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The demand for riskier assets is taking a hit amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases and uncertainty concerning the new omicron strain. Investors fled into safe havens as volatility spiked. Early reports...

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday week and while this means a seasonal liquidity drain across the markets, it does not mean that there will be no trend. Rising COVID-19 cases and monetary policy...

It’s FOMC decision day and a taper announcement seems a forgone conclusion. The question among investors is rather when the FOMC will complete its asset purchases (speed of tapering) and when...

It will be a big week for traders with crucial central bank meetings in the US and UK on the tab, as well as the US nonfarm payrolls report at the end of this pivotal week. The market's expectations...

The US dollar was virtually unchanged last Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear that the Fed will begin tapering bond purchases shortly. He said, “The risks are clearly...

The US dollar weakened in an initial response to the non-farm payrolls miss last Friday. While a strong US job report was expected, the job growth in September turned out to be the slowest this...

We have entered the year's final quarter, and following last month when global stocks posted their worst performance since March 2020, the fourth quarter could be the most uncertain environment of...

Welcome to the last week of September. The euro was unmoved at this week’s opening as the German election failed to produce a clear winner. Following the tight election, the Social Democrats...

The US Dollar traded lower on Tuesday in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting, which will to take place at 18:00 UTC. The meeting will conclude with an announcement of its...

Last week ended with a fresh bout of risk aversion in the market, with the safe-haven U.S. dollar benefitting from fragile global risk factors and fears over Federal Reserve tightening including...

Welcome to a new trading week. Traders will likely be eyeing key inflation data from the U.S., U.K. and eurozone this week to shape expectations for monetary policy tightening. The U.S. dollar in the...

US Nonfarm payrolls disappointed last Friday with only 235,000 jobs created in August.The US dollar sold off in an imminent response to the report but the greenback’s decline was limited after...

The market was waiting for Jackson Hole throughout the summer and now that the symposium is behind us, not much has changed as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell didn’t offer a conclusive...

The U.S. dollar has gained traction in August as investors sought safe havens amid rising risk aversion in the wake of concerns about COVID, the tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus, and economic...

The best performer last Friday was the British pound which headed for a test of 1.39 against the U.S. dollar. Much of the GBP/USD’s recent upward move can be attributed to a weakening U.S....

We got what we have been looking for in a best-case scenario relative to our trades: A hawkish surprise from the Federal Reserve and a subsequent big price move in the U.S. dollar, providing a large...