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AUD/USD Stalls At Resistance As RBA Minutes Leave Real Test To Tomorrows CPI

TL;DR: AUD/USD barely moved on RBA minutes that confirmed, but didn’t change, the existing hawkish-hold debate — t... Read more

Dollar Gets A Breather As CAD Absorbs Tariff Shock And AUD Awaits RBA Minutes

Today’s themes: Dollar: recovering after last week’s slide, but this looks like consolidation after a roughly 2.6%... Read more

The Three Ways Fed Chair Warsh Could Move Gold At Jackson Hole — And Why Only One Threatens The Rally

TL;DR: Gold’s Jackson Hole test on Friday isn’t really about rate signals — it’s about whether Fed Chair Kevin... Read more

Canadas 50% Tariff Shock Looks Huge. USD/CAD Is Treating It Differently.

Canada is facing 50% US tariffs after trade talks collapsed, yet USD/CAD's muted reaction — with oil, bonds, and the... Read more

Dollar Index Faces Structural Breakdown Toward 90, EUR/USD Eyes 1.20 Breakout

Dollar Is Approaching a Much Bigger Technical Test Dollar’s selloff is not just about this week’s Treasury buyback... Read more

Sunset Market Commentary

Markets Flash EMU PMI surveys showed eurozone business activity continuing to rise in August amid stronger manufacturi... Read more

Dollar Selloff Deepens And Broadens — What Changed?

Why Dollar weakness is spreading even as its original catalyst fades, and what that shift in market interpretation rev... Read more

Japans Data Is Strengthening As Australias Weakens. Why Is AUD/JPY Rising?

Japan's data is strengthening and Australia's is weakening, yet AUD/JPY keeps rising — because the cross is trading ... Read more

Brent Breaks $94, Global Yields Push Higher — But Dollar Refuses To Follow

Brent crude broke above $94 and WTI through $87 today, both fresh highs since late July, after Trump threatened "TREME... Read more

Trump Sparks Crypto Acceleration As Treasury Buybacks Add Fuel To Bitcoin And Ethereum

Bitcoin and Ethereum have surged over 14% and 22% this week, respectively, as falling real yields from the Treasury bu... Read more

Gold $5,000 Comes Into View As Dollar And Yields Break Down On Treasury Buybacks

Gold surged 3.7% to $4,495 after a Treasury buyback shock sent long-end yields and the Dollar tumbling — a real-yiel... Read more

Dollar Slides On Treasury Buybacks — Can Fed Minutes Bring The Hawks Back?

What’s happening: Dollar sold off broadly Wednesday after Treasury announced it will at least double its long-dated ... Read more

Trump Pauses Canada Tariff Threat — Relief For CAD, But No Trade Reset Yet

Canada has avoided an immediate 50% US tariff for three days while paperwork is finalized, but the Loonie's muted reac... Read more

Hormuz Crisis Turns Stagflationary As Silver Starts To Crack

The Hormuz crisis is shifting from an oil-and-bond story to a broader risk-off one, with equities weakening, Copper br... Read more

Brent Breaks $90 — Now US 10-Year At 4.75% Holds The Bigger Market Test

Why oil’s break above $90 is spilling into global bond yields, and why that’s flipping the usual risk-off currency... Read more