Market Sentiments
February 21, 2025
Gold hit a record high of $2,805 a week before the US presidential election on November 5, 2024. However, after Donald Trump’s victory was announced, the […]
February 19, 2025
We’ve had an eventful 2024. Over 60 countries elected their leaders, the third Bitcoin halving took place, central banks worldwide shifted their monetary policies. Plus, escalating […]
February 19, 2025
Joe Biden’s exit from the US Presidential race, Kamala Harris’ nomination and finally Donald Trump’s victory, 2024 was a year of unpredictability for the US political […]
February 17, 2025
For the longest time, the US markets have been considered largely insulated from events happening in the rest of the world. However, traders have also long […]
February 14, 2025
“It is a tangible asset you can touch with your hands,” says Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, when asked the reason he […]
January 22, 2025
Gold price and the strength of the US dollar are inversely correlated. This means that when the US dollar strengthens, gold price declines, and vice versa. […]
January 20, 2025
The World Bank has a bearish outlook for commodities in general for 2025, expecting global commodity prices to fall to a five-year low amid “an oil […]
January 17, 2025
The Australian Dollar (AUD) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD) have not had a good run in 2024. The AUD/USD was down 7.25% YTD by December 18, […]
January 13, 2025
OPEC has made the final and deepest cut to its demand growth forecasts for 2024. It now expects global demand to rise by 1.61 million barrels […]
January 10, 2025
The Hong Kong stock market saw a major turnaround through 2024. This is because the Hong Kong indices broke a four-year losing streak. Rising trading volumes […]
December 18, 2024
It has been a mixed year for the markets in 2024. The global economy recovered through the first half of the year while inflation gradually cooled, […]
December 9, 2024
The Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates for the second time in 2024 on November 7. The rate was reduced by 25 basis points to […]
December 6, 2024
The Japanese yen dropped to a multi-month low in the second week of November 2024, after outperforming all other currencies in July. The currency has had […]
November 12, 2024
Precious metals have historically exhibited a direct linear relationship with inflation data. The surprise that came in October was the easing of US Inflation still saw […]
November 11, 2024
Wall Street indices hit record highs while the US dollar saw its largest gain in 8 years when Donald Trump was re-elected as the President of […]
November 7, 2024
Gold price has been on a bull run this year, rising around 34% from January through October. According to Goldman Sachs Research, the yellow metal is […]
November 6, 2024
China’s GDP growth rate has been on a downtrend since 2010, with the only exception being in 2021 when it accelerated. After 5 failed packages since […]
November 4, 2024
Just when the Hamas attack on Israel was close to completing a year, the Middle East conflict took the shape of a global threat. The disruption […]
October 7, 2024
The January 30, 2024, news of Biden’s plans to retaliate against the drone attack in Jordan lifted the WTI by $1.04 and Brent crude by $0.47. […]
October 4, 2024
The EUR/USD is the most traded forex pair. In 2022, it accounted for 23% of the daily forex trading turnover worldwide. The pair involves two of […]