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Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 11, 2018
- May 11, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
No CommentsWhen one door closes, another opens. Trump walked away from the Iranian deal earlier this week, helping oil climb to multi year highs. He has now agreed to a summit with North Korea in Singapore next month, which has been a task that has alluded the US for decades. Investors will be watching as they
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 10, 2018
- May 10, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
The Dollar Index is down for the second day in a row as oil and commodity linked currencies continue to see gains and the US treasury yields fall below the key 3% level this morning. Following weeks of Dollar bulls, the market took a breather as investors look towards inflation figures for the US later
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 9, 2018
- May 9, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
It was announced yesterday that the US will officially withdraw from the Iranian Nuclear Deal and Trump stated that the administration would implement the highest level of sanctions on Iran. Other countries that were part of the 2015 deal, including UK, France and Germany have pledged to remain committed to the agreement, with the Iranian
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 8, 2018
- May 8, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
The Dollar Index is continuing to see gains reaching 93.08, the highest levels since mid-December. The Dollar is still seeing support from US Treasury yields as well as broadly stronger economic data that is fueling the expectations on steady rate hikes from the Fed this year. Oil has slipped from its multi-year highs yesterday as
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 7, 2018
- May 7, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
Over the weekend, discussions to renew the Iranian nuclear deal were had with concerns that Trump will walk away from the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that the deal in principle was fatally flawed, while Iranian President Rouhani issued a warning that the US would face historic regret if they walk away from the
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 4, 2018
- May 4, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
Rounding out what was a busy week on the calendar is US Non-Farm Payrolls and US Unemployment Rate. Expectations have Non-Farms rebounding after last month’s weak 103k release. If we see another month of lower than expected jobs numbers then dollar bears could come out as the Fed is looking for key economic data to
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 3, 2018
- May 3, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
The dollar has pulled back slightly following a solid run where we saw four month highs on the dollar index. Investors were looking to cash in following the Fed Rate Decision yesterday where the Fed added little in terms of new information to their outlook. The word symmetric was used twice in reference to
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 2, 2018
- May 2, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
The dollar is down slightly from yesterday’s highs as we look towards the Fed Rate Decision later this afternoon. Dollar index was down 0.1% as of this morning, still within striking distance of the four month highs we saw yesterday on the index. It is expected that the Fed will be holding rates but will
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – May 1, 2018
- May 1, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
The DXY is up 0.12% today, which is just shy of the highs we saw on Friday, lifted by positive US economic data as we look forward to the Fed tomorrow and jobs numbers on Friday. Yields on the 10-year treasury note is still buoying the dollar as we continue to flirt with the psychological
Morning Commentary & Currency Insights – April 30, 2018
- April 30, 2018
- Posted by: Joey Benedid
- Category: Market News
USD continues to climb against its peers, reaching highs on the DXY that we haven’t seen since January. The index jumped around 1.37% last week following the rise of US yields, leading to the outlook of a quicker pace for rates hikes from the Fed later this year. On Wednesday, we have the Fed Rate