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Daily Market Comment – Dollar slips further ahead of PCE inflation as equity rebound gathers steam

Posted on May 27, 2022 at 9:21 am GMT

Wall Street poised to snap losing streak as Fed bets ease, China tech earnings help Dollar drops to fresh one-month low; can PCE inflation revive it? Sunak’s support package shores up pound, euro heads for strong weekly gains Stock markets end week on stronger footing Despite a few wobbles, the recovery that got underway on Wall Street at the start of the week has gone from strength to strength and the major US indices are on track to break their [..]

Daily Market Comment – Some cheer for markets after no hawkish surprises in Fed minutes

Posted on May 26, 2022 at 9:25 am GMT

Wall Street rallies after Fed minutes but elated mood fades quickly Fears about stagflation and China slowdown continue to haunt investors Dollar holds steady, pound looks forward to Sunak’s new cost of living plan Fed minutes ease overtightening angst Markets were choppy but relatively steady on Thursday as Wall Street futures kept climbing in and out of negative territory and the US dollar was having another mixed session. The mild risk-on tone is riding on the back of yesterday’s rebound [..]

Daily Market Comment – Dollar bounces off 1-month low, stocks recover too as Fed minutes eyed

Posted on May 25, 2022 at 8:55 am GMT

Soft US data drags yields and dollar lower as Fed’s Bostic calls for rate hike pause Nasdaq edges up after slump in tech stocks; Fed minutes awaited for more direction Kiwi jumps after RBNZ’s surprise hawkish tilt, euro dips on mixed ECB messages Fed rate hike path trimmed back after weak US data Signs that consumer demand in the United States is being pressured from the increase in the cost of living and that supply shortages are getting worse were [..]

Daily Market Comment – Stocks slip, dollar mixed as mood sours again

Posted on May 24, 2022 at 8:05 am GMT

China stimulus fails to lift markets, yen edges up, dollar mixed US stock futures reverse lower after Snap issues profit warning Euro and pound await flash May PMIs Growth jitters strike again Renewed concerns about the weakening growth prospects of the major economies weighed on sentiment on Tuesday, bolstering safe-haven currencies such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. Markets have been caught between a rock and a hard place since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as central banks [..]

Technical Analysis – US 500 index’s downside bearing curbed as buyers step in

Posted on May 23, 2022 at 2:24 pm GMT

The US 500 stock index (Cash) is trading near the red Tenkan-sen line at 3,952 following an increase in risk appetite around a recorded 14½-month low of 3,809. The rolling over of the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) is feeding a dampening picture in the index, while the bearish 50- and 100-day SMAs are endorsing the decline from the end of March. The Ichimoku lines are signalling a pause in negative forces, while the short-term oscillators are reflecting the fading [..]

Daily Market Comment – Markets turn cautiously positive but growth fears persist

Posted on May 23, 2022 at 8:53 am GMT

Dollar slips as investors pin hopes on US, China growth push despite doubts US futures climb but S&P 500 remains dangerously close to bear market Fed minutes, flash PMIs and RBNZ meeting under the spotlight this week Trading gets off to a cautiously optimistic start Worries about high inflation and the worsening growth outlook continued to ebb somewhat on Monday, though risk appetite still lacked concrete drivers even as there was some positive news flow. The turnaround came late last [..]

Daily Market Comment – Dollar steadies, stocks edge up as growth jitters subside slightly

Posted on May 20, 2022 at 9:35 am GMT

Some calm returns to markets, China rate cut helps Stocks bounce back but risk of more volatility from large options expiry today Dollar recovers but still headed for weekly losses, Swiss franc emboldened by SNB China rate cut soothes investor nerves Markets were a lot calmer on Friday after a bumpy week that put the US dollar on the backfoot and Wall Street’s rebound faltered. Big earnings misses from US retail giants sparked concern that the American economy may not [..]

Daily Market Comment – Stocks crumble after dead-cat bounce but dollar unmoved

Posted on May 19, 2022 at 9:33 am GMT

S&P 500 plunges the most in two years as inflation reality for earnings sets in But follow-up panic in global equities today somewhat ‘contained’ FX and bond markets also calm as dollar steady US retail giants crash as inflation bites Sellers returned to Wall Street on Wednesday as a big drop in profits by America’s retail behemoths raised the spectre of diminishing margins, in what could only be the start of high inflation eating into corporate earnings. Target was the [..]

Daily Market Comment – Wall Street rallies despite Powell’s inflation resolve

Posted on May 18, 2022 at 9:33 am GMT

Rebound in equities gathers steam even as Powell pledges to keep raising rates Jump in UK inflation fails to sustain pound’s bounce back as dollar strengthens But sentiment still overall fragile as China and inflation worries persist US data shores up stocks as Powell gets tough An upbeat set of economic pointers in the United States boosted sentiment on Wall Street on Tuesday, suggesting that financial conditions have yet to substantially tighten following the start of the Fed’s normalization process. [..]

Technical Analysis – US 500 index faces headwinds as advances engage

Posted on May 17, 2022 at 2:32 pm GMT

The US 500 stock index (Cash) is being curbed by the Ichimoku cloud after the index unearthed positive traction around a 13½-month low of 3,858, just shy of the March 2021 trough of 3,853. The diving simple moving averages (SMAs) are defending the more than six-week decline in the benchmark index. Currently, the Ichimoku lines are reflecting the struggle buyers are encountering to extend push beyond the cloud. This is also being mirrored in the short-term oscillators. The MACD and [..]

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