With all the talks and drama surrounding the US debt ceiling, it is easy to lose sight of what’s going on in terms of US rates. The latest STIR market…
Bank forecasts are rising for gold’s year-end price now after the latest SVB banking crisis. Citi raises its Q2 2023 gold price forecast to USD 1,875/oz (prev. USD 1,800/oz), Q3…
Since the start of February, the USD has enjoyed a resurgence on a string of data points showing that the US may still need more rate hikes to contain a…
Another really notable trend around this time of the year is USD weakness. This is due to some taxation reasons that regularly see USD flows out of parent US companies…
The reasons for USD strength have been well documented this year as the Fed took a hawkish policy stance to control surging US inflation, and safe haven bids also boosted…
The Fed hiked by 75 bps to 3.00-3.25% as expected and with the expectation set high coming into the latest FOMC meeting the Fed needed to affirm the terminal rate…
The Federal Reserve meets on September 21, and short-term interest rate markets are currently pricing in a 92% chance of a 75bps rate hike. Before it meets there are two…
One of the simplest questions that new traders often need answering is, ‘what is a trend?’. This article will define what a trend is, explain the purpose of identifying it,…
One of the benefits of seasonal trading is that it allows you to spot big market themes early on. Here is a good example of how to spot and use…
The USD has a period of seasonal weakness around the start of June. Over the last 10 years it has fallen 7 times between May 31 and June 10. The…