5 Uncomfortable Truths About Trading

Are you still on track to reach your trading goals? Are your trading systems living up to their back-and-forward testing potential? If you’re frustrated with your performance, don’t worry. You may be forgetting a few basic truths about trading. Let’s examine some truths that not many traders will tell you, but which will help you … Baca Selengkapnya

Weekly FX Market Recap: Jan. 17 – 21

Mixed price action for financial markets this week but the overall theme seems to be one of ‘risk aversion’ as safe haven currencies have consistently outperformed the risk-taking majors. As usual in this environment, the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc took the top spot versus the rest of the FX majors, while Crypto and Equities … Baca Selengkapnya

Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Stocks get hammered & close near session lows for 3rd day

How can you not start the daily and weekly recaps by not talking about the hits taken by US stocks? For the third day in a row, major indices close at or near their lows. The Dow and S&P had their worst week since October 20, 2020 (the Dow fell 1600 points or -4.57%). The … Baca Selengkapnya

That feeling of being ripped off

Blackrock has come out with his latest note on macro perspectives and makes a compelling argument: inflation is largely being driven by supply shocks, not fiscal policy, and raising interest rates is not the solution. This was largely caused by manufacturing shortages and a shift in consumer spending towards goods rather than services. We’ve heard … Baca Selengkapnya

GBP/JPY slumps back to 154.00 level as risk-off flows, weak UK data hit sterling and lower yields, safe haven demand help yen

GBP/JPY was down 0.7% on Friday, falling from above 155.00 to around 154.00. Risk-off flows and weak UK data weakened sterling, while safe haven demand and lower global bond yields strengthened the yen. GBP/JPY fell sharply on Friday and sharp falls in global stocks and commodities weighed on risk-sensitive currencies like sterling, while a sharp … Baca Selengkapnya

Netflix Earnings: Will Investors Continue To ‘Netflix & Chill’?

The world’s leading streaming services and production company NETFLIX (#Netflix) with a market cap of $239.57 billion, is expected to report its fourth quarter 2021 financial results and business outlook Thursday, January 20, 2022 after market close. The report is prepared for the fiscal quarter ended December 2021. In the third fiscal quarter of 2021, … Baca Selengkapnya

European data added to the hawks arguments

European equity markets are sold out across the board, as global equity markets came under pressure from rising yields and heightened expectations, hitting technology stocks in particular. In this environment, strong data releases only add pressure rather than lift sentiment on stocks and the GER30 and UK100 are currently down -1.2% and -0.8% respectively. Core … Baca Selengkapnya

Market Update: Stocks tank, Yields higher, Inflation weighs

Equity markets fell (Nasdaq -2.6% while VIX rose +5.22%). Financial and pharmaceutical companies led the slide, U.S. dollar more firmly supported by high Income – the main market driver. US 10-year bonds 1.85%, German 10-year highs to May 2019 as UK and German inflation hit 30-year highs. oil higher again, gold keeps circling. The pressure … Baca Selengkapnya

Midweek Market Podcast

The weakest start to the new year since 2009 for the US Treasury market continues to undermine equities and support the USD as yields continue to rise.   The Market Week – January week 3 The markets are now in focus inflation and the central banks. Treasuries continue to make a stormy start to 2022 … Baca Selengkapnya