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At the time of writing, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is down 1.21% after surging on Thursday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has the most chances to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister, according to recent polls. China’s Shanghai Composite has dropped 1...
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Jiming Huang, 4 September 2020, 09:57
The US stock market has persisted within the overbought territory for too long, as bulls became too strong and went all in too soon. As a result, equities have crashed on Thursday, dragged down by a slump in tech stocks...
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Jiming Huang, 4 September 2020, 09:57
In the commodity market, oil prices hover over multi-week lows as investors are worried about decreasing demand as the recovery from the pandemic is not convincing. At the time of writing, WTI is down 0.17% while Brent has lost 0.29...
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Jiming Huang, 3 September 2020, 09:09
In the commodity market, gold is retreating as the US dollar is leveraging the US manufacturing data. On Monday, gold rose to the highest since mid-August as the greenback dropped to the lowest in years...
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Jiming Huang, 2 September 2020, 09:41
Traditionally, September has been the worst month of the year for the US stock market, but the current rally doesn’t seem to fade as of today. The S&P 500 (+0.75%) and Nasdaq (+1.39%) improved their record highs on Tuesday, driven by tech stocks...
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Jiming Huang, 2 September 2020, 09:41
In the commodity market, gold is surging amid a weakening US dollar. The metal is now up 0.81% to $1,994.55...
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Jiming Huang, 1 September 2020, 09:20
US stock indices took different routes on Monday, but the general vibe is bullish since equities had their best month in over three decades. S&P 500 (-0.22%) and Dow Jones (-0.78%) have lost ground, while Nasdaq (+0.68) continued the rally driven by Apple and Tesla...
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Jiming Huang, 1 September 2020, 09:20
The US stock market rally is about to continue on Monday, judging by the bullishness seen in the futures market. Dow and S&P 500 futures are up about 0.50% while NASDAQ futures have gained almost 0.80% so far. Investors are all in amid the Fed’s dovishness...
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Jiming Huang, 31 August 2020, 10:01
Japan’s Nikkei 225 has surged 1.42%. The index fell last Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation caused uncertainty over the next fiscal and monetary stimulus moves...
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Jiming Huang, 31 August 2020, 10:01
The weak US dollar continues fueling gains in EURUSD, GBPUSD and AUDUSD. The EURUSD advanced to 1.19, and Cable hit a fresh post-pandemic high at 1.3284...
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Jiming Huang, 28 August 2020, 09:33
The Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell brought a new policy approach on the table at yesterday’s Jackson Hole meeting, tweaking the Fed’s inflation target from 2% to ‘2% over time’ as expected...
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Jiming Huang, 28 August 2020, 09:32
The US dollar index slipped below the 93 mark ahead of the Jackson Hole meeting, and the US 10-year yield steadied a touch below the 0.70% mark. The greenback continues defining the trajectory of EURUSD and GBPUSD...
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Jiming Huang, 27 August 2020, 09:18
Hurricane Laura could be the worst to hit the Texas-Louisiana border in the last 160 years, but the oil market remains surprisingly calm faced with a potentially meaningful supply disruption in the US south coast...
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Jiming Huang, 27 August 2020, 09:18
The US dollar remains steady near the 93 mark, but the treasuries are dumped. The US 10-year yield advanced above 0.71% as capital moves to risky equity markets for better returns. Capital leaves gold as the risk rally intensifies...
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Jiming Huang, 26 August 2020, 09:34
The S&P500 (+0.36%) and Nasdaq (+0...
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Jiming Huang, 26 August 2020, 09:34
The US dollar remains steady near the 93 mark and the US 10-year yield is little changed at about the 0.66% handle. So are the EURUSD and GBPUSD, where the fluctuations are almost fully driven by the US dollar appetite. The EURUSD tested 1.1780 on the downside but rebounded past the 1...
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Jiming Huang, 25 August 2020, 09:30
The S&P500’s (+1.00%) fresh rise to historical high levels on Monday proved once again that investors see what they want to see only...
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Jiming Huang, 25 August 2020, 09:30
The EURUSD kicked off the week on a slightly bearish note. The steady US dollar sent the pair below the 1.18 mark in Asia...
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Jiming Huang, 24 August 2020, 09:18
Asian markets opened the week on a slightly upbeat note following a positive close in the US on Friday. Stocks in Sydney (+0.14%) and Tokyo (+0.05%) were flat, and the Hang Seng (+1...
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Jiming Huang, 24 August 2020, 09:18
The US dollar remains vulnerable as the 10-year treasury yield declines to 0.65%. Inflation in Japan hit a four-month high of 0.3% m-o-m in July, mainly due to a rise in food prices, though the core inflation remained flat at 0% y-o-y...
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Jiming Huang, 21 August 2020, 09:17