• August 6, 2024

Gold Remains Rangebound, Silver is Weak; Technical and Sentiment Analysis

Gold and Silver - Technical and Sentiment Analysis Gold remains rangebound but sentiment is bearish Silver remains under pressure, support may be tested For all ...

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• August 5, 2024

Retail Sentiment Snapshot: Gold, Oil, and USD/CHF Positioning Analysed

US Crude Oil Market Analysis: Oil prices have dropped sharply as fears of a global economic slowdown takes hold. If restrictive monetary policy weighs too heavily on economic acti...

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• August 5, 2024

Nasdaq 100 and Nikkei 225 Suffer Huge Losses, while Dow Heads Lower

Nasdaq 100 rout intensifies At one point this morning the Nasdaq 100 was expected to open 1000 points lower in the cash session. The index has gapped lower, and is now trading bel...

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• August 5, 2024

Risk Gauges Flash Red: VIX, Stocks, Bonds, USD and the Japanese Yen

Risk Aversion Sets in Signs of panic emerge via the VIX and well-known fear gauge Japan posts a worrying start to the week for risk assets Will the Fed be forced...

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• August 4, 2024

The Sahm rule and the economy's 'statistical regularities'

A version of this post first appeared on TKer.co. Just because something happened a bunch of times in the past doesn’t mean it must happen again in the future. This is what Fed Chair Je...

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• August 4, 2024

Social Security: Readers weigh in with questions

Here’s one thing that’s certain about Social Security: Many folks are confused about the rules. Americans understand, for instance, when they can start receiving Social Security benefits but are ...

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• August 2, 2024

Barkin Says Economy Healthy With Key Questions Around Job Market

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said the US economy is in good shape, though it’s unclear whether the labor market is getting back to normal rates of hiring o...

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• August 2, 2024

Hedge funds grow bearish amid economic slowdown jitters, Goldman says

By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global hedge funds continued to add bearish equity bets to portfolios in the week to Aug. 1 when fresh data sparked fears the U.S. economy is slowing faster...

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• August 2, 2024

Treasuries Surge as Wall Street Pressures the Fed to Ease Policy

(Bloomberg) -- A rally in the Treasury market accelerated on Friday as softening US employment data fueled speculation the Federal Reserve will start aggressively cutting interest rates to keep the ...

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• August 2, 2024

Factbox-Wall Street sees bigger 2024 Fed easing after soft jobs report

(Reuters) - A surprisingly weak U.S. employment report for June has turned Wall Street confidence on a soft landing into near panic that a recession is looming, prompting major firms to change forec...

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