Fundamental Analysis

Dollar Soars On Hawkish FOMC Twist

The June FOMC meeting last night was a firmly bullish event for the Dollar with the greenback trading higher across the boars in response to the meeting. While hawkish expectations were fairly well...

The Crude Chronicles - Episode 94

Crude Traders Increase LongsThe latest CFTC COT institutional positioning report shows that oil traders increased their net long positions last week by a further 19,202 contracts. This latest increase...

The Fed will Likely Disrupt low Volatility Today, but not for a Long Time

Low volatility prevails in Wednesday FX, despite a great deal of uncertainty ahead of the Fed policy update. Price action at the beginning of the week in major asset classes - bonds, the dollar,...

June FOMC Preview

Expectations Ahead of FOMCThe expectations ahead of tonight’s FOMC event are mainly hawkish, though there are still some downside risks to note. The rise in certain data points such as inflation and...

UK Inflation Back At BOE Target Level

The British Pound has seen renewed selling pressure across the European open on Wednesday in response to the latest economic data released there today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Summer Lack of Volatility Fuels Demand for Risk

The day of the Fed meeting nears and financial markets prefer to remain in a wait and see position. Low volatility becomes even lower, which is noticeable by intraday fluctuations of major currency...

ASX Surges On RBA QE3 Expectations

RBA Minutes Hint At QE3The minutes of the RBA June meeting were more dovish than many were expecting. While the bank acknowledged the global recovery underway and the improvements within the domestic...

Fed Meeting Impact will Likely to be Short-lived and Here is wh

Greenback holds position on Monday after the short-squeeze last Friday. Gold resumed its plunge while nominal yield on long-dated US debt (Treasuries) remained subdued – in overall this suggests that...

Precious Metals Monday 14-06-2021

GoldThe gold market has started the week under heavy selling pressure as a result of the strength in USD late last week. The greenback was turned higher in response to a better than expected CPI print...