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Date: 26th April 2024. Alphabet Easily Beat Earnings Predictions But Focus Shifts to Today’s PCE Data. Microsoft and Alphabet’s earnings reports beat expectations pushing the NASDAQ to the top of the charts. The Bank of Japan keep interest rates unchanged applying pressure on the Japanese...

Date: 25th April 2024. Investors Monitor a Potential Japanese Intervention, and upcoming Tech Earnings. Meta stocks top earnings expectations, but revenue guidance for the next 6 months triggers significant selloff. Meta stocks decline 15.00% and the Magnificent Seven also trade lower...

Date: 24th April 2024. Market News – Stock markets strengthen as tech rally widens. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: The bulls are back in town for now. Wall Street climbed, led by tech and especially the Magnificent 7 — all cohorts rallied, even Tesla which broke a 7-session losing...

Date: 23rd April 2024. European PMIs Paint Mixed Picture, ECB advise a June Cut is Certain. The German DAX recorded its highest monthly increase as investors continue to predict a weaker EU monetary policy. JP Morgan again advised stocks are overcrowded and may see a stronger downward...

Date: 22nd April 2024. The NASDAQ Gains As Earnings Gain Momentum, But More Bad News For Tesla. Investors turn their attention to the “magnificent seven” and earnings reports as the countdown begins. The NASDAQ and most global indices trade higher on Monday with the NASDAQ leading gains...

Date: 19th April 2024. Weekly Commodity Market Update: Oil Prices Correct and Supply Concerns Persist. The ongoing developments in the Middle East sparked a wave of risk aversion and fueled supply concerns and investors headed for safety. Hopes for imminent rate cuts from the Federal Reserve...

Date: 18th April 2024. Market News – Stock markets benefit from Dollar correction. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Technical buying, bargain hunting, and risk aversion helped Treasuries rally and unwind recent losses. Yields dropped from the recent 2024 highs. Asian stock markets...

Date: 17th April 2024. Market News – Appetite for risk-taking remains weak. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Stocks, Treasury yields and US Dollar stay firmed. Fed Chair Powell added to the recent sell off. His slightly more hawkish tone further priced out chances for any imminent...

Date: 16th April 2024. Market News – Stocks and currencies sell off; USD up. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Stocks and currencies sell off, while the US Dollar picks up haven flows. Treasuries yields spiked again to fresh 2024 peaks before paring losses into the close, post, the...

Date: 15th April 2024. Market News – Negative Reversion; Safe Havens Rally. Trading Leveraged Products is risky Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Markets weigh risk of retaliation cycle in Middle East. Initially the retaliatory strike from Iran on Israel fostered a haven bid, into...

Date: 12th April 2024. Producer Inflation On The Rise, But Will Earnings Hold Demand Steady? Producer inflation rose slightly less than previous expectations, but the annual figure continues to rise. The annual PPI rose to 2.1% and the Core PPI rose to 2.4%. The NASDAQ and SNP500 end the day...

Date: 10th April 2024. The Fed Is Willing To Lower Expectations To Only 1 Cut In 2024! European defence stocks tumble and see the largest decline in 18 months as Goldman Sachs analyst warns the category is trading above its true value. US Treasuries Yields and the US Dollar Index remain...

Date: 9th April 2024. Gold Renews Its All-Time Highs, But Oscillators Point to Caution! US indices underperform compared to global stocks as investors await the latest US inflation data. Oil is trading almost 22% higher in 2024 applying upward pressure on inflation and triggering a more...

Date: 8th April 2024. Treasury Yields Climb and Investors Anxiously Await March’s Inflation Reading! Economists expect inflation to rise from 3.2% to 3.4%, but the monthly incline to be lower than the previous month. The Dow Jones sees its worst week of 2024, but stocks rebound on positive...

Date: 5th April 2024. Market News – NFP day; Geopolitics triggering a flight to safety! Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Global Stocks fell ahead of today’s jobs report, which coupled with the rising geopolitical risks and the angst over the FOMC’s rate trajectory triggered a flight to...