EUR/USD: Dollar softens as Treasury yields slide

Posted by Ed Oct 10, 2023 Share 0

Dollar falls four out of five days to euro as 10-year Treasury drops 14.8bps to 4.655% Atlant...

AUD/USD drifting after mixed confidence data

Posted by Kenny Oct 10, 2023 Share 0

Australian consumer confidence rebounds, business confidence eases Fed members say higher bon...

US30 – Risk appetite improves amid more balanced Fed commentary

Posted by Craig Oct 10, 2023 Share 0

Fed pares back hawkish commentary Risk appetite improves for now US30 faces major tests of...

Podcast – Oil prices may tick higher due to geopolitical tension in the Middle East after the shock attack on Israel and US CPI looms

Posted by Kelvin Oct 10, 2023 Share 0

OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the surprise attack on Israel ov...

EUR/JPY: Keep your eyes on Italian yields

Posted by Ed Oct 9, 2023 Share 0

Safe-havens rally as Israel-Hamas war rattles markets Italy 10-year premium over Germany rise...

USD/JPY: Safe-haven flows are the dominant trade on fear of war’s spread

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WSJ reports Iran helped plot attack over several weeks Safe-haven flows didn't come to Treasu...

UK100 – Gives up earlier gains in risk-averse trade in the markets

Posted by Craig Oct 9, 2023 Share 0

UK100 outperforming buoyed by energy stocks Risk aversion weighing on broader markets Side...

Geopolitical risk premium on the rise may trigger another round of risk-off movement in equities

Posted by Kelvin Oct 9, 2023 Share 0

In the recent past three months, the 40% rally seen in the WTI crude oil has a significant direc...

USD/CAD: Canada’s payroll report outperforms the US

Posted by Ed Oct 6, 2023 Share 0

Canada's economy added 63,800 jobs, in September more than tripled expectations Canadian wage...

USD/JPY: Hot NFP report sends dollar higher after US economy has best job growth since January

Posted by Ed Oct 6, 2023 Share 0

US jobs gains broadest since January; 336,000 created vs 170,000 eyed Wages unexpectedly came...

US30 – US jobs report eyed as Fed seeks evidence of cooling labour market

Posted by Craig Oct 6, 2023 Share 0

ADP an unreliable precursor Equity markets are edging higher ahead of the US jobs report on F...

NZD/USD: Bounce limited as RBNZ rate hike odds for November underwhelm

Posted by Ed Oct 5, 2023 Share 0

Fed's Daly (non-voter) noted that recent bond market tightening equals about 1 rate hike; if lab...

USD/JPY: the king dollar trade and bond market selloff isn’t over just yet

Posted by Ed Oct 5, 2023 Share 0

Bond futures traders wagers (open interest) hit record high; Bets are calling for a hike at Nove...

Podcast – Suspected yen intervention, mixed US data, OPEC+ meet

Posted by Craig Oct 4, 2023 Share 0

OANDA Senior Market Analyst joins Jonny Hart and Trader Nick to discuss the potential Japanese yen i...

Brent Crude – Oil slips as OPEC+ looks to maintain cuts for now

Posted by Craig Oct 4, 2023 Share 0

OPEC+ expected to leave output unchanged until the end of the year Saudi Arabia and Russia ar...

USD/CAD: Loonie weakness extends as oil prices drop

Posted by Ed Oct 4, 2023 Share 0

USD/CAD has been hit with heightened volatility given bond market chaos and the big moves in the oil...

EUR/USD: Dollar follows bond market and hits ludicrous speed

Posted by Ed Oct 4, 2023 Share 0

ADP report shows job weakness occurred in September ISM Services report shows largest part of...

Nikkei 225 may see a silver lining from Japanese banks

Posted by Kelvin Oct 4, 2023 Share 0

The current second-half performance of the Nikkei 225 is considered wobbly as it recorded a Q3 l...

USD/JPY: JOLTS dollar pop likely triggered Japanese intervention

Posted by Ed Oct 3, 2023 Share 0

USD/JPY fell 275 pips immediately after the JOLTS report sent price action above the 150 level ...

AUD/USD – Falls as RBA leaves interest rates on hold for a fourth month

Posted by Craig Oct 3, 2023 Share 0

RBA holds the Cash Rate at 4.1% AUDUSD falls despite warning that further hikes remain an opt...