Fundamental Analysis

Markets seem to be regaining a bit of confidence after last week saw several reports showing signs of softening on the trade war front. However, concerns about the effects of tariffs driving the markets have been mostly that: Concerns. It…
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The American economy is expected to have recorded a significant slowdown in the first quarter. However, there is wide disagreement as to how much. Given the general pessimism in the market, that lack of consensus opens the possibility for…
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Cable's upward surge came to a halt this week, at least for now. But the upward gains in the currency pair haven't been so much due to the pound's strength. Rather, weakness in the dollar has been the largest contributing factor. When…
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There has been a lot of worry about whether the US economy will stagnate or fall into a recession. It has kept up the theme of safe haven demand, pushed gold higher, weakened the dollar and disrupted forex. But, now we are getting real data…
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Wednesday sees the release of some important economic data that markets are very keen to get their hands on. The partial results of the purchasing managers survey for April PMI data come out. That's key, because it's the first bit of data…
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The Gold prices have been on a tear lately, gaining over 5% in less than two days. The price got just shy of $3,370/oz, before coming down with a bit of profit taking ahead of the long weekend. While the recent moves have been dramatic,…
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It seems markets and economists are finally coalescing around the expectation that the ECB will cut rates by 25 bps on Thursday. But, it's been a long road with a lot of twists and turns to reach that point. And there is understandably…
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There is considerable uncertainty about what the BOC will do at the conclusion of its policy meeting on Wednesday. With all that's going on with tariffs, news could drop at any moment that could shake up the markets. Combining these…
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The tariff situation is not just an issue for traders, as it is proving to be a headache for central banks as well. This has added an unusual amount of ambiguity into what could be expected from interest rate policy going forward. And it's…
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Earnings season is most directly related to equities, but the change in market sentiment typically does affect currency markets. Particularly large shifts in investor appetite around stocks and provide large moves in forex, as we have been…
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