The Week Ahead – Focusing on the Metal and Currency Markets
The out performers during last week's trading sessions included Natural Gas, Soybeans And Corn. The under performers were led by Silver, Gold, Wheat, and the commodity currencies such as…
The out performers during last week's trading sessions included Natural Gas, Soybeans And Corn. The under performers were led by Silver, Gold, Wheat, and the commodity currencies such as…
Currencies were in the spotlight this past week with the USD/JPY exchange rate piercing through the key psychological 100 level. Surprisingly the Japanese yen -2.27% was not the…
Last week was very busy with economic data including FOMC meeting, ECB meeting, and the usually powerful payrolls report from the US. The risk assets outperformed with…
China's first-quarter GDP disappointed falling short of market expectations, sending the Australian Dollar lower by -1.86%, the largest one-day decline so far this year. The two economies are closely correlated…
This past week the IMF released the World Economic Outlook report with downward revisions to global growth. The equity markets traded lower three out of the five trading sessions. Risk…
Economic data releases for the US disappointed including employment report falling below 100 K and retail sales dropping by -0 1.4% in March. Nonetheless the equity indices managed to…
The out performers this week in the commodity markets was led by natural gas rising 4.9%, gold 1.9% and silver 1.9%. US thirty year bonds led the risk-off category gaining…
On the last day of trade this week, Corn plunged sparking a slump in Soybeans and Wheat, after the U.S. government said domestic inventories were bigger than analysts forecast and…
The tiny island of Cyprus dominated the headlines this past week. As the markets opened for first day of trade, risk assets gapped sharply only to retrace its losses towards…
Price action in the financial markets this past week left many active traders with bruised egos as the markets were mostly range bound and choppy. The RQ-DMS, our dynamic market…