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Daily Market Comment – Stocks roar back as Congress reaches deal on rescue package

Posted on March 25, 2020 at 9:50 am GMT

Global stocks rebound sharply as Democrats and Republicans agree on $2 trillion stimulus package   But has the market truly bottomed, or is this another dead cat bounce? In FX, risk-taking is back; commodity currencies recover as dollar and yen retreat Is gold turning the corner? Epic turnaround for stocks Global markets staged a heroic recovery on Tuesday. The Dow Jones climbed almost 11.4% to record its strongest day since 1933 as investors took heart that the US Congress would [..]

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

Posted on March 24, 2020 at 9:53 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 [..]

Daily Market Comment – Stocks slammed as Congress plays politics

Posted on March 23, 2020 at 9:55 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 [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold finds some footing to keep the sell-off at bay

Posted on March 23, 2020 at 8:50 am GMT

Gold appears to have found some support around the November 2019 lows from 1,446 to 1,455 – pivoting from this region – and is currently capped by the 200-day simple moving average (SMA). Both the declining Tenkan-sen line and the MACD are continuing to back the drop, with the Tenkan-sen line completing a bearish crossover of the flattened blue Kijun-sen line and the continuing of the MACD to hold in the negative zone below its red trigger line. Moreover, the [..]

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

Posted on March 19, 2020 at 9:46 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 [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold bears break key borders; uptrend at risk below 1,450

Posted on March 19, 2020 at 9:08 am GMT

Gold closed slightly below the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) on Wednesday for the first time since the end of 2018, having breached the supportive trendline from 1,269 earlier this week too. Adding to the bearish sentiment, the RSI continues to extend south and is ready to pierce its 30 oversold level, while the MACD is deep in the negative territory , below its trigger line, and close to a former support area, hinting a cautiously short-term bearish bias. From [..]

Virus update: In the eye of the storm – Special Report

Posted on March 17, 2020 at 3:48 pm GMT

With world stocks collapsing and entire economies going into lockdown, everyone is wondering how much worse this crisis can get and how long it will last. In a nutshell, the situation will probably get worse before it gets better, both in financial markets and the real economy, as most of Europe and America are still far from ‘peak virus’. Ultimately, this shock will subside and given the overwhelming stimulus measures lately, the market rebound could be meteoric. However, we might [..]

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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Technical Analysis – Gold hovers above 2½-month high; bearish in near-term

Posted on March 16, 2020 at 7:46 am GMT

Gold prices are advancing somewhat after the downfall towards the two-and-a-half-month trough of 1,504.52 that was posted last Friday. The technical indicators are suggesting a bullish correction in the 4-hour chart as the RSI is rising, surpassing the oversold zone, while the stochastic posted a bullish crossover within its %K and %D lines. It is noteworthy, that the 40-period simple moving average (SMA) created a negative cross with the 100-period SMA, indicating a longer-term downtrend. If the price climbs above [..]

Daily Market Comment – King dollar reclaims throne, stocks disintegrate despite Fed bazooka

Posted on March 13, 2020 at 10:10 am GMT

Wall Street plunges 10% as market panic intensifies, powerful Fed intervention doesn’t help Dollar outperforms amid flight to safety, gold savaged by margin calls ECB doesn’t cut rates, euro pops higher but then crumbles as Lagarde says she’s not Draghi Pandemonium worsens despite Fed restarting QE Global markets are living a nightmare. The fear that enveloped stocks evolved into full-blown panic on Thursday, with the Dow Jones falling by a staggering 10% as investors continued to liquidate everything, frightened or [..]

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