This day is Non-Farm Payrolls release day. U.S. employment growth has shown a slowdown with the unemployment rate holding steady at around 4% which gives the Fed room to control inflation without risk of recession. Today's Friday showing that annual wage growth is rising at its slowest pace in three years could put inflation on track to rise with Fed tightening....
Copper giant Codelco has reduced its production for another quarter, although it is expected to improve its data for the second quarter. Yesterday's close in the UK saw all metals mining companies close the market higher ahead of the parliamentary elections which look very much on track for a possible Labour victory. Precious metals and industrial metals mining...
- The market has been registering lower highs and lows for 6 weeks ; the short-term trend was then bearish.
- During that period, the market has evolved inside a bearish wedge pattern, a configuration that usually appears at the end of a bearish trend.
Indeed, this chart pattern is usually seen as the sign that sellers are becoming less and less powerful/numerous...
The Iberian spread closed yesterday down -1.30% marking the milestone of 1 month in decline. The best performing company was Repsol (BME:REP) which climbed +1.65% ending at 15.13 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) closed up +0.48% at 10.50 and Sacyr (BME:SCYR) was up $0.42 at 3.34. The worst performers were Enagas (BME:ENAG) with -9.29% closing at 12.79,...
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Will the S&P500 break through the support zone and approach 5,433 points?
The US market seems to be fighting inflation and the market giants seem to be holding their own with results that are accepted as being on target. With the negative exception of a few giants it appears that the Nasdaq giants are not faring well and Wall Street's...
Today will see the release of Eurozone inflation rates, short-term debt auctions for several European countries and the UK, and in the afternoon Jerome Powell will speak in Sintra (Portugal) at the ECB's speakers' panel on the US rate strategy. This may be the precursor to tomorrow's FOMC meeting with a possible rate cut signal. CME's FedWatchTool mark bets...
- The market is trading above a bullish trendline since February-2024 ; the long-term trend is then bullish.
- However, recently the upcoming general election has risen a lot of uncertainty in the UK.
And with such a blurry political outlook, many investors have chosen to readjust their portfolio's exposure, which led to a pull back in prices.
This pull-back led...
Boeing (NYSE:BA) is set to create a multibillion-dollar problem for Airbus (EPA:AIR) after buying back Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR), a key supplier to both companies in a $4.7 billion deal. The total value of the deal is close to $8.3 billion including debt. This decision follows the diversification of the business over the years into plants in the USA, Northern...
US futures yesterday closed higher having a positive start to the session as PCE inflation data which ended in positive despite other economic data not having been as good as expected. The unemployment data has been better than expected and the economic growth data has been as expected. Overall, there is a general sense of economic slowdown. Today's PCE price...
Gold prices fell below the current average trading zone in the Asian session as the bias in the dollar and distrust of the metals ahead of inflation data may possibly affect interest rates. Industrial metals such as copper also posted losses due to weakening confidence with major importer China.
Spot gold currently opened the European session at $2,300 slightly...
- The market was trading below a bearish trendline for a month ; the short-term trend was then bearish.
- In mid-June, and with the establishment of a new low above 0.6435, the market has registered a sharp rebound.
Investors' appetite for risk suddenly grew, and FX safer havens such as CHF and JPY currencies have been fled from traders.
The market accelerated...
Oil prices rose slightly at the beginning of the Asian session on the surprise of excess inventories in the U.S. stockpiles. This was largely driven by the geopolitical risks of conflicts in the Middle East and the prospect of an eventual drawdown of these inventories during the third quarter, which is the time when demand increases. At the start of the European...
- The market is trading above a bullish trendline since mid-April ; The mid-term trend is then bullish.
- However, since the establishment of a new all time high above the psychologic level of 20,000pts, bear traders have taken control of the market.
The RSI indicator has already given a bearish signal by breaking out its own bullish trendline, while both...
We start the day with slightly positive stocks in Europe, after yesterday the US indices closed with the S%P500 and Nasdaq closing negative and the Dow Jones closing slightly positive. The Canadian index closed higher with the S&P/TSC Composite up +1.36% after positive earnings releases in energy, socimis and utilities boosted the Toronto index. Highlights: Africa...
- The market is trading above a bullish trendline since March 2024 ; the mid-term trend is then bullish.
- Since the last impulsion wave that led the market to $32.150, prices have registered a pull back in a shape of a bearish flag pattern.
This pull-back led the market back to its mid-term bullish trendline, where bull traders prevented prices from dipping...
Today in Spain a scandal has been revealed about how to pay 60% more pensioners with the same number of employed people. The baby-boom generation is starting to retire, and it is expected that by 2050 there will be 6 million more pensioners and the same number of workers. There are currently 21 million employed (taxpayers) and more than 9 million pensioners. The...
- The market is trading below a bearish trendline since beginning of May 2024 ; the mid-term trend is bearish for EURGBP.
- Since the impact over 0.8397, the market has registered an increased buying pressure, preventing prices from dipping further.
This slow trading mind shift has led the market into what looks like a potential inverted Head & Shoulders bullish...
Expected today was UK retail sales data, which rose 2.9% in the previous month. April's decline of -1.8% during a period of heavy rain on the island kept customers away from the stores, according to the UK's Office for National Statistics. The expected forecast was for a positive correction of 1.5% according to surveys but this has been far exceeded. Also...
