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Daily Market Comment – Yen and gold soar; yuan sinks as trade war savages markets

Posted on August 5, 2019 at 8:25 am GMT

Safe havens such as the yen and gold surge as heated trade tensions extend broad sell-off in risk assets Yuan breaks past 7 per dollar level as PBOC gives green light to a weaker currency US dollar mixed as Fed rate cut expectations rise again Market rout deepens, yen rallies The fallout from the latest escalation in the US-China trade dispute continued to be felt across financial markets on Monday as investors sold off stocks and emerging market currencies [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold breaks upper boundary of trading range; prints new high

Posted on August 5, 2019 at 8:12 am GMT

Gold tested the 1400 hurdle for the third time over the last three weeks, and then rallied past the previous highs of 1437.58 and 1439.04 from July 3 and June 25. The metal then took a breather, and today moved above its six-year high of 1452.87, to produce a current new high of 1459.06. Although the 20- and 100-day simple moving averages (SMAs) are nearly parallel and flat, suggesting some neutrality, the 14-day SMA has broken above the 20-day SMA [..]

Daily Market Comment – Fed’s ‘hawkish’ cut propels dollar higher; BoE next

Posted on August 1, 2019 at 8:03 am GMT

Fed cuts by 25bp, but appears hesitant to commit to more Dollar soars to two-year high versus euro, may have more room to gain for now BoE likely to adopt a more dovish tone at today’s meeting Stocks retreat after Fed, despite “constructive” trade talks Not-so-dovish Fed sends dollar soaring As expected, the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points (bp) yesterday, citing global growth and trade uncertainties coupled with muted inflation pressures as the driving forces behind the [..]

Daily Market Comment – Sterling pummeled by Brexit blues

Posted on July 30, 2019 at 7:50 am GMT

Sterling crumbles as no-deal rhetoric heats up – outlook still negative Bank of Japan takes no action, yen likes it German and US data due; trade talks resume Pound collapses as Boris plays ‘chicken’ with EU There’s no reprieve for the wounded British pound, which fell to a fresh 2½-year low against the dollar earlier today, following another round of worrisome Brexit rhetoric. Boris Johnson and his lieutenants reiterated that the Irish backstop is “dead”, with Foreign Secretary Raab saying [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold pushed back; sellers disagree with new high

Posted on July 29, 2019 at 8:58 am GMT

Gold printed a multi-year high of 1452.87 on July 19, but sellers moved the asset back below previous highs of 1433.50 and 1439 recorded a month ago. The metal has found support on the 21-day simple moving average (SMA) and the Kijun-sen average around 1415. Tenkan-sen average has flattened out, indicating that short-term upside momentum is fading. The RSI agrees with this outlook, as despite being in positive zone, it has neared the neutral area and become flat. The MACD [..]

Daily Market Comment – Dollar sails higher; Boris becomes Prime Minister

Posted on July 23, 2019 at 7:48 am GMT

Dollar advances on US debt ceiling accord; may have more room to climb Boris Johnson to become new UK Prime Minister – watch his Cabinet picks Loonie and kiwi lose ground, earnings season fires up Greenback catches a bid after US debt ceiling deal Market moves were relatively subdued on Monday, with most major currency pairs trading in narrow ranges, without much in the way of news flow to guide the price action. Things became more interesting overnight though, after [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold bulls pause rally at fresh 6-year highs

Posted on July 22, 2019 at 8:21 am GMT

Gold spiked to a fresh six-year high of 1,453 on Friday after closing above the 50% Fibonacci of the three-year old downleg from 1,796 to 1,046, but the market could not sustain the gains, with the price pulling back near the Fibonacci level. Meanwhile in momentum indicators, the MACD failed to pierce its red signal line last week, while the RSI continues to fluctuate sideways in the bullish area, both suggesting a neutral-to-bearish bias for the short-term. The slowdown in the 20-day simple [..]

Technical Analysis – Gold drops after flying to more than 2-year high

Posted on July 19, 2019 at 11:21 am GMT

Gold advanced to a more than two-year high of 1,452.87 earlier today, but quickly reversed lower near the previous highs of 1,438. The technical indicators seem to be overstretched in the daily timeframe as the RSI is reversing lower after it touched the 70 level, while the MACD has found obstacle at the trigger line. If the price successfully surpasses the two-year high (1,452.87), it could prove a trigger point for another bullish round towards the 1,475 mark, registered on [..]

Daily Market Comment – Cautious Fed remarks take the wheels off dollar

Posted on July 19, 2019 at 7:40 am GMT

Dovish remarks by key Fed officials push greenback lower WTI crude oil at four-week low amid mixed signals in US-Iran conflict Canadian retail sales and more Fed-speak dominate the agenda today Fed’s Williams argues for preventive easing, sends dollar reeling The greenback continues to attract all the attention, after two influential Fed officials fueled market expectations for an aggressive 50 basis points (bp) rate cut at the upcoming policy meeting. The move started after New York Fed President Williams [..]

Daily Market Comment – Pullback in dollar lifts all boats; risk aversion creeps back

Posted on July 18, 2019 at 8:00 am GMT

Dollar retreats as trade concerns fuel Fed rate cut bets Stocks drop, safe havens gain amid risk aversion Aussie climbs after employment data UK retail sales due as pound recovers some losses Dollar grinds lower as July rate cut bets mount The world’s reserve currency retreated almost across the board on Wednesday and continues to surrender ground today, falling in tandem with longer-term US interest rates as worrisome trade signals prompted traders to boost bets for aggressive Fed rate cuts. [..]

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