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Dive into daily market insights and trading opportunities in equity, forex, and commodity markets with our esteemed analyst Giles Coghlan. His cutting-edge analysis has been featured in Reuters, Business Insider, WSJ, Financial Times Adviser, NBC, LBC Radio, CoinTelegraph, Guardian Observer, National Express, and numerous other prestigious financial outlets.

Summer sweet spot for silver?

Last week silver prices gained over 8% on the lower than expected US CPI print. Investors rapidly sold the USD last week as lower inflation increased chances of the Fed holding rates for September’s meeting. This also meant that yields…

July 19, 2023

UK Inflation Data Release: Eyes on the GBP as Fight Against Inflation Intensifies

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 19! At 07:00 UK time, the much-awaited UK inflation data will be revealed. Anticipations suggest that the headline figure will drop to 8.2% y/y from the previous 8.7%. However, the core reading is expected…

July 18, 2023
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NZDUSD’s interesting seasonals

The RBNZ met last night and announced that they would be continuing holding rates at 5.50% for the foreseeable future. Although broadly happy with domestic labour and inflation readings they still note the potential for inflation to surprise them, particularly…

July 13, 2023
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Expect EURUSD volatility over US CPI print

On Wednesday at 13:30 UK time the US CPI print will be released. The headline is expected to fall to 3.1% from 4% prior & a reading below 2.9% would likely weaken the USD. The core reading is also expected to fall to 5% from 5.3% prior, & a reading below 4.9% should also weaken the USD. The print that should boost the USD would be if both headline and the core come in above market’s maximum expectations.

July 12, 2023
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Mighty Meta takes on Twitter!

For some time now disgruntled users of twitter have been looking for a reason to move away from Elon Musk’s platform. In June this year Australia’s cyber regulator told Twitter to explain its handling of online hate. Twitter had become the most complained about plat-form since Elon Musk ...

July 10, 2023
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Seasonal slide for oil or is the bottom in?

At the latest OPEC+ meeting Saudi Energy Minister said OPEC+ will do "whatever is necessary" to support the oil market. Since the start of the year many analysts were optimistic about oil prices. China’s post Covid-19 recovery was ...

July 10, 2023
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Can Copper’s seasonals buck negative sentiment in July?

Sentiment surrounding global growth has been poor in the last few weeks with growing risks. Geopolitical tensions between US & China, higher rate expectations, angst over stretched US equity positions, slower Chinese data, and lower US earnings expectations have all…

July 5, 2023

Salesforce set for AI gains?

According to recent research from Deutsche Bank Salesforce Inc is a stock that could potentially gain on a productivity boost from the emergence of AI technology. However, a number of analysts are cautious regarding the continued run of AI stocks…

July 5, 2023

Nasdaq rally eyes Friday’s US labor data print!

The Nasdaq is typically very sensitive to US interest rates and many analysts are considering the recent Nasdaq rally stretched. However, with US labor data a major focus of the market we may see another shift higher in the Nasdaq…

July 4, 2023
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Will the AUDNZD lower out of the RBA meeting?

In the early hours of Tuesday morning UK time the RBA will meet to decide on their interest rate level. Short term interest rate markets are pricing in a 39% chance that the RBA will hike rates again by 25bps.…

July 3, 2023