The US dollar retreats

Posted by Jeffrey Jan 4, 2021 Share 0

US dollar starts 2021 in the red The US dollar is on the back foot in Asia today, following stron...

Georgia on my mind

Posted by Jeffrey Jan 4, 2021 Share 0

Georgia election too close to call  The first week of the new year brings plenty of potential vo...

Oil steady, gold knocking on USD1900 line

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 31, 2020 Share 0

Oil firm on US crude inventories US official Crude Inventories fell by a much larger than expecte...

US dollar retreat continues

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 31, 2020 Share 0

The US dollar sell-off accelerates overnight The US dollar sell-off accelerated overnight with bo...

Markets love it when a plan comes together

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 31, 2020 Share 0

Even the A-Team's "Hannibal" Smith would be impressed at how well the financial markets buy everythi...

Gold higher on weaker dollar, bitcoin remains hot

Posted by Ed Dec 30, 2020 Share 0

Is gold's correction over? Gold’s bearish correction could be over now that prices are poised t...

Oil and gold drifting in thin trade

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 30, 2020 Share 0

Oil markets drifting ahead of year-end Oil markets continued to range trade overnight and this mo...

US dollar grinds lower

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 30, 2020 Share 0

US dollar retreat continues The US dollar continued to beat a modest retreat overnight, weakening...

Asian markets drift higher

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 30, 2020 Share 0

Republicans block increase in stimulus payments Asia has a pre-New Year’s Eve look about it tod...

Oil and gold rise, bitcoin consolidates

Posted by Ed Dec 29, 2020 Share 0

Oil rises on hopes of further stimulus Crude prices rose as dollar weakness resumed on fresh pros...

Stimulus hopes again, Apple hits record highs, house prices soar

Posted by Ed Dec 29, 2020 Share 0

Wall Street higher on stimulus expectations US stocks are rising once again on stimulus hopes.  ...

Oil range trades, gold rises slightly

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 29, 2020 Share 0

Oil's range-trade continues With liquidity and volumes much reduced this week, oil continued to r...

The US dollar falls in Asia

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 29, 2020 Share 0

G-10 currencies rise as US dollar dips The global recovery buy everything trade didn't fully impa...

Markets rally after Trump ends stimulus standoff, Alibaba’s woes, GBP slides

Posted by Ed Dec 28, 2020 Share 0

Equities higher as Trump folds on veto threat Stocks are off to a solid start after President Tru...

Trump signs on the dotted line

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 28, 2020 Share 0

An otherwise quiet day in Asia has sparked to life as the president announced from Florida that he h...

Santa-Boris arrives just in time

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 24, 2020 Share 0

Financial markets picked themselves up and dusted themselves of overnight, after a torrid week. Sent...

Mind the stop-gap

Posted by Jeffrey Dec 8, 2020 Share 0

Asian markets directionless Asian markets are drifting today, in line with the North American ses...

Fresh record highs after decent US data

Posted by Ed Dec 3, 2020 Share 0

US stocks are making fresh record highs following jobless claims’ biggest drop in two months and s...

Time for Capitol Hill to deliver

Posted by Craig Dec 3, 2020 Share 0

Vaccine euphoria has delivered strong gains to stock markets over the last month but they appear to ...

Oil awaits OPEC+ decision, gold little changed

Posted by Ed Dec 3, 2020 Share 0

Oil dips as OPEC+ dithers Crude prices are slightly softer as the latest OPEC+ saga unfolds, with...