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    Updated technical GBPJPY price forecast
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    Mark O'Donnellon 20/05/2022

    Most traders are aware of the rout that the USD is carving into the Japanese yen and the Great British pound.  Since the beginning of March 2022, the USD has appreciated against the yen by 11%, and 7% against the pound. Naturally, with their respective performances against the USD, the pound has strengthened against the […]

    A Look at The AUD Post Employment Data
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    Tom Stewarton 19/05/2022

    Today Australian employment data was release, with the majority of the data being worse than consensus. The Australian unemployment rate decreased to 3.9%, with forecasts at 4.1% (credit Tradays). Part time employed decreased by 88.4K, whilst full time employment soared 92.4K. Inflation is likely to continue rising in Australia with employment data like that, however […]

    Are Nasdaq stocks now reasonably priced?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 19/05/2022
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    Over the past two years, technology companies have enjoyed explosive growth as investors were upbeat about the prospects for the sector at a time when people relied on technology to stay connected while cooped up in their homes. Internet firms like Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) were among those to reap substantial gains from the tech […]

    What’s brewing with coffee futures?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 18/05/2022
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    Like most commodities, London coffee futures saw a massive price uptrend in 2021. However, since the beginning of 2022, it’s finally cooled off to an eight and half month low. As a silver lining, perhaps more interesting price action is currently heading our way.  With a very sharp fall during the last two weeks of […]

    Has US inflation peaked and what this mean for the USD?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 17/05/2022
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    After reaching a 40-decade high of 8.5% in March, many economists say the US consumer inflation rate has already peaked at that level after the latest print retreated to 8.3% in April.  While this offers some hope for US households and small businesses that don’t profit from price hikes, price pressures will likely continue in […]

    How do you trade forex with a session map?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 13/05/2022
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    Experienced stock market traders often attempt to apply their battle-tested systems to forex trading. They often suffer the same setbacks as aspiring forex traders when they do so. Why is this? What makes the forex market so different from stocks, bonds, or indices?   One key difference is that the forex market trades continuously, 24 […]

    Why did the Nasdaq Index fall 5% on Thursday?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 10/05/2022

    The Nasdaq Composite Index, the benchmark for technology stocks in the US, fell to its lowest level since November 2020 on Thursday, May 5, which can be attributed to a number of factors, including lacklustre earnings from e-commerce firms like eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and macro-economic factors like the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. The index fell 4.99% on Thursday to 12,317.69. […]

    Bans approaching for wheat and oil exports?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 06/05/2022

    India mulls restriction of wheat exports  India is mulling the idea of restricting the export of its locally grown wheat.  Such a move would likely upset the global supply chain of wheat, adding to the list of events that have impacted the market for this cash crop in 2022. While India hasn’t traditionally been a major exporter […]

    US dollar index and gold analysis after Fed rate hike
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    Mark O'Donnellon 06/05/2022

    Following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hike its interest rate by 50-basis points, the US dollar index (DXY) sharply declined, breaking its recent support at 103.00. In the days and weeks leading up to the decision, the USD dollar has been on a tear against its major partners, helping the dollar index reach 20-year […]

    What publicly listed companies are dipping their toes in NFTs?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 04/05/2022

    Over the past two decades since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s that eventually led to the dot-com bubble in the year 2000, several new tech-investing trends have emerged, including artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and — most recently — NFTs or non-fungible tokens. NFTs, explained NFTs are unique, one-of-a-kind digital tokens that can’t […]

    Why has the Russian ruble not collapsed yet?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 03/05/2022

    Russia’s efforts to prop up the ruble appears to be working despite sanctions imposed by Western countries aimed at cutting the Kremlin’s access to external resources and crippling the nation’s ability to fund its war against Ukraine. Last week, the ruble surged to a more than two-year high against the euro and the US dollar, […]

    The state of the USD leading into the FED’s Interest Rate Decision
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    Mark O'Donnellon 02/05/2022
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    The US dollar has been relatively strong compared to its foreign currency peers. Since the start of the year, the index is up by almost 8%. It closed at $103.21 on the 29th of April, the last trading day of the month.  The Uptrend has been intact as it continued to go up. On the […]

    How much of the Japanese stock market does the BOJ own?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 29/04/2022

    The Bank of Japan (BOJ), unlike any of its peers, has become a huge player in the country’s stock market. What began as a monetary policy experiment has turned into what some economists describe as a caveat for policymakers about the extent of intervention a central bank may take in propping up capital markets. Over […]

    Around-the-world currency round-up; EUR, JPY, AUD, GBP
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    Mark O'Donnellon 27/04/2022
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    The USD dollar is not giving up ground against its trading partners. In fact, the US dollar index has just minted fresh 2-year highs, crossing the 102 level for the first time since March of 2020. Investors are waiting with bated breath for definite signs that the US Federal Reserve will be hiking its benchmark […]

    What you need to know to trade Twitter ahead of Thursday’s earnings
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    Mark O'Donnellon 26/04/2022
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    Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) is set to announce its first-quarter earnings results on Thursday and some analysts expect the microblogging platform to again incur losses on the back of its increased infrastructure and marketing spending amid tight competition. Saturated market The company, once among the most popular social media channels globally, has become old news particularly to […]

    What does Quantitative Tightening mean for stocks and the USD?
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    Mark O'Donnellon 20/04/2022

    In its most recent policy meeting in March, the US Federal Reserve hinted at plans to shrink its balance sheet at a rapid pace of $95 billion per month, its latest attempt to tame red-hot inflation in addition to its aggressive rate hikes in the coming months. Fed officials “generally agreed” to slash up to […]

    Breaking down AT&T’s stock after WarnerMedia spin-off
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    Mark O'Donnellon 19/04/2022

    Nearly four years after fighting a hard battle to acquire WarnerMedia and accelerating its foray into the media business, AT&T (NYSE:T) has gone back to its roots to focus on being a telecommunications company. On April 8, AT&T completed the spin-off of 100% of its interest in WarnerMedia, which owns subscription service HBO Max and […]

    Spotlight on the currencies of Ukraine’s neighbours
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    Mark O'Donnellon 14/04/2022
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    The USD has lived up to its classification as a safe-haven currency since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Other safe-haven currencies, such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen, have failed in this respect. Both have lost strength over the past month and a half. The Swiss franc index has fallen 1.2% […]

    Reports China is Relaxing Zero Covid-19 Policy
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    Tom Stewarton 13/04/2022

    China has had issues recently with managing the highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19. To date China has enforced a Zero-covid policy which has recently gained attention globally, gathering critique. Many have suggested that China adjust to a ‘living with the virus’  approach that Western countries have adopted. China officials have now decided that infections […]

    How China’s zero-COVID policy is taking a toll on its economy
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    Mark O'Donnellon 13/04/2022
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    The more contagious omicron strain of COVID-19 is testing China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy and while many signs underscore the strategy’s adverse impact on the country’s economic recovery, Beijing continues to stick to it, dismissing suggestions that China should learn to live with the virus as other nations do. Lockdowns in Shenzhen and Shanghai The resurgence […]

Article Archive

  • Updated technical GBPJPY price forecast

  • A Look at The AUD Post Employment Data

  • Are Nasdaq stocks now reasonably priced?

  • What’s brewing with coffee futures?

  • Has US inflation peaked and what this mean for the USD?

  • How do you trade forex with a session map?

  • Why did the Nasdaq Index fall 5% on Thursday?

  • Bans approaching for wheat and oil exports?

  • US dollar index and gold analysis after Fed rate hike

  • What publicly listed companies are dipping their toes in NFTs?

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