Market Overview

Monday was a record-setting day. Stocks opened down 1% on news that Moody’s downgraded the US credit rating to AA. While some perceived the downgrade as problematic, retail investors, aka...

Both the dollar and US stocks lose ground Trump’s tax cut bill in the spotlight Pound fails to react to stronger CPI report Gold, oil and bitcoin rally on Israel-Iran headlines Dollar Behaves Like...

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Gold Rockets on Heightened Geopolitical Uncertainty The gold (XAU/USD) price rose by 1.86% on Tuesday, supported by rising geopolitical risks and a weakening US dollar (USD). Market anxiety...

While the recent Geneva trade agreement signalled an easing in US-China trade tensions, Beijing continues to quietly pursue a deeper strategic shift, building gold reserves and promoting the yuan to...

The equity market’s recovery over the past month has been extraordinary in terms of both speed and scale. A turnaround of such magnitude is highly unusual, and the sudden shift in investor sentiment...

In our previous update from May 2nd, when the Semiconductor Index (SOX) was trading around $4430, we continued with our analyses based on the Elliott Wave (EW) Principle and concluded, “In the short...

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a crucial period for the U.S. economy and banking sector, characterized by moderate growth but with significant uncertainties. A recent report assesses the current...

EUR/USD Rises on Continued USD Weakness Amid Debt Concerns German PPI -0.9% YoY USD falls to 12-day low after Moody’s EUR/USD rises above 1.1250 EUR/USD rises above 1.1250, gaining for a second...

US economic output remains on track to rebound in the second quarter following the slight decline in Q1, based on the median estimate for a set of GDP nowcasts compiled by CapitalSpectator.com. The...

On Friday, the credit agency Moody’s downgraded the US rating by one notch to Aa1 (equivalent to AA+). By now, you’ve probably read tens of opinion pieces arguing this is the beginning of the end,...

Over the last fourteen years, as we share below, the US government credit rating has slipped from AAA to AA. Moody’s was the first to cut the USA from AAA to AA in 2011. Fitch followed in 2023, and...

Asian Session Market Wrap The MSCI Asia Pacific index rose by 0.4% after the S&P 500 nearly entered a bull market on Monday. Hong Kong stocks went up by 1.3%, with Contemporary Amperex Technology...

Dollar loses ground as risk-on momentum slightly fades Focus today on Fedspeak and likely trade developments RBA cuts rates again, aussie suffers Gold range trades despite constructive Trump-Putin...