Dollar pauses on peace hopes, but Fed hike be...

Send us Fan MailIrael and Lebanon announce ceasefire, reviving peace hopes. But oil and dollar only marginally lower as caution prevails. Yen struggles near 160 per dollar despite Ueda’s hawkish tilt. Wall Street snaps winning streak; more losses likely as Broadcom misses guidanc ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailDollar gains as Middle East tensions escalate. Inflation concerns intensify, Fed hike bets move forward. Dollar/yen tests 160 and pulls back amid intervention warnings. Wall Street hits record highs, gold falls back below $4,500.Risk Warning: Our services involve ...  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