What to watch Federal Reserve meeting: The Federal Open Market Committee, which sets the central bank’s interest rate policy, is in the middle of its final two-day meeting of the year. A press conference will be held today, where key points to watch will be the Fed’s stance on future asset purchasing programs, and a…
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GOLD Gold is extending its gain but, more crucially, has once again jumped above the resistance zone of $1,850. A weak greenback, with EUR/USD trying to force the 1.22 barrier and the Dollar Index falling to 90, is helping gold in its recovery while the short-term scenario is regaining momentum. The first target for bullion…
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What to watch Dixons Carphone: While 2020 has been an unusual one for many companies in terms of share price falls, Dixons Carphone has experience of this kind of sell-off. The company lost more than 50% of its value when the March sell-off hit, and remains a long way from its 2020 high. It also…
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GOLD We have seen an interesting rebound for gold in the last few hours, with the spot price bouncing up by $20 to get close – once again – to the resistance level of $1,850. A clear surpass of this barrier, could open space for further rebounds to $1,872-$1,875, while a next key level is…
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Despite the ongoing formation of a classic head and shoulders pattern which might complete over the next few periods, bulls focussing on the chart will have cheered last week’s golden cross over the 50 and 100 SMAs. A combination of both fundamentals, i.e. mainly sentiment, and TA is likely to be important over the next…
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What to watch There is little in the way of corporate earnings releases or economic data being reported on Monday, but the last full trading week before Christmas is set to be a packed one. In the US, negotiations between Democrat and Republican lawmakers on a stimulus package will be in focus, as will the…
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OIL Stocks futures have started the week in green amid new hope for a Brexit deal and oil is taking advantage of this situation. Moreover, Asian oil demand has recovered quite quickly, and there are expectations for this trend to continue into the US and Europe over the next few months. In this scenario, Brent…
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What to watch US consumer sentiment data: On Friday, preliminary consumer sentiment data for December will be released by the University of Michigan. The index came in at 76.9 for November, and consensus expectations for December are a small decline to 76.5. The US economy is heavily dependent on consumer spending, which accounts for 70%…
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GOLD Gold price has failed to continue its recovery, falling again below the support zone of $1,850. This comes despite a moderate return to risk-off in stock markets, and while the dollar remains weak. This could be seen as a signal of some weakness of the underlying strength. Gold had been expected to hold yesterday’s…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced raising civil proceedings in Federal Court against Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd (trading as usgfx) and its former corporate authorised representatives, Maxi EFX Global AU Pty Ltd (trading as EuropeFX) and BrightAU Capital Pty Ltd (trading as TradeFred). The UK Financial Conduct Authority announced making the…
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