Often, around the end of the year, the market has a seasonal patch of USD weakness. The major currency pairs can benefit from this. Now the EURUSD pair is inversely correlated with the USD index. So, USD weakness will equate…
There are few stunning seasonals as good as Platinum’s. The commodity is in hot demand at the start of the year as purchase managers make their purchases for industrial usage at the start of the year. This buying activity tends…
The FOMC rate decision on Wednesday was as expected with a 50 bps hike. However, the summary of economic projections dot plot showed a higher path of interest rates that would be held for longer. The peak rates projected by…
One of the benefits with Seasonax is that you can quickly discover seasonal patterns in currencies with just a few clicks when big market moving events are ahead. Today the ECB meet during the London session and a positive surprise…
There is a big question in markets right now about whether or not the Fed futures rate curve is a fair reflection of what it to come for the US. Are investors too complacent about a retreat from US peak…
There has recently been a string of news for Walt Disney Shares. Walt Disney cruise line is set to return to tropical destinations in the Bahamas, Caribbean, & Mexico in early 2024. Furthermore, Shanghai Disneyland was due to re-open on…
Many stocks tends to gain towards the end of the year in what’s known as a ‘Santa Rally’. Is it optimism surrounding holidays? Window dressing year end results? A self-fulfilling prophecy as the general mood of buying gifts translates into…
Allianz is a German multinational financial services company with its headquarters in Munich Germany. The heart of its business revolves around insurance and asset management. Is an increase in inflationary pressures good news for Allianz who will be able to…
The outlook for the Federal Reserve is mixed. On one hand the US economy could be heading towards a recession next year. The November FOMC minutes stated that it was the ‘base case’. Slowing business activity, the cost of living,…
At the last RBNZ meeting they took on a decidedly hawkish tone. The RBNZ recognises that annual inflation remains too high at 7.2% and it hiked by 75bps to 4.25%. This 75 bps was expected, but the surprise was that…
