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Send us a textEquities and gold gain while dollar’s rally pauses. US partial governmentshutdown in focus, Friday’s NFP is delayed. Aussie benefits from hawkishRBA meeting; more hikes on the cards. Yen remains on the back foot,focus firmly on Sunday’s election.Risk Warning: Our se ...  Show more

Send us a textTrump is expected to announce new Fed chair nomination today. Former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh is reported to be surprise pick. Gold skids, dollar jumps as Warsh not seen as dovish as other contenders. Stocks steadier on Apple earnings following volatile session on W ...  Show more

Mark Cabana, head of US Rates Strategy at BofA Global Research, joins Forward Guidance to share insights on today’s very strange bond market. Cabana, a former officer at the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explains his bullish case for the 10-year U.S. Trea ...  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

Markets hit some rough patches yesterday, with all major European indices closing lower, followed by similar losses across the three main US benchmarks. Revised US data revealed an upward adjustment to second-quarter GDP, while jobless claims came in below expectations. This prom ...  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