Roberto Jacobs / Blog
Intermarket: Market Sentiment Deteriorates on China's Service PMI China's Caixin Service PMI (May) came lower-than-expected, with growth slowing to a 3-month low, leading to a worsening of the slightly more constructive sentiment seen on Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 giving back the vast majority...
AUD/USD Fades a spike to 0.7240 on Weaker China Services PMI The AUD/USD pair failed to sustain at higher levels and turned negative once again following the release of the Chinese services sector activity report, which missed estimates. AUD/USD revisits daily lows...
Gold: View of Major Top Over the Last Month Remains Gold near term outlook: In the May 26th email once again affirmed the bearish view (important top at the May 2nd high at $1304) and rolling over of the multi-month topping/channel...
WTI Reduces Losses Post-EIA, Focus on Fedspeak Prices for the barrel of West Texas Intermediate have trimmed earlier losses following the EIA report, navigating the $48.70 area after testing the $48.00 region. WTI weaker on OPEC, EIA The barrel of WTI managed to bounce off lows in the $48...
Volatility Reigns, as OPEC & ECB Hold Out • What will happen when Draghi turns hawkish? • OPEC out to preserve market share • Will Verizon strike hit tomorrows NFP number...
USD/CAD Bullish Above 1.3050 – Scotiabank Eric Theoret, FX Strategist at Scotiabank, sees the perspective for the pair as bullish while above 1.3050...
DXY Inter-Markets: Losing Momentum? The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the greenback vs. its main competitors, has managed to regain the positive territory around 95.50 today, reverting the initial drop to multi-day lows in the 95.15/10 band...
Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: Wages Again in the Spotlight Heading into a new US Nonfarm Payroll release, the American dollar has lost the momentum triggered a couple of week ago by the FED, suggesting a rate hike is possible this June...
EUR/JPY Tumbles to Over Three-Year Low Level of 121.00 After flirting with 122.00 support for major part of the day, the EUR/JPY pair finally broke through the handle support and tumbled to 121.00 mark, its lowest level since March 2013...