Daily market commentary: The euro gains more than 1.5% against the US dollar LeapRate

March 24, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The euro gains more than 1.5% against the US dollar

GOLD The gold price finds itself the perfect environment with first the Federal Reserve unleashing its potentially unlimited stimulus package, followed by the closure of some Swiss gold refineries due to coronavirus. Therefore, it is little surprise that the price is jumping, despite the temporary return of risk on sentiment to markets. Moreover, the huge…

December 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Aramco shares rise 10% after World's biggest IPO

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 11, 2019. We have a general election here in the UK tomorrow. Yesterday, the incumbent Conservatives received a boost when Lord Sugar, the host of The Apprentice in the UK (a role President Trump himself carried…

November 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

What lies ahead for the US Dollar in 2020?

The following post was written by Thomas Hall. In October, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time in 2019, with the intention of maintaining the US' longest period of economic growth ahead of the 2020 presidential election. For the incumbent President, those cuts still aren’t enough. Trump has regularly pressured the Fed into…

November 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Why release of retail sales matter

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 15, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, In the fourth book of his brilliant trilogy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams explains…

October 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fed to inject billions to bolster liquidity, while cryptos see temporary boost

Analysts are still scratching their heads regarding the Fed’s decision last week to inject roughly $60 billion per month into the U.S. economy. The central bank announced that it would be buying back Treasury bills, perhaps until Q2 of 2020, in hopes of preventing turmoil in repo money markets. The confusing part was when Jerome…

October 10, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Fed is fighting for survival

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for October 10, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, Perhaps one of the oddest harbingers in our current global economy is the staggering amount of negative-yielding…

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October 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Two Congressmen ask Fed for digital currency – Publicity stunt or real?

After Congress’s public thrashing of Facebook’s Libra project and all things crypto, it was only a matter of time before a few Congressmen would bandy together to propose a “news catching” or “click bait” type of response, as a way to counter to this somewhat overblown threat. In a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome…

September 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The Fed delivered a ‘hawkish cut’

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 19, 2019. See details below: FOREX With yesterday’s long-time-coming announcement of a 25 basis points rate cut and subsequent hawkish performance by Chairman Jerome Powell, the North American central bank left the markets guessing. Mr Powell’s message hinted at moderate…

September 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trump vs the Fed: Thoughts on the Feud

AMarkets comments on the Trump vs the Fed hot topic in a special guest post exclusive to LeapRate. “Boneheads” is a new word we have learned thanks to Donald Trump. Once again, Mr. Trump confronted the Federal Reserve on the issue of not slashing the interest rates as he’d prefer. In short, he claims that zero-equivalent…

August 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thai central bank cuts key rate in response to trade wars and slow growth

In a surprise move, the Bank of Thailand announced that its Monetary Policy Committee had voted five to two to reduce its benchmark interest rate immediately by 25 basis points, reducing its 1.75% rate back down to 1.50%. It was the first change in rates since 2015. The Thai Baht had been the strongest performing…

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Daily market commentary: The euro gains more than 1.5% against the US dollar

Daily Market News: Aramco shares rise 10% after World's biggest IPO

What lies ahead for the US Dollar in 2020?

Daily Market News: Why release of retail sales matter

Fed to inject billions to bolster liquidity, while cryptos see temporary boost

Daily Market News: Fed is fighting for survival

Two Congressmen ask Fed for digital currency – Publicity stunt or real?

Daily market commentary: The Fed delivered a ‘hawkish cut’

Trump vs the Fed: Thoughts on the Feud

Thai central bank cuts key rate in response to trade wars and slow growth

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