Geopolitical tensions & central bank hawks weigh on sentiment but not in EU! | MarketTalk | Swissquote

Show notes

The planet is boiling.
Escalating geopolitical tensions combined with the hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) bets boost demand in the US dollar, while gold sees demand below the $1840 mark.
But the US yields are trending higher on an increasingly hawkish Fed talk, and that could well send the precious metal into the bearish consolidation zone, sooner rather than later.
And the Fed hawkishness is spreading toward Europe. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Isabel Schnabel warned last week that investors may be underestimating the persistence of inflation, and more importantly the response needed to tame it.
The EURUSD rebounded from the 1.0612 dip on Friday.
The European stock markets, on the other, continue performing well despite the hawkish ECB expectations. Why?
Listen to find out more!