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The combination of dovish Fed minutes and the big downside revision to the annual payrolls number (-818K jobs!!) sent the US yields lower and the dollar lower yesterday. Gold consolidated near the $2500 per ounce as the risk on environment directed capital toward the stocks rather than the safe haven gold, while crude oil extended losses to the lowest levels since August despite a 4.6-mio barrel decline in US oil inventories last week.
What’s interesting is, about three weeks ago, when the US had released weak jobs data, the US dollar had fallen on the rising recession odds for the...

There was no major news on the wire to trigger the minor selloff in global equities, so it was nothing else than a correction after a long rally following an ugly meltdown.
The US dollar index took another dive, however, and hit the lowest levels since the beginning of January. The EURUSD spiked past the 1.11 level, Cable jumped past the 1.30 psychological mark. Even a dovish statement from the Riksbank and soft inflation numbers from Canada couldn’t prevent the US dollar from extending gains against the Swedish krona and the Canadian dollar. As such the Us dollar is oversold....

The week kicked off on a positive note on expectation that when Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Jackson Hole meeting on Friday, he will deliver a strong hint that the rate cuts will begin soon in the US. Both the Big Tech and small companies in the US gained with the thought of an approaching rate cut in the US. Even the energy stocks had a good session despite a heavy selloff in crude oil, which was triggered by the news that Israel accepted a ceasefire proposal in Gaza if Gaza says yes.
In individual stock...

The market mood got a further boost yesterday after the latest data release from he US hinted that the economy is not doing that bad, after all. The US yields and the dollar rebounded, stocks and crude oil gained.
Investors are now going back to the soft-landing dreaming and that will – along with the rising JPY carry trades – should help the markets close the week on a positive note in Europe and the US.
Things look less rosy for China though. Although Alibaba and JD.com are in a better shape today, the Q2 results were less than ideal...

It's been two weeks since I left, and in that time, the markets plunged into chaos. Now that I'm back, things have finally returned to calm waters.
In this episode, we talk about the unwind of the yen carry trades, the weakness of the US jobs data and the market’s overreaction to both.
We also talk about how inflation numbers are supportive of further rate cuts from the Fed and other major central banks and how these expectations should impact pricing across the FX markets.
Listen to find out more!

After the crash last week, Ethereum and the cryptos are slowly coming back. We're looking at the ETF Flows and other news from the blockchain world!

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That was one of the toughest weekends in crypto, but is the worst over or still to come?

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00:27 Crypto-Crisis
03:11 Bitcoin & Ethereum
06:12 Solana
06:45 Expectations
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Trump appeared as a main speaker at the Bitcoin conference, but was he able to convince people?

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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its rate to 0.25% as cautiously expected and announced that it will reduce the monthly bond purchases in a predictable manner. The JGB yields and the yen rose.
Across the Pacific, the Federal Reserve (Fed) also started its two-day policy meeting and will announce its decision later today. The Fed is not expected to make a change to its rates today, but is widely and wildly expected to hint at a September rate cut.
But that expectation is not helping the major US indices to stay afloat. Beirut explosion, a swift flight to safety...