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Send us a textA plethora of market issues overshadow risk appetite, keeping gold bid. Equity markets prepare for this week’s key earnings. The dollar tries to find its footing, but tariff talk hinders its recovery. Dollar/yen stabilizes; will the April 2024 price action repeat?Ri ...  Show more

Send us a textSpeculation of US-Japan coordinated intervention boosts the yen. Dollar traders add to shorts ahead of Fed meeting, Trump’s Fed Chair pick. Stocks trade mixed ahead of key earnings from tech giants. Gold hits fresh record high, oil rebounds on fresh US sanctions on ...  Show more

August saw strong gains in global equities, particularly in the Dow Jones, as well as indices in both China, and Japan. Gold has hit a four-month high nearing USD 3,500 per ounce this morning, driven by concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and uncertainty around US ta ...  Show more

Asian stock markets kicked off the week on a positive note, although the US indices had nothing more exciting than mixed performance after the announcement of strong jobs data on Friday. The US jobs data gave a small boost to the Dow and the S&P500 which closed Friday’s session 0 ...  Show more

This week, we discuss the biggest risks to the economy, whether Mag7 is a bubble, surprisingly strong consumer data, the increasingly noisy housing and labor markets, risks around Fed policy and dollar liquidity, and why gold has been a cleaner macro hedge than Bitcoin. Enjoy! — ...  Show more

Markets faced a turbulent week, starting with caution amid hawkish Fed commentary and trade tensions, but ending on a more optimistic note thanks to a solid US inflation report. Global equities rebounded on Friday, though US equities still closed the week in negative territory. I ...  Show more