US stocks had an uninspiring start to the trading week after Fed Chair Powell delivered another round of hawkish comments and as commodity prices surged on growing expectations the EU could consider an oil embargo on Russia this week.  The harsh reality of faster rate rises is setting in for some traders and that could […]

Bitcoin (BTC) reached an all-time high of $68,788 per coin on November 10, 2021. Since then, the world’s most sought-after cryptocurrency has experienced extraordinary volatility, and the market has appeared reactive and fragile, with the Fear & Greed Index indicating a high level of doubt and uncertainty. Since January 5, the price of BTC has fluctuated…

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The end of another long week has Wall Street bracing for another rollercoaster ride as investors digest President Biden’s crucial call with Xi and await to see if any possible pathways emerge for ending the conflict in Ukraine, all while roughly $3.5 trillion of single-stock and index-level options expire.  The days of seeing all the […]

It was another messy session overnight with energy, equities, precious metals and currencies trading in wide choppy ranges, diverging in price direction, with no unifying sense of theme emerging. Markets are trying to make sense of a hawkish FOMC that announced a dovish rate hike and believes it can tighten aggressively while maintaining growth. Not […]

Oil prices edge higher Crude prices have come down enough and seem poised to stabilize above the USD 100 a barrel level until energy traders have clarity over geopolitical developments in Ukraine and with Iran nuclear deal talks.  Not enough crude demand destruction has happened to warrant prices falling below the USD 90 level and […]

USDCAD managed to maintain modest intraday gains around 1.2700. With the US dollar weakening and crude oil prices rising, the USD/CAD gains look limited. The Fed’s dovish outlook will limit the US dollar’s decline and urge traders to be cautious. The USD/CAD forecast remains bearish as the US dollar weakened after Fed’s rate hike. Meanwhile, … Continued

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Most markets saw a significant increase this morning fueled by an FT report that said Russia and Ukraine were drawing up a neutrality plan to end the war.

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Booking a Delta flight may become more expensive in the near future, as the airline considers raising the price of tickets in reaction to increase in fuel prices. Airlines in the United States have little option but to pass on […]

Oil retreat continues Oil prices continued falling overnight, powering the equity relief rally on Wall Street which has extended into Asia this morning. New York Empire State Manufacturing Index fell into negative territory overnight, and US PPI came in ever so slightly under expectations. In a market hungry for reasons to buy the dip, that […]

Covid, Ukraine weigh on oil The unwind of the oil trade is an easy one as a few reasons sent prices lower: China’s Covid surge has worsened as more lockdowns occur, expectations of a long Russia-Ukraine war has decreased as Eastern European leaders show unequivocal support for Ukraine’s independence, countries like India have bought Russian […]

US stocks are getting a boost from a trifecta of reasons: economic and political pressure grow for a Russian ceasefire, oil prices plunge, and after both a softer-than-expected PPI report and a disappointing Empire survey supports the idea that the Fed won’t have to be aggressive with tightening policy over the next few meetings. The […]

Since the Russia-Ukraine conflict on 24th February, followed by the invisible economic world war, wheat prices have increased by 34% (1), oil prices have increased by 40% (2), and nickel prices have increased by 221% (3).   As both the United States and the European Union declared plans to restrict or outright prohibit Russian oil, these […]