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Daily Market Comment – Fed drops hydrogen bomb on markets, wounds dollar

Posted on March 24, 2020 at 11:23 am GMT

Dollar inches down as Fed goes all out, announces unlimited QE and expands purchase universe Wall Street closes lower, unimpressed by Fed – but set to recover today as Congress moves closer to a deal In broader FX market, the retreating dollar lifts all other boats Fed drops equivalent of hydrogen bomb on markets The Federal Reserve went ‘all in’ yesterday, promising to buy unlimited amounts of Treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities (MBS) to stabilize financial markets and negate [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Stocks slammed as Congress plays politics

Posted on March 23, 2020 at 10:51 am GMT

Global markets tank again amid a cascade of worrying virus developments US fiscal package stuck in the Senate, igniting fears of a severe delay Yen leads FX market, kiwi sags as RBNZ launches QE, dollar resilient Wall Street futures in the red as Congress dithers and delays Financial markets remain in a state of panic, with world stocks tanking on Monday to extend heavy losses from Friday, as a worsening pandemic and mounting national lockdowns leave traders no choice but [..]

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Technical Analysis – AUSUSD slips marginally below 20-period SMA and 23.6% Fibonacci

Posted on March 23, 2020 at 10:28 am GMT

AUDUSD has been underperforming in the past two days, breaking back below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the down leg from 0.6685 to 0.5506 at 0.5783. When looking at the bigger picture, the pair has a clear downside trend and has been moving below the short-term simple moving averages (SMAs). Considering the momentum indicators, the RSI is lacking direction slightly below its neutral threshold of 50, suggesting that the market could keep consolidating in the near term. The MACD [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Markets calmer after deluge of stimulus; dollar retreats

Posted on March 20, 2020 at 10:01 am GMT

Stocks edge higher after a savage week as emergency responses stepped up Dollar pulls back but dash for cash likely not over just yet Pound and aussie bounce higher after BoE and RBA announce QE Stocks stage a comeback; will it last? Global stocks enjoyed a much-needed reprieve from the fierce selling pressure of the past two weeks on Friday as the flurry of central bank and government interventions finally appeared to have some effect in relieving investor anxiety. All [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Dollar surges amid race for cash; stocks tank again

Posted on March 19, 2020 at 9:48 am GMT

Virus panic drives investors to cash, pushing dollar to 3-year high No end in sight to stock market rout despite plethora of stimulus ECB and RBA hold emergency meetings Yen and gold struggle; bonds suffer rare sell-off Pound crashes to 1985 low; aussie, kiwi and loonie also sink Cash is king The market turmoil over the growing coronavirus pandemic continues to deepen with investors ramping up their stockpiling of cash, with the panic sell-off leaving no casualties, not even traditional [..]

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Aussie in trouble ahead of jobs data; is RBA about to launch QE? – Forex News Preview

Posted on March 18, 2020 at 12:35 pm GMT

Australia will publish employment data on Thursday at 00:30 GMT but with markets gripped by panic over the coronavirus, the focal point for investors is whether the Reserve Bank of Australia will join the quantitative easing (QE) club. The central bank is expected to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday (03:30 GMT) and is certain to cut rates. In the meantime, speculation on what it will do has pushed the local dollar to depths not seen since 2003. Australian economy [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Wall Street rebound falters again; rush for dollar eases slightly

Posted on March 18, 2020 at 10:01 am GMT

US shares rally on Fed liquidity boost but futures turn negative as virus uncertainty lingers Trump pushes for $1 trillion stimulus as governments step up virus response Dollar funding squeeze eases, giving other currencies a reprieve Stock markets unable to stop the bleeding Stocks were on the slide again on Wednesday as yesterday’s sharp rebound on Wall Street proved unsustainable amid fears all countries affected by the coronavirus are headed for a complete and possibly prolonged lockdown. Such a scenario [..]

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Technical Analysis – AUDUSD records a new 17-year low in oversold zone

Posted on March 18, 2020 at 7:11 am GMT

AUDUSD has been in a strong bearish rollercoaster over the last ten days, flirting with the 17-year low beneath the strong psychological mark of 0.6000. The pair has also increased distance below its negatively sloped moving average lines and the flattening Ichimoku cloud, indicating that the recent downtrend might hold for longer. Momentum signals are bearish as is the red Tenkan-sen line, which is below the blue Kijun-sen line, and looks to be heading south, while the RSI is still moving in the oversold territory over [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Stocks steadier after crashing again; dollar also firmer

Posted on March 17, 2020 at 9:17 am GMT

Wall Street suffers biggest drop since 1987 crash as investors flee stocks Growing virus response still not enough to quell market turmoil Gold remains on a down path as panicky investors turn to cash Pound underperforms along with commodity and EM currencies Bloodbath on Wall Street There was no escaping the market carnage on Monday as extraordinary moves by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to restore investor confidence failed spectacularly. Shares on Wall Street plunged by the most [..]

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Daily Market Comment – Stimulus bonanza fails to calm markets as Europe goes on lockdown

Posted on March 16, 2020 at 9:39 am GMT

Fed slashes rates again and relaunches QE, but markets still gripped by panic RBNZ and BoJ also announce emergency moves More fiscal stimulus on the way but will it be enough? Dollar and stocks slip as China output slump fuels recession worries Fed cuts rates to 0% but investors fear the worst An unprecedented wave of central bank intervention was unable to restore order in the markets on Monday even as policymakers stepped up their response to the coronavirus crisis. [..]

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