Yellen hit the dollar hard with her dovishness and might do that soon. Why did she go there? We continue with analyzing the fresh figures coming out of the US and preview the upcoming events. You are welcome to listen,…
The labor market in the U.S. isn’t slowing down as the recent NFP showed another gain of 215K and a modest bump in wages. The markets are likely to keep digesting this news at the beginning of the week. Looking…
After a slow week, the markets are expected to present higher trading volume and this week is a bust one with: Yellen’s speech, U.S. NFP, China’s manufacturing PMI, EU flash CPI, U.S. PCE, Canada’s GDP, U.S. manufacturing PMI. So let’s…
We take a step back from the Fed focus, Draghi digest and other regular stuff and look into commodities: crude oil, copper and natural gas as we enter the Spring. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide feedback and pledge support…
The Federal Reserve released a dovish statement that including lower outlook for the Fed’s fund rate in 2016-2018 and even the terminal rate was reduced by 0.25 bp to 3.25%. So without making any changes its cash rate or introducing…
The latest NFP came again with a mixed bag: Higher than expected growth in jobs – 242K vs. expected 195K – but lower wage growth – only annual rate of 2.2%. In the end, the USD and equities slightly rallied…
The U.S. dollar, equities and oil prices bounced back last week as the bearish sentiment has subsided, mostly fueled by some positive U.S. reports: The GDP for Q4 showed a gain of 1% — higher than the first estimate and…
When Boris backs a Brexit, the whole world worries. After discussing the Brexit fears, we move to the Fed’s potential regret regarding rates and finish off with a dense preview of the week’s events. You are welcome to listen, subscribe, provide…
Equities recovered last week as the bearish market sentiment subsided and oil prices started off the week strong on account of the latest deal between Russia and Saudi Arabia to hold their output at January levels. But a few unimpressive…
We focus on critical commodities this time: the fall in oil prices has finally got the relevant sides talking, but can they really lift prices? We continue from the black gold to real gold, which is enjoying hot air. And…