, bringing its total to a 5 month high, following the addition…
A sharp US Dollar rally weighed on crude oil and gold prices alike. Swelling Fed rate hike bets drove the currency higher alongside front-end bond yields. The spread between rates on two- and ten-year Treasury bond rates tellingly steepened and the 2019 policy path implied in Fed Funds futures reflected a hawkish shift in the markets’ expectations. The WTI benchmark succumbed to de-facto selling pressure since prices are…
The sweeping tide of populist election victories has not been limited to just the US and Europe. There have been torrents in Asia, too. Though there is some disagreement whether he counts among them or not, India’s Narendra Modi swept to a historic electoral triumph in May 2014 sure sounding a lot like one, maybe…
Share markets in India are presently trading marginally lower. Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note with stocks in the energy sector and banking sector witnessing maximum selling pressure. The BSE Sensex is trading down by 135 points (down 0.4%), while the NSE Nifty is trading down by 55 points (down 0.5%). The BSE Mid Cap index is trading down by 0.2%, while the BSE Small…
The EUR/USD created a double bottom from where it bounced in a “dead cat” style. Can it recover? Not so fast. The Technical Confluences Indicator shows that the pair faces resistance around $1.1834 with the convergence of the Pivot Point one-month Support 2, the Bolinger Band one-hour Lower, and the BB 15-Lower. The next significant congestion of potent…
