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Discover the latest stock market updates, comprehensive analyses of price trends, and expert forecasts for individual stocks as well as the broader equity market. Our coverage includes breaking news, earnings reports, and economic data releases, considering various factors that may influence stock valuations. Enhance your understanding of the stocks landscape and elevate your trading decisions.

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US Close: US Stocks eke out a gain, Fed Minutes, Strong Retail Sales Rebound
US stocks erased earlier losses and eked out a gain after the Fed Minutes showed policymakers were not any closer to signaling aggressive policy tightening.  Risk aversion returned as geopolitical tensions remained the focal point as no confirmation happened with a de-escalation with Russia-Ukraine concerns. The Fed Minutes were less hawkish than many expected and that helped risk appetite return a little.
16-02-2022 16:15 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Wall Street rattled on reports US expects Russia to invade Ukraine next week. Yen, Oil, and Gold pop higher, while Stocks, yields, and Bitcoin drop
Wall Street has an inflation hangover as higher rates continue to drag tech stocks down.  US stocks were trying to stabilize as yields came in. Yesterday’s inflation shocker has many bond traders believing the Fed is behind the curve and will be delivering several rate hikes.  Many Fed members feel inflation will meaningfully decelerate later this year and that is why calls for seven rate hikes might be too aggressive. US stocks were supposed to have a period of calm this afternoon as Treasury
11-02-2022 14:54 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Slow Start for Stocks, Lagarde pushes back, Oil rally pauses, Gold rallies, Bitcoin momo is back
US stocks will struggle for direction until the latest inflation tilts market’s expectations as to how aggressive the Fed will tighten into what is still deemed as an overvalued stock market.  Wall Street saw early selling pressure for tech stocks as investors still digest a wrath of disappointing outlooks and surging borrowing costs. Technology stocks are no longer a one-way trade as investors cut losses and now focus on valuations, competition, and long-term outlooks. FX Financial markets are
07-02-2022 16:29 GMT by Edward Moya
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NFP React: Payroll Shocker, Wall Street eyes half-point March liftoff, Amazon impresses
US stocks traded mixed after a surprisingly strong employment report made some investors nervous the Fed will be forced to be much more aggressive with fighting inflation. The Nasdaq was boosted after yesterday’s flawless Amazon earnings report.  Amazon delivered strong eps and AWS revenue beats, reported a $12 billion gain from their bet on Rivian, and raised their annual Prime membership prices.  Investors care about Cloud growth and future profits and Amazon’s earnings report had all those bo
04-02-2022 11:10 GMT by Edward Moya
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Alphabet results sends tech stocks higher, ADP impacted by omicron, bitcoin wall at USD 40k
Investors are focusing on what has been a mostly positive earnings season, also shrugging off a negative private payroll report that was clearly impacted by the omicron variant spread in January. Google crushed earnings and that optimism has many traders feeling that the bottom is in for the mega-cap tech giants.  Apple and Google have made Wall Street turn more optimistic about earnings season and that is largely because some of these tech giants are still delivering impressive results despite
02-02-2022 13:07 GMT by Edward Moya
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Stocks lower after US data, patient RBA, GBP testing 1.35 ahead of BOE, , Bitcoin hovers
US stocks are getting pulled all over the place as investors digest both a wrath of economic data and a chorus of Fed speak that has de-escalated aggressive tightening fears for now.  Impressive earnings from UPS and Exxon helped risk appetite early but that faded quickly as traders remain fixated over everything about inflation.  For about 10-minutes much of Wall Street took a break to hear the news that Tom Brady announced his retirement.
01-02-2022 10:59 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Rough waters ahead, Strong January Finish for stocks, Dollar weakens
US stocks finished the month on a nice note, but rough waters still could be ahead over global tightening pressures.  Some of the smart money on Wall Street is still looking to fade every rally as valuations won’t live up to their expectations.    It seems the Fed will struggle to reach a clear consensus over how aggressive the March liftoff will be, so aggressive ‘buying the dip’ won’t be happening anytime soon.  Economic conditions are still looking good this year but repositioning over valuat
31-01-2022 15:06 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Sell the Rally, Tesla falls 10%, King dollar
Market volatility is not going away anytime soon as the ‘buy the dip’ crowd has a new motto, ‘sell the rally’.  Today’s stock market rally did not last as corporate America reminded us that supply chain troubles persist, and profit forecasts are not providing any reasons to be optimistic.  Many traders are still processing what happened yesterday with the Fed and the reality is that they missed an opportunity.  It is hard to aggressively maintain a bullish stance with equities when you know the
27-01-2022 16:35 GMT by Edward Moya
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Fed and BOC Day: Fed sets up March Liftoff, Balance Sheet later, BOC holds
Fed Day: US stocks gave up earlier gains as Treasury yields surged after Fed Chair Powell signaled they will use their tools to make sure inflation does not become entrenched, paving the way for a March liftoff. Earlier, the stock market may have gotten too pessimistic and priced in too much of a slowdown that was going to come from an aggressive Fed tightening cycle.
26-01-2022 16:04 GMT by Edward Moya
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Market Insights Podcast (Episode 284)
OANDA Senior Market Analyst Ed Moya previews the day's market news with Jonny Hart. They discussed markets, both UK and Canadian CPI data reaching highest level in three decades, recap Goldman Sach's earnings, oil hitting a seven-year high, China's GDP data, and the recent bond market volatility.
19-01-2022 14:52 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Stocks selloff as bond yields soar, Empire Survey plunges, NAHB edges lower, Goldman shows employees the money
The stocks market is selling off after disappointing earnings from Goldman Sachs, the Empire State manufacturing survey showed growth stalled in January, and as surging yields have investors abandoning rate-sensitive sectors such as technology. The emergence of skyrocketing expenses for Wall Street banks has many investors worried that wage inflation may have been broadly underpriced across the entire US economy. US data The Empire manufacturing data delivered a massive miss as omicron cripple
18-01-2022 17:17 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Wage inflation worries send stocks lower, US data
US stocks struggled after the big banks had a rough start to earnings season.  JPMorgan shares dropped sharply over fears that surging expenses and wage inflation may lead to a greater profit miss over the next couple of years. Risk appetite did not get any favors from a wrath of US economic data that missed expectations, raising fears that the underlying recovery is vulnerable.
14-01-2022 15:19 GMT by Edward Moya
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Week Ahead - Interest rate anxiety heightened
It's been a turbulent start to the year in the markets and that's unlikely to change as we move into earnings season. Fear of high inflation and accelerated monetary tightening is driving much of the volatility that we're seeing in financial markets over the last couple of weeks and that's unlikely to abate any time soon, with peak inflation still probably ahead of us.
14-01-2022 12:34 GMT by Craig Erlam
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US Close: Tech gets crushed again, Fed ready to hike in March, PPI cools, Earnings on deck
Big Tech stocks are selling off so dramatically as a product of, ‘yes US rates are likely to go up further this year,' but also as investors rotate into value and cyclical trades.  A recent chorus of Fed speakers that have said they are open to raising interest rates in March, which means the possibility of 4 rate hikes this year is growing. Wall Street is trying to get a sense of how much growth is going to slow and the banks will start providing some insight on Friday. Harker’s stance on infl
13-01-2022 16:40 GMT by Edward Moya
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Commodities and Cryptos: Oil dips, Gold off highs, Bitcoin lower
Oil Crude prices edged lower as political pressure grew for the White House to lobby OPEC+ to make sure the group as a whole can hit their quotas as a few members have struggled. The short-term outlook still has many risks, but optimism is high that will be short-lived.  Delta CEO Ed Bastian expects omicron to delay the rebound in travel demand by 60 days.  The oil market will remain very tight this year and most likely over the next few years as most energy companies are not investing in massi
13-01-2022 16:39 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Markets embrace lengthy Balance Sheet runoff debate, Fed readies March hike
US stocks went on a rollercoaster ride after Fed Chair Powell’s testimony signaled that the Fed “in all likelihood” will be normalizing policy, while allowing the balance-sheet runoff later this year. The Fed sees inflation lasting till mid-2022 and that is probably when they will let the balance sheet decline. Wall Street now has a better understanding on how the Fed will normalize policy and with the balance runoff likely taking up to four meetings.
11-01-2022 14:11 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close: Stocks slump as inflation fears drive Fed rate hike expectations, Dollar follows Treasury yields
US stocks are sliding as surging pricing pressures have the Fed on a fast-track to get rates back to neutral.  Every trader over the weekend read the Goldman note that eyed four Fed rates hikes and balance sheet runoff in July, if not sooner. Surging yields are kryptonite for many tech stocks and that theme won't change until after we get past the first couple rate hikes. Today is all about risk aversion as fears grow that financial markets completely misread the Fed's scramble to battle inflat
10-01-2022 14:23 GMT by Edward Moya
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