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US stocks finish flat on hawkish Fed Speak and mixed data, Netflix has a wild ride on earnings
Tuesday’s session ultimately saw little change in major US indexes in an impressive round trip that initially saw a higher opening as strong Chinese GDP figures cheered investors, only to sell off on Hawkish Fed Speak and mixed earnings results before recovering somewhat to finish (mostly) modestly lower, with only the S&P 500 able to eke out...
April 19, 2023
Read More > Bank of America beats Wall Street expectations, CEO expects a ”mild recession”
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) reported the latest financial results for Q1 on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS). Company overview Founded: 1998 (via the merger of BankAmerica & NationsBank) Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Number of branches: 3,900...
April 19, 2023
Read More > Market Analysis 17-21 April 2023 – TH
XAUUSD Analysis 17 – 21 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates the continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to continue. It can rise further to test the 2070...
April 18, 2023
Read More > Charles Schwab posts mixed Q1 results
Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) announced the latest financial results for the first three months of 2023 ended March 31, before the opening bell on Wall Street on Monday. Company overview Founded: 1971 Headquarters: Westlake, Texas, United States Number of branches: 400 Number of employees: 35,300 (as of December 2022) ...
April 18, 2023
Read More > AUD and NZD under pressure on rising US and EU yield expectations
AUD and NZD, being cyclical currencies (cyclical currencies being ones that are extra sensitive to global risk sentiment) took a big hit in Fridays session , dropping 1.1% and 1.3% respectively against the USD and remain under pressure today. Weak retail sales out of the US on Friday didn’t help risk sentiment, but the rout really started when...
April 17, 2023
Read More > GO Markets named the Best Global Forex Broker 2023 – Mauritius for all-inclusive international trading services
GO Markets has been announced as one of the top global Forex brands, for its consistent world-class customer support and innovative services. GO Markets Pty Ltd, the global online trading provider, has been judged as the ‘Best Global Forex Broker 2023 - Mauritius’ by World Business Outlook. Since 2006, GO Markets has been the globally recogn...
April 17, 2023
Read More > GO Markets named as Compare Forex Brokers’ Best Liquidity Broker, Lowest Commission Forex Broker and Best Forex Broker in Singapore 2023
A 2023 Compare Forex Brokers’ comparison of the top global forex brokers named GO Markets as the top broker in multiple categories, including: Best Liquidity Broker 2023 Lowest Commission Forex Broker 2023 Best Singapore Forex Broker 2023 Justin Grossbard at Compare ForexBrokers said, “In our testing, GO Markets rated well w...
April 17, 2023
Read More > Key events in the week ahead – Activity data dominates
After last week’s Inflation themed calendar, we head into the new week where the main theme will be activity data with a raft of manufacturing and services PMI figures from the UK, Eurozone and the US. some of which will help determine what happens at the forthcoming round of central bank rate decisions in the coming weeks. USA With the mar...
April 17, 2023
Read More > JP Morgan Chase & Co. tops Q1 estimates – the stock is rising
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced Q1 financial results before the market open in the US on Friday. The largest bank in the US beat both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the first quarter of 2023, sending the stock price higher. The company reported revenue of $38.349 billion vs. forecast of $36.125 billion. ...
April 15, 2023
Read More > Tech leads US Stocks higher on soft PPI and employment figures, Gold surges towards all time high
A significantly softer than expected PPI print confirming Wednesdays CPI saw the green light for risk on in Thursday’s session and saw a broad rally in risk assets. All major US indexes rallied strongly with the Tech heavy NASDAQ outperforming while the S&P 500 closing at its highest level since February. The March producer price index...
April 14, 2023
Read More > Indices Trading – What are Indices and how to use CFDs to trade them
Index trading is one of the most popular class of markets to trade for CFD traders, rivalling major FX pairs in trading volume, but what is indices trading and how does trading them with CFDs work? Most people will be familiar with the names of the major stock indices from financial reports in all forms of media, the most popular stock indices o...
April 13, 2023
Read More > US Stocks give up gains on cool CPI as Fed minutes stoke recession fears
Major US stock indices slid in Wednesday’s session after a cooler than expected CPI figure gave them a boost only run out of steam and ultimately finish in the red after Fed minutes stoked recession fears. The Dow outperformed it’s peers, down around 38 points as investors continued to favour defensive stocks over more risk sensitive growth sto...
April 13, 2023
Read More > US stocks choppy in a low volatility session ahead of pivotal CPI and FOMC minutes
US equities traded in tight ranges in a low volume session as traders remained cautious ahead of Wednesdays pivotal CPI figure out the US, followed by the release of FOMC minutes a few hours later. Major indices eventually finished mixed with the defensive Dow and recently battered Russell 2000 finishing in the green, whilst the S&P500 and N...
April 12, 2023
Read More > Market Analysis 10-14 April 2023
XAUUSD Analysis 10 – 14 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to recover. It can rise further to test the 2070 resistan...
April 11, 2023
Read More > FX analysis – USDJPY – Yield differentials pushing this pair higher
USDJPY The USDJPY is on the march higher again after a better than expected Non-Farm payroll figure on Friday saw sentiment shift hawkishly toward Fed monetary policy with Fed fund futures now pricing in a 70% chance of a 25bp hike at the FOMC May meeting, up from around a 50-50 split earlier in the week. The policy divergence in the US and J...
April 11, 2023
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