Market Sentiments
April 25, 2025
Germany, which was considered the economic engine of the European Union (EU) till very recently, now seems to have its gears grinding. Being the EU’s largest […]
April 23, 2025
The recent Oval Office clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky came as a surprise to most observers. Both the WTI and Brent trended lower the […]
April 23, 2025
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its key interest rate to the highest in 17 years to 0.5% in January 2025. This was the second hike, […]
April 22, 2025
The Great British Pound (GBP) was the best performing major currency in Q1 2025. Even after the US confirmed 10% tariffs on all goods imported from […]
April 21, 2025
The Hang Seng Index, or HK50, started 2025 on an uptrend, with incidents like the launch of DeepSeek supporting the surge. Then came the tariff announcements […]
April 15, 2025
Second-time US President, Donald Trump, confirmed the imposition of 25% blanket tariffs and 10% energy tariffs on Canadian imports. Trump’s tariffs may adversely hit the Canadian […]
April 10, 2025
The self-proclaimed “Tariff Man” has announced a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports – an order set to shake up global trade. The key […]
March 26, 2025
President Trump halted the tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days on February 3, 2025, even while Wall Street was bracing itself for the impact. […]
March 25, 2025
The GBP/USD pair, popularly called the cable, declined 1% through 2024. Most of the decline could be attributed to the pound sterling’s depreciation against the USD […]
March 18, 2025
By February 12, 2025, the Euro STOXX 50 had soared 10% year-to-date. This was after the index had the strongest month (January 2025) in two years. […]
February 26, 2025
“The global economy is forecast to grow solidly in 2025 despite trade uncertainty,” says the November 2024 Briefings report by Goldman Sachs. Analysts at the multinational […]
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 […]