Aussie Tanks vs Greenback (AUD/USD) after China’s Horrendous Industrial and Retail Sales Data
Since the beginning of the year, the Australian dollar has dropped sharply against the greenback, predominantly on the stronger dollar move. The US currency was stronger earlier in the year on the expectations the US economy was strong, and the...
Australia & New Zealand Weekly: What Might Our Economic Forecasts Mean for Investors?
Week beginning 17 December 2018 What might our economic forecasts mean for investors? Australia: Federal Budget mid-year update, RBA minutes, employment, Westpac-MI Leading Index. NZ: GDP, Westpac-MM consumer confidence, business confidence, current account. Europe: consumer confidence. US: FOMC policy decision,...
Week Ahead – Fed Decides as Pressure Grows to Pause Rate Hikes; BoE and BoJ Meet Too
The Federal Reserve’s policy meeting will be the main attraction next week as speculation grows the US central bank could signal slowing down the pace of rate hikes. Policy meetings by the Bank of England and Bank of Japan are...
China Weekly Letter: Improvement in Trade War, Deterioration in Tech War
Positive signals on the trade front despite tensions in other areas The ‘tech war’ moved to the next level – US tech could be caught in the crossfire More signs of economic weakening – it gets worse before it gets...
Santander’s second LatAm engine
While profits in the UK slipped by 13% in the first three months of the year, the bank beat estimates thanks largely to the Brazilian bank’s latest blockbuster result. In the third quarter, Santander’s Brazilian business grew earnings by 20%...
FX: Wary investors still suspicious of currency-hedged ETFs
According to Bloomberg data, assets in currency-hedged exchange-traded funds had more than halved by the beginning of 2018 from their 2015 peak of $63 billion. Yet about 81% of hedged funds have outperformed their unhedged equivalents over the last 12...
Your first trade for Friday, December 14
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Steve Grasso was a buyer of the Utilities ETF. Karen Finerman was a buyer of JPMorgan. Dan Nathan was a seller of Costco. Guy Adami was a buyer...
Major Stock Indices
A stock market index is a section of stocks in a market. It is used by traders and economists to compare returns on different assets, to track the overall economy or as an investment vehicle. Among the most common types...
Yen and Dollar Soar on Risk Aversion, EUR/USD Downside Breakout Imminent
Yen and Dollar are the strongest ones today as global stock markets are back in selloff mode. Sentiments turned sour after weaker than expected Chinese sales and production data. Adding to that, Eurozone came showed further decline in growth momentum,...
EUR/JPY: Euro Extends Decline as Eurozone Growth Concerns Mount
Yesterday’s slightly more dovish ECB statement and press conference saw the euro fall. And there has been further follow-through on the back of today’s publication of disappointing manufacturing and services sector surveys from the Eurozone, underscoring the ECB President Mario...
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