Month: August 2022

Apart from what has already been posted there is no fresh news nor data. The USD has lost ground as the Asia morning has gotten underway. EUR/USD has not managed to poierce its Thursday high, but AUD has done so. Meanwhile, USD/JPY has dribbled back to its Thursday, US timezone) lows. EUR/USD: ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE
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Dollar’s rally was choked off by terrible PMI data, in particular services, overnight. But the greenback is trying to regain some footing in Asian session. It’s too early to say that the bullish trend in Dollar has reversed. Traders are just holding their bets for now, awaiting more guidance from Fed Chair Jerome Powell at
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GBP/JPY takes offers to refresh intraday low, down for the second consecutive day. Market sentiment improves on mixed US data, China stimulus. Cautious optimism of Japan government, challenges for BOJ’s easy money policy seem to underpin JPY strength of late. A light calendar keeps risk catalysts in the driver’s seat, Jackson Hole in focus. GBP/JPY
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Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco announced his resignation Wednesday on Twitter. Trabucco said co-CEO Caroline Ellison will become CEO, and he will remain in the capacity of adviser. Alameda Research is the quantitative trading company set up by FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried in 2017. In a long thread titled “On Happiness,” Hong Kong-based
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The major US indices are opening with was gains/losses. The NASDAQ and S&P are near unchanged. The Dow industrial average is down -0.10%. A snapshot of the markets shows: Dow industrial average -20.99 points or -0.09% at 32880.61 S&P index -1.86 points or -0.05% at 4126.86 NASDAQ +6.90 points or 0.06% of 12388.20 Russell 2000
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NEW DELHI: Gold prices traded flat on Tuesday, with mild gains, thanks to a slight pullback in the US dollar. However, possibility of aggressive US Fed hikes capped the gains for the yellow metal. US Fed chair Jerome Powell will address the annual global central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, a highly
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European majors, including the Swiss Franc, are under much selling pressure currently. EUR/USD dived through parity, and hit a new low. The development came on worries that Russia will further weaponize its natural gas supplies to Europe, adding further weight to the already troubled economy. Dollar is strong as supported by rising treasury yield, with
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