Direction was mixed yesterday, as Tuesday’s hotter-than-expected US CPI print gave cold feet to investors regarding the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) ability to cut interest rates as soon as in June. The S&P500 and Nasdaq consolidated near record, energy stocks helped tempering losses in the S&P500 as technology stocks traded down. European stocks hit fr ... Show More
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Nvidia: $4 trillion and more to go
Tariff headlines keep rolling in — from 50% levies on Brazilian exports to a pending decision on the EU — but markets remain resilient. European equities gained, and the Nasdaq reached new highs, helped by a sharp intraday rally in Nvidia. The company briefly rose over 2%, becomi ... Show More
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Aug 2022
Strong US jobs data hammers the recession 'optimism'
Strong US jobs data revived the Federal Reserve (Fed) hawks on Friday. The US 10-year yield jumped, and the US dollar gained. Gold gave back a part of gains, and US stocks closed in the negative, although the three major US indices closed the first week of August in the positive. ... Show More
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Aug 2022
Soft US CPI could boost stocks & gold!
Russia halted crude flows to Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic yesterday because sanctions prevented payment of a transit fee. But oil bulls are also quite this week, as US and Iran could finally reach a nuclear agreement, which would then unlock the Iranian oil and give a ce ... Show More
9m 55s
Aug 2022
The Sun Overdose for European stocks...
The week starts moody in Asia, as economic data from China and Japan missed estimates early this Monday.
Crude oil begins the week under selling pressure around the $91 per barrel. US index futures are down, but interestingly, the European futures were better bid in Asia; but new ... Show More
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