Markets

Rangebound AUD/USD Awaits Australia CPI As Bullock Signals Higher Hurdle For RBA Hike

TL;DR: RBA Governor Michele Bullock has reframed Wednesday’s Q2 CPI report — the question isn’t whether core inf... Read more

Bitcoin Joins Tech Selloff As Circular Financing Fears Hit Nvidia And AI Trade

TL;DR: Nvidia’s near-5% overnight drop over expanding circular financing deals with OpenAI triggered a broad Asian t... Read more

Markets Cheer Pause In US-Iran Conflict, But Hormuz Closure Clouds Outlook

Risk sentiment improved markedly at the start of the week after the United States and Iran suspended military strikes ... Read more

Will The Fed And BoJ Trigger USD/JPYs Biggest Move This Week?

TL;DR:Will the Fed and BoJ jointly surprise markets this week? USD/JPY, already at a 40-year high above 163, faces amp... Read more

Is Brent Oils Gap Lower A Bull Trap In Disguise?

TL;DR: Brent crude gapped sharply lower to $85.50 as US and Iran refrained from further strikes over the weekend, but ... Read more

Triple Oil Supply Shock Tests Global Markets: Five Key Levels To Watch

Global financial markets ended last week with an unmistakable sense of caution. Brent crude climbed back to $100 for t... Read more

Markets Brace For Weekend Shock As Oil And Tariffs Threaten Global Recovery

Currency markets are heading into the weekend in a cautious mood, with traders reluctant to take large directional pos... Read more

Gold And Silver Tumble As Oil Link Returns; Trumps Looming Decision On Iran Adds Binary Risk

TL;DR: Gold and Silver tumbled as markets returned to the oil-rates relationship that governed Q2, with Brent above $1... Read more

Dollar And Yield Surge As Brent Near $100 Sparks Broader Market Repricing

Oil has finally become everyone else’s problem. After days in which crude prices climbed while equities, bond market... Read more

Red Sea Attacks Push Brent Oil Toward $100. Will Markets Finally React?

TL;DR: Brent oil has surged from to above $97 on Red Sea attacks and Strait of Hormuz escalation, bringing the psycho... Read more

EUR/CHF Rally Points To Hawkish ECB Hold As Oil Reignites Inflation Risks

EUR/CHF may already be telling investors what to expect from today’s European Central Bank meeting. The cross broke ... Read more

Oil Climbs On Middle East Escalation, But Markets Resist Full Risk-Off Shift

Geopolitical tensions remained firmly in focus on Wednesday as conflict in the Middle East entered its eleventh consec... Read more

Yen Hits Fresh 40-Year Low. Can Japan Still Defend Its Currency?

The Japanese Yen tumbled to another four-decade low today, with USD/JPY breaking above the 163 mark as investors conti... Read more

Gold Defies Higher Oil And Yields. Is The Market Entering A New Regime?

Gold’s rally this week may prove to be one of the more important developments across financial markets—not simply ... Read more

Brent Above $91 Brings USD/JPY Back Within Sight Of 40-Year High

Markets struggled to settle on a single narrative today as investors weighed conflicting geopolitical headlines alongs... Read more