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  • Saudi’s commitment to restricted oil is not written into a law! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    Markets are on an emotional rollercoaster ride this week. The slightest data is capable of moving oceans. Yesterday, the significantly softer-than-expected ADP report, and the announcement that 75’000 healthcare workers at Kaiser went on strike sparked a positive reaction from the market in a typical ‘bad news is good news’ day. Yields fell, the US dollar index retreated and equities rebounded. All eyes are on Friday’s official jobs numbers.
    In energy, rising suspicions that the global economy is headed straight into a wall didn’t spare oil bulls yesterday. The barrel of American crude dived almost 6%, slipped below the 50-DMA ($85pb), and below the positive trend base building since the end of June.
    OPEC decided to maintain its oil production strategy unchanged at yesterday’s decision. Saudi and Russia repeated that they will keep their production restricted to maintain the positive pressure on oil. But if global demand cools down and volumes fall, both Saudi and Russia will be tempted to increase profits by selling more oil at a cheaper price. Saudi Arabia shouldering all the production cuts for OPEC is not written into a law, it could become uncertain if market conditions turn sour.
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    12 min
  • Solana for the big investors? | Crypto Market Talk | Swissquote

    The Ethereum ETF is live but the volume is nowhere near the expectations. However in the world of the altcoins, Solana is doing quite well on the bigger investor front, as people like the Visa of the crypto world…

    00:00 Intro

    00:23 Preview
    00:45 Bitcoin
    02:37 Ethereum
    04:51 Chainlink
    07:18 Solana
    08:52 Subscribe & Good bye

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    10 min
  • Strong JOLTs data accelerated stock & bond selloff. Eyes on ADP! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    Even a hint of an improving US jobs market sends shivers down investors' spines.
    This is why the stronger than expected job openings data from the US spurred panic across the global financial markets yesterday. Note that the JOLTS data is volatile, and one data point is insufficient to point at changing trend. We still believe that the US jobs market will continue to loosen.
    But the market reaction to yesterday’s JOLTS data was sharp and clear. The US yields spiked, equities were sold and the US dollar extended rally. Due today, the ADP report is expected to show a significant slowdown in US private job additions last month; the expectation is a meagre 153’000 new private job additions in September. Any weakness would be extremely welcome for the rest of the world, while a strong looking data, an - God forbid – a figure above 200K could boost the Federal Reserve (Fed) hawks and bring the discussion of a potential rate hike in November seriously on the table.
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    12 min
  • No relief; the US dollar appreciation continues to wreak havoc! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    Relief that came with the news of a temporary avoidance of a potential government shutdown remained short lived. Sentiment in stocks markets turned rapidly sour, both in Europe and in the US, while the US treasuries didn’t even react positively to the no shutdown news in the first place. The selloff in the US 10-year bonds accelerated instead; the 10-year yield hit the 4.70% mark, whereas the 2-year yield remained steady-ish at around the 5.10% level. The gap between the US 2 and 10-year yields is now closing, but not necessarily for ‘good’ reasons.
    The S&P5500 closed flat but the more rate-sensitive Nasdaq stocks were up. The US dollar index extended gains past the 107 level; the index has now recovered half of losses it recorded since a year ago, when the dollar depreciation had started. The AUDUSD extended losses to the lowest levels since last November as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained its policy rate unchanged at the first meeting under its new Governor Michelle Bullock. The EURUSD sank below the 1.05 level and Cable slipped below a critical Fibonacci support. Crude oil sank below $90pb level, partly due to the overbought market conditions that resulted from a more than a 40% rally since end of June, and partly because the ‘higher for longer rates’ expectations increased odds for recession.
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    12 min
  • Bitcoin, stock futures rally as US government remains open for business! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    The US government didn’t shut down yesterday, as US policymakers agreed on a short-term funding deal that will keep the lights on until November 17th.
    Bitcoin rallied and US equity futures gained in Asia hinting at improved appetite after the S&P500 recorded its 4th straight week of losses last week, and a nearly 5% fall in September. Investors didn’t flock into the US Treasuries following the US no-shutdown news, however.
    Elsewhere, the Chinese official PMI rose above the 50 threshold, the Japanese tankan survey showed that confidence among big manufacturers improved for a second month, while inflation in the Eurozone slowed more than expected by analysts.
    In the commodity space, gold feels like it's tied to a stone and thrown into the sea, while the crude rally is losing steam above the $90pb. OPEC+ will meet this week. No changes are expected to the outlook policy, the rising demand and falling supply continue to support higher oil prices.
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    11 min
  • Chainlink firing up the altcoin engines! | Crypto Market Talk | Swissquote

    While everyone is waiting for the approval of the Ethereum Futures ETF, Chainlink is firing up the altcoin engines by starting their CCIP on Arbitrum and other blockchains!

    00:00 Intro

    00:25 Preview
    00:50 Bitcoin
    05:01 Ethereum
    06:50 Stellar
    08:07 Chainlink
    11:17 Subscribe & Good bye

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    12 min
  • Don’t get too excited by weakening EZ inflation! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    The first set of inflation data from the Eurozone countries was mixed. Later this morning, we will find out the overall Eurozone inflation number for September. With a little bit of chance, the actual data will meet the soft market expectations, and strengthen the hand of the European Central Bank (ECB) doves. Yet this month’s figures should be taken with a pinch of salt.
    The EURUSD tipped a toe below the 1.05 mark than rebounded on the back of a global retreat in the US dollar rally. The dollar retreated on the back of a soft set of economic data. Except from the light jobless claims report, the data showed that corporate profits didn’t improve as much as expected, real consumer spending slowed and the US GDP was revised marginally higher from 2% to 2.1%. The soft looking data led to some profit taking in the greenback. The dollar index retreated after a four-day rally that pushed it to the highest levels since November.
    The US PCE, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) favourite gauge of inflation is due before the week ends, and the US government shuts down. Core PCE may have slowed in August but the headline figure will likely reflect the rising gasoline prices, which could push the Fed doves out of the race.
    On the US political scene, there was not much progress regarding the negotiations to avoid a government shutdown. The US government will more likely be shut from next week and strikes in Detroit will extend into another week,
    In Japan, inflation came in slower than expected in September. If the US dollar rally wasn’t cooling, we would’ve seen the USDJPY go straight above the 150 level.
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    11 min
  • US crude hits $96pb, USD extends gains & gold slips below $1900 | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    The selloff in bonds continues on US government drama. The sell-off in US 10-year papers accelerated yesterday and the 10-year yield spiked to 2.64%. The 2-year yield however, which captures the expectations on Federal Reserve (Fed) actions remain steady a touch above the 5% mark, on slow down worries on all the government and Detroit drama.
    Volatility in US bond markets is rising, and the US dollar continues to amass major safe haven demands. Gold slipped below the $1900 per ounce.
    In equities, energy and technology stocks helped the S&P500 limit losses yesterday. The energy sector was up as crude oil rallies past $95pb. AI stocks were up as US President Joe Biden said that he will sign an executive action on AI this fall, and Meta announced to introduce AI features in Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
    Earlier this week, Amazon announced to buy a $4 billion stake in Anthropic, similar to Microsoft’s creator of ChatGPT. The deal is a big deal for Amazon.
    Zooming out, the S&P500 remains under pressure. Despite an insatiable appetite for AI, the rising yields threaten valuations, the index approaches a critical support zone. In the short run, the risks remain tilted to the downside, as JP Morgan’s Hedged Equity Fund holds tens of thousands of protective puts that will expire on Friday!
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    12 min
  • Stocks down, USD up with small hope to avert US gvt shutdown! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    Investors continue to dump stocks and buy US dollars on looming uncertainty regarding whether the US government will be shut in three days. There is progress regarding a 6-week short-term funding deal, but getting an approval from the Senate will be a challenge.
    The looming government shutdown talks continue feeding into a stronger US dollar.
    The S&P500 fell to the lowest levels since the beginning of June and the Stoxx 600 could slip below 445 due to slowing European activity, waning Chinese demand, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) pledge to keep the monetary policy tight until inflation comes down significantly. The euro’s depreciation makes inflation harder to ease along with rising energy prices.
    After a few sessions of consolidation, and despite a more than 1.5-mio-barrel build in US crude inventories last week, US crude is upbeat this morning, again. The barrel of American crude is trading above the $92 level, as the European nat gas futures flirt with the 200-DMA.
    The combination of higher energy and stronger dollar has well pushed inflation in Australia to 5.2% in August, up from 4.9% printed a month earlier -which was a 17-month low. We could see a similar upturn in global inflation metrics due to rising oil prices. The Eurozone data will soon be coming in.
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    11 min
  • Surprise, the US dollar rallies on government shutdown drama! | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote
    The US yields rose, and the dollar extended gains yesterday as the looming US government shutdown drama got the only remaining big rating agency company Moody’s to sound cautious about the US’ AAA rating. The US 10-year yield advanced past the 4.55% level, the US dollar and the S&P500 gained.
    Yesterday’s renewed dollar rally pushed the EURUSD below a critical Fibonacci level yesterday, sterling, franc, and yen also extended losses against the greenback. Gold’s trend and momentum indicators turned negative, and the precious metal is about to show a death cross formation on daily chart.
    In energy, the barrel of US crude stabilizes around the $90pb, the daily MACD index fell to the negative territory for the first time since the beginning of September, and the impact of US shutdown drama on growth outlook, and the deepening real estate crisis in China. Nat gas futures are under renewed buying pressure on extension of Norwegian supply outages. And the Eurozone countries will be releasing the latest inflation updates, later this week, in this chaotic environment.
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    11 min

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