How one word changed the trading day. I was out of the office when the Fed announced its rate decision and Fed Chair Powell held a press conference. When I returned I took a double take at...
Newsquawk Week Ahead: Highlights17th-21st March 2025 Week Ahead: Highlights include FOMC, BoJ, BoE, SNB, US Retail Sales, Aussie jobs, Japan & Canada CPI jobs, Japan & Canada CPI MON: Chinese Activity Data (Feb), US Retail Sales (Feb)...
Are Markets Tuning Out President Trump? After weeks of getting whipped around by the latest tariff related news markets seem to either ignoring the latest reports or just taking a breather from headline overload. Take the latest headline...
Is a Clash of the Titans, Trump vs. Powell, Inevitable? The question for me is not if but when President Trump and Fed Chair Powell will clash over monetary policy. Judging by history, Trump favors lower...
U.S. November Jobs Report: Beware of a Surprise? In general, how markets end a week is generally more important than how they began or the trading in between. This is especially true this week where the...
Prop Trader Confidential: Avoid This Pitfall There are various reasons why most prop traders fail, including inexperience, a lack of discipline, over leverage, poor risk management, lack of a trading plan, poor trading skills, inability to...
Is There a Chance the Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates? Attention will now shift to Thursday’s FOMC decision where a 25bps rate cut is widely expected. So, the surprise would be no change by the...
A Warning to All Traders: Your Stop May Not Be a Stop Anyone who has survived the forex trading wars and is still trading knows how important stops are to preserve capital and staying in the...
Newquawk Week Ahead Highlights Nov 4-8 Newsquawk Highlights include US election, Fed, BoE, RBA, Norges, Riksbank, US ISM Services PMI and Canada jobs MON: Japanese Holiday: Culture Day. Eurogroup Meeting, EZ Manufacturing PMI Final (Oct), Sentix...