2019

The monthly retail sales report from the United States showed another month of solid consumer spending at retail outlets. Official data showed that headline retail sales rose 0.2% on the month while core retail sales jumped 1.0%. The…
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Tomorrow we have what could be one of the biggest events for the Mexican peso so far this year. Banxico must decide what to do with the interest rate. Mexico's central bank is between a rock and a hard place. Inflation is quite high, but…
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Risk appetite waned on Wednesday after the 10-year treasury yields fell below the 2-year treasury yields. The inverted yield curve set off panic among investors. As a result, they rushed to safe-haven assets. This came just a day after the…
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The monthly retail sales report for the United States will be released by the Commerce Department today. The data will provide a glimpse into the strength of US consumer spending at retail outlets during July. The retail sales data comes…
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Coming up we have some key figures that routinely jog the Aussie and Kiwi. These are the first employment figures from Australia that have the full effect of the RBA's back-to-back rate cut, so investors are going to be just as keen as…
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Equity markets got a boost on Tuesday after news emerged that the Trump administration was delaying the tariffs on some Chinese products until December this year. The Washington administration also cut down on the items that were to face…
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Between the two main schools of thought for analyzing the financial markets, technical analysis often trumps fundamental analysis. If you look around, technical analysis is more widely quoted than fundamentals. And almost any forex trader…
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The markets are poised to get riled up tomorrow with a series of major economic events during the morning trading hours. Key data comes out from both the UK and the eurozone which, under normal circumstances, would move the markets on their…
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A lack of any clear fundamentals over the day on Monday, saw investors staying cautious. The major narrative of trade wars and risk aversion kept equity markets in check. Some of the major US equity indices closed in the red, while…
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