GOLD The sell-off seen on the US Dollar is boosting gold recovery. Bullion is on a fractional gain today, but this week is on track for achieving a 3%+ recovery, while silver jumped by 7%. It is not surprising to see bigger movements on silver, which traditionally behaves as gold’s younger and livelier brother, showing…
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Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is planning a launch of a new blockchain trading platform and a native token Sberbcoin. Russian business news outlet RBC reported on Monday that Sberbank plans to release its digital currency Sberbcoin in 2021 around the same time as the Russian Central Bank prepares the launch of the digital ruble. Sberbank has…
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What to watch Dollar General: Discount retailer Dollar General has added almost 40% to its share price in 2020, taking its market cap past the $50bn mark. Along with other discount retailers, Dollar General’s gains this year have been driven by consumers stocking up on staples, and turning to cheaper options in the face of…
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What to watch Snowflake: Cloud-based data storage and analytics firm Snowflake went public in September at an IPO price of $120 a share, and has now surged past the $300 mark. That puts the company’s value at more than $80bn. Snowflake delivers its first-ever quarterly earnings update as a public company after the market close…
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GOLD The bullion price has rebounded in the last few hours on the back of a combination of market drivers. Firstly, the weakening of the US Dollar is lifting up the price as investors are betting on further declines for the greenback, which is proving a supportive element for gold and other assets priced in…
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What to watch Salesforce: Certain to be front and center of Salesforce’s earnings call today will be reports that the firm is planning to acquire workplace messaging service Slack. If the deal is going ahead, how the company plans to integrate Slack into its other business software products, and the valuation placed on Slack after…
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GOLD Gold is trying to react after the selloff seen in the last few trading sessions. The new slowdown of the greenback is lifting bullion up, in a scenario still dominated by risk on, but where we can see a slowing down of the bullish pressure of last month. Some investors are thinking that markets…
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The 100% weekly Fibonacci retracement area - i.e. full retracement of all the US dollar’s gains in the first quarter of 2020 - has been a crucial support for some weeks now. However, it now appears that this zone could be broken. The relatively large real body of the current period moving below the 100%…
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What to watch Zoom Video Communications: Investors in video communications company Zoom have been handsomely rewarded this year, with its year-to-date share price gain close to the 600% mark, as mass working from home has led to huge demand for virtual meeting tools. The company delivers its latest set of quarterly earnings on Monday, where…
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GOLD Despite the new week starting with stock markets in red, gold has so far been unable to rebound. The short-term trend for bullion has been compromised by the price falling through the support level at $1,850. Investors have moved to other assets, seeking faster gains, although they haven’t forgotten that central banks will be…
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