Gold has remained in consolidation mode since coming off its historic highs. Although whipsawing with the rest of the major currencies on US jobs data it will be prudent to remember that the yellow metal at this point is about geopolitics. A flare up of violence in the Israel-Hamas conflict could happen any time fueling…
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Oil prices quickly sold-off with the release of weak US jobs data reinforcing concerns over the demand side of the price equation. With the shocking build-up in stocks from the US and the Israel-Hamas conflict going into a slow gear we have little reason to see oil pickup up. As such we will look for…
Even more so that the Euro, the British Pound proved unable to hold on to its NFP driven spike in GBPUSD with a long wick underscoring its rejection from its trend line. As they were US numbers were not drastically weak to likely change the Fed’s stance more concerned with inflation pressures than generating jobs….
EURUSD’s knee-jerk response to the poor showing in US Jobs data proved unsustainable with a rejection from the bearish trend line. Although US NFP fell-short of consensus at 175,000 and the Unemployment Rate inched up to 3.9% these are not drastic enough results to change the Fed’s thinking and convince it to cut rates in…
Lack of fresh perspective has kept Cable within recent ranges though fundamentals for the UK remains unchanged. While market was disappointed with the FOMC’s failure to signal a last rate hike Wednesday leading to GBPUSD’s bounce the concern in the UK is for the BoE to be ahead of the curve in cutting rates. While…
Gold has remained inside the body of Tuesday’s bearish breakout with bears failing to generate momentum of the trend line break. Within this context is a bias for the sell side that has seen a bounce in late New York trade. We continue to see geopolitics as the main driver for Gold, the latest twist…
Euro has remained stuck in a tight range for the past few days with the lack of Eurozone specific news, a holiday Wednesday, and US payrolls today keeping things subdued. Ahead though we have potentially trend changing news out of the US with the Employment Situation Report potentially reinforcing the notion of a hawkish fed…
The Japanese Yen was late to the party in responding to the FOMC meeting that market interpreted as Dovish. What was actually said by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was that rates will be steady due to persistent inflationary pressures though some have been hoping that any rate cuts this year will be clearly ruled out….
Oil prices saw an even bigger follow through sell-off Wednesday on a surprise jump in supply as the US. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said oil companies added a surprising 7.3 million barrels of crude into stockpiles during the week ended April 26 in the US that coupled with weaker demand should see softer prices…