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The US 500 rallied 0.8% last week to close at 5666 and in doing so managed to lock in its first up week since early February. The bounce also brought some joy to those dip buyers that had to endure watching the index move into correction territory (10% drop from 6144 high) the previous week when it touched a 6-month low at 5505 on March 13th. Looking forward, it...

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Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s important Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, today sees the Swiss National Bank and Bank of England announcements in focus. While the outcome of the SNB meeting will still be relevant for FX markets, in today’s post we will be taking a deeper look at the potential impact of the BoE decision on the...

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The U.S. dollar is regaining ground ahead of the much-anticipated second monetary policy decision of the year by the Federal Reserve, after having been under pressure during the first half of the week. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is showing a 0.4% gain, positioning itself as the strongest currency among major Forex market pairs on this key trading day. Alongside...

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Gold prices have once again captured investors' attention, approaching the psychologically significant $3,000 per ounce level at the start of this week. At its peak, the precious metal briefly hit $3,001, before pulling back again below the 3k mark, keeping it close to its all-time highs. The recent strength in gold comes as no surprise given the rising global...

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The Chilean peso started the week with a solid appreciation of 0.95%, positioning itself as one of the best-performing currencies of the session and reinforcing a positive trajectory that has been consolidating throughout 2025, accumulating a gain of over 7% against the U.S. dollar so far. Two key factors explain this strong performance of the Chilean peso....

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The Germany 40 rallied over 2% back to 23,000 on Friday as the news broke that Chancellor in waiting Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives and the Green party, whose support he needs, had reached an agreement, which could see his landmark infrastructure and defence spending package pass into law. It had already been a volatile week of trading up to that point, after...