What is President Trump’s Tariff Game Plan? For the second weekend in a row, watching a Sunday television news program I saw a top White House official say April 2 is the day to watch. Last Sunday, Commerce...
How was GOLD (XAUUSD) a victim of collateral damage? When there is a meltdown such as what happened over the four weeks in U.S. stocks, those managing funds have choices: 1) Reduce risk by exiting positions 2)...
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)...
How you can navigate the current market chaos The following headline got me thinking of a way to put the recent price action, led by a meltdown in U.S. stocks, in perspective. Hedge funds unwinding risk as in...
Why do markets hate uncertainty? Markets hate economic uncertainty. While it creates volatility, it is often not the good kind. What I mean by “bad” volatility is when it is driven by the latest news headline in a...
Newsquawk Week Ahead: Highllights 10-14th March 2025 Highlights include US CPI, UoM, BoC, UK GDP and Norwegian CPI MON: Eurogroup Meeting, Norwegian CPI (Feb), EZ Sentix Index (Mar), Japanese GDP (Q4) TUE: EIA STEO WED: 25% US...
From the Savvy Trader: Are the FX dynamics changing The huge increase in EU defense spending coupled with The US tariffs may be changing the dynamics of the FX market from a responsive sell high buy low market...
Banks vs Online Forex Brokers – treatment of Stop Loss Orders How do banks treat stops? A bank triggers a stop when the market trades at that price and then goes bid or offered there depending on whether...
Trader Alert: Watch Out For T-Day (aka Tariff Day) T-Day on March 4. 2025 is not a holiday. It is the day when the U.S. is scheduled to levy significant tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and...
What Does the Trump Effect Trade Scorecard Show? What happened to the Trump Effect Trade? It was supposed to be a no brainer with tariffs, tax cuts and less regulation fueling the economy while raising the risk of...
Newsquawk Highlights for the Week Ahead: 3-7th March 2025 Week Ahead: 3-7th March 2025 – Highlights include Tariff deadline, US NFP, ISM, China Two Sessions, ECB policy announcement MON: Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Feb), EZ/UK/US Final Manufacturing...
Is Stagflation a Risk for the U.S. Economy and How Would Markets React? Stagflation is a dirty word in a central bank’s handbook. Given recent U.S. economic growth concerns while inflation remains sticky, it is a good time...