Markets

Gyrostat June Market Outlook: When Low Volatility Conceals Structural Risk

This monthly Gyrostat Risk-Managed Market Outlook does not attempt to forecast market direc... Read more

Golds 4,400-4,600 Standoff To Be Decided By The Next Iran Headline

Gold is trapped between two competing narratives, and neither side is winning decisively. Last week, the precious meta... Read more

Brent Oil Challenges 97.81 As Iran Halts Talks. Peace Trade Faces First Real Test

Just as investors were becoming comfortable with the idea of a US-Iran agreement, oil markets received a sharp reminde... Read more

Trump Says “Relax”, Markets Appear To Be Listening Despite Ongoing Iran Tensions

For a market supposedly obsessed with geopolitics, investors appear remarkably calm. The proposed US-Iran agreement re... Read more

Japan Spent ¥11.7 Trillion Defending USD/JPY 160. Traders May Test It Again This Week

For a few days in early May, it looked as though Japan had successfully pushed back against Yen weakness. The Ministry... Read more

Markets Face Twin Tests: US Jobs Data And An Unsigned Iran Deal

Markets enter the new week balancing two major uncertainties: whether a proposed US-Iran ceasefire extension can evolv... Read more

US-Iran Endgame In Sight? Markets Vote For Peace As Oil, Yields And Dollar Fall

The dominant story across financial markets last week was not artificial intelligence, central banks, or economic data... Read more

Stocks Celebrate Peace And AI Boom, FX Markets Stay More Cautious

Global markets are ending the week firmly in risk-on mode, but the enthusiasm is far from evenly distributed. Equity i... Read more

EUR/USD Stalls Below 1.1660 As Dollar Refuses To Break Despite US-Iran Ceasefire Extension

Markets have spent the past 24 hours receiving what should have been overwhelmingly Dollar-negative news. Negotiators ... Read more

RBNZ Hints At Bigger Hikes As Kiwi Surge Accelerates: NZD/JPY And AUD/NZD Analysis

The New Zealand Dollar extended its powerful rally on Friday as investors interpreted the latest comments from Reserve... Read more

Dollar Drifts Lower After Inflation Data, But Iran Risks Limit Selloff

Dollar weakened broadly in early US trading today, though price action remained largely rangebound against most major ... Read more

Brent Oil Holding Below $100 Suggests Markets Still See Room For A US-Iran Deal

The market’s faith in an imminent US-Iran peace breakthrough has clearly weakened today — but it has not disappear... Read more

Iran Peace Hopes Collapse After New Strikes As Gold Eyes 4,000 And Silver Tests 70

The “imminent Iran peace deal” narrative collapsed violently across markets today. Just days ago, traders were agg... Read more

Oil Slips, Kiwi Jumps, Euro Firms As Markets Cautiously Price Iran Deal

Markets are still trading as though peace is coming — even though not with the same confidence seen at the start of ... Read more

EUR/CAD Rally Continues As ECB Officials Prepare Markets For June Hike

EUR/CAD extended its near term rally today as increasingly hawkish rhetoric from senior European Central Bank official... Read more