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'Liquidity Jumping': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 5:35pm | 1495Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After auctioning to new all-time highs, U.S. index futures moved back into balance. Remember This: “With Global Liquidity jumping by some US $20 trillion in 2020, or some 25% of World GDP, there is a lot to spend... Consider that following the 1930s...
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'Be Patient': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 4, 2020 - 3:20pm | 1688Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended positive despite the uncertainty-driven news cycle. Remember This: “Market swings can be unsettling, and there’s a lot to think about with today’s headlines,” noted Lindsey Bell, chief investment strategist for Ally...
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Fintech Focus For September 17, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 5:17pm | 2478Read More...Quote Of The Day: It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt Fintech Movers: The global fintech sector faces an "existential crisis", says McKinsey, as sources of funding dry up. - Finextra What’s the outlook for crypto brokerages....
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'Room For Disappointment': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 6:10am | 2287Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative on relative weakness in the technology sector. Remember This: “While valuations have hinted to overstretched markets in the past, it’s tough to say where stocks should be trading right now. We just witnessed the...
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'So Far And So Fast': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 3:30pm | 1619Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: “A sell-off had become inevitable because the market had come so far and so fast, and because it involved pricing for perfection,” said John Authers, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. Remember This: “Sooner or later we will get a real...
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GBP/USD Forecast: Market Players Will Likely Remain Cautious Ahead Of Elections' Outcome
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 4:12pm | 339Read More...GBP/USD Current Price: 1.3206 Market players chose to ignore the latest polls showing a limited Conservatives’ advantage. UK PM Johnson at risk of not getting enough support to pass its Brexit deal. GBP/USD holding near 1.3200, market players will likely remain cautious ahead of elections...
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EUR/USD Forecast: At Weekly Highs And Short-Term Bullish Ahead Of ECB's Decision
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 4:09pm | 478Read More...EUR/USD Current Price: 1.1136 A concerned Fed added pressure on the greenback, rate hikes out of the table Uncertainty around the US-China trade relationship kept investors in cautious mode. EUR/USD at weekly highs and short-term bullish ahead of ECB’s decision. The EUR/USD pair reached a...
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Wednesday's Market Minute: Don't Call Today's FOMC A Non-Event
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 9:33am | 448Read More...There's a consensus narrative building that today's FOMC decision is a non-event. Indeed, nobody expects there to be a move higher or lower in rates, but seeing how we're just two meetings removed from a series of cuts made to save the economy from an impending global recession, "...
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Monday's Market Minute: U.K. Vote & Ecodata To Note… But Will FOMC Rock The Boat?
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 9:19am | 341Read More...It’s going to be a big week for investors and traders alike. Let’s begin with some of the central bank activity to keep an eye on. First up, we have the Fed. The FOMC is expected to leave rates unchanged Wednesday as they remain in a “wait and see” mode, but comments from...
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Tuesday's Market Minute: FOMC In Focus
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 - 8:43am | 313Read More...The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee begins a two-day meeting today with an announcement on interest rates due tomorrow at 2 PM ET. Expectations are for a 25 basis-point rate cut and the equity market has already priced this in when looking at the rally over the last two months. The market...
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Wednesday's Market Minute: Risk On
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 9:36am | 322Read More...The historical movements in markets have contained the phrase “risk-on” as investors are moving assets into equities and out of treasuries. The line has been blurred over the last 10 years as bonds have risen right along the Bull run we have seen in stocks. The appetite for the relative...
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What Is The Value Of The FOMC Minutes?
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:43am | 789Read More...The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will be publicly releasing the minutes from its latest meeting this week, and the financial media is eager to report the details. But just how important for traders are the minutes from a meeting that took place weeks ago? What Are FOMC...
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FED Preview: Dots Before Our Eyes
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:19am | 1090Read More...Fed Funds 2.25%-2.5% target range not in contention at this FOMC Market focus will be on the Projection Materials December listed GDP 2.3% in 2019, 2.0% in 2020; PCE inflation 1.9% and 2.1%; Fed Funds 2.9% and 3.1%; unemployment rate 3.5% and 3.6%. The Federal Reserve will conclude its two day...
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What Is The Market Pricing In For The Fed In 2019?
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 11:08am | 336Read More...The vast majority of the market predicts the US policy rates to stay on hold in 2019, with some marginal part expecting a rate cut in December 2019. The market is still pricing no rate hike in 2019, despite Fed dot-plot forecasting two hikes in 2019. The FOMC is expected to stick to the newly...
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Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged: 'Labor Market Has Continued To Strengthen'
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 1:26pm | 849Read More...After effecting a rate hike in June, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve maintained rates between 1.75 percent and 2 percent at its Aug. 1 meeting. “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting strong labor market conditions and a...
