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The February trading month started out with a ‘hiss and a roar’, with US equities wiping out last Friday’s dramatic losses. The real drama last week was in the commodity markets, more especially, precious metals.
Read more →Markets closed out yet another tumultuous week of trading, with risk-off sentiment prevailing. The real action has been in the US Dollar and the commodities markets, more especially, the precious metals markets.
Read more →The AI revolution is impacting markets and turning certain sectors upside-down. The software sector came under the market microscope overnight, with many leading names headed by shares in Microsoft and SAP, tanking. The whole business model may be now under threat from AI.
Read more →The US Dollar haemorrhage has been temporarily stemmed, as capital flows to the safety of the US Dollar, as war threatens once again in the Middle East. The US has positioned a huge naval armada, within range of Iran and warned them to come to a nuclear deal or pay the military price.
Read more →The US Dollar continued to crumble against other ‘fiat currencies’ and even more against hard commodity assets. Gold, Silver and other precious metals have been on a tear, for more than a month, and not just from demand and mismatches in the derivative markets.
Read more →Geo-Politics dominated markets, continuing last week's theme, with Trump threatening the imposition of 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods and services, if they sign a trade deal with China.
Read more →A tumultuous week in Geo-Politics caused markets to rock’n’roll. The Davos WEF Forum was one for the ages, where the USA threatened their NATO allies with tariffs, or worse, if they did not accede to the transfer of Greenland sovereignty.
Read more →Risk appetite returned to markets, following the announcement from Trump, that he would not be using military means or tariffs over the acquisition of Greenland. A satisfactory framework of agreement had been reached over Greenland and there was no further need for escalation.
Read more →US equity markets stabilised overnight, following the steep sell-off in the previous session, triggered by fears of a new trade war between the US and Europe.
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