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Federal Reserve (Fed) President Jerome Powell said that the Fed has made ‘quite a bit of progress’ on inflation and investors didn’t need more to jump back on the back of a bull. The S&P500 closed at a record high again, while Nasdaq 100 hit the 20’000 mark for the first time in history.
Tesla shares jumped 10% yesterday after the company reported a smaller decline in quarterly sales than expected.
On the data front, US job openings rose along with economic optimism but job openings in the private sector for example rose only 42K after falling nearly 500K in...

The week started on a positive note but the positive vibes will likely leave their place to the chatter of scenarios regarding how the French will prevent Marine Le Pen from gaining a majority in the parliament in the second round of the legislative election this weekend. The euro and European equities are lower on Tuesday morning after early week rally. Eyes on Eurozone inflation data.
In the US, soft data didn’t prevent US bonds from falling as Trump win expectations lead to a steepening of the curve.
In the UK, Cable remains under pressure ahead of Thursday’s general election...

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Bitcoin and the altcoin market just crashed (and is slowly rebounding) - so is the worst over? Or is it just the summer dump that's going on?

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04:58 Ethereum
07:50 Solana
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The first round of the French legislative election went totally according to the plan for Marine Le Pen’s Nationally Rally which secured one vote over three and became the first far-right party to top the legislative elections in France. The New Popular Front – the alliance of left and greens - won 28% of the votes and Emmanuel Macron’s party posted a miserable 20%. The second round is due next weekend.
The kneejerk reaction was a jump in the euro and European equities in the early week trading on hope that Nationally Rally will struggle to get a parliamentary majority,...

Sentiment yesterday was mixed on a series of mixed economic and corporate news. US growth confirmed further slowdown and fueled Federal Reserve (Fed) doves, while Trump’s dominance at yesterday’s debate against Biden fueled appetite for the US dollar regardless.
US crude finally cleared the critical $82pb resistance, and returned to the positive trend that was building at the start of the year.
There is one more thing to watch before this week ends: the core PCE data – the Fed’s favourite gauge of inflation that’s expected to show further weakness in both headline and core numbers. If that’s the case,...

The selloff in Japanese yen extended yesterday sending the currency to the lowest levels since 1986 against the US dollar and to the lowest levels against the euro. A direct FX intervention is expected at any time.
Elsewhere, the euro remains under the pressure of French political shenanigans and Cable clears important technical supports as the Australian dollar is among rare major currencies that challenge the dollar’s strength, after the Australian inflation hit 4% in May.
One thing that could derail the US dollar’s positive trajectory this week is economic data. Due today, the US will reveal its latest GDP...

Nvidia shares jumped almost 7% in a single session, Rivian jumped more than 8.5% yesterday and soared 50% in the afterhours trading after Volkswagen announced that it will invest $5 billion to form a joint venture to develop the ’next generation battery-powered vehicles with leading-edge software’ and FedEx gained 15% after the company announced better-than-expected revenue and earnings.
All in all, yesterday was a good session, except for the Chinese stocks that were already under pressure and saw the downside pressure increase on news that OpenAI will be further curbing China’s access to its software. European stocks that remained under...

The selloff in Nvidia deepened yesterday and sent the shares into the correction territory following a more than 10% selloff.
One question that everyone asks is, whether last week’s good news marked the finale of the Nvidia’s surge to the top, and if the past three-day selloff is the beginning of a sharper downside correction. The other question in minds is if the price pullback a good opportunity to strengthen long position at a better price before Nvidia announces its Q2 earnings, where it’s expected to reveal a monstruous $28bn sales, which is more than the double of money is...

The week kicks off on a weak note following a moody trading session across Europe and the US on Friday. One of the most significant moves of last two trading days of the US was a 10% selloff in Nvidia sales for … no reason other than the fact that it was the end of the month, the end of the quarter and the end of H1. And the problem with that is, because the US Big Tech stocks led by Nvidia were responsible for most of this year’s rally in major US indices, any weakness could derail the rally....

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its rate by another 25bp yesterday, the franc fell and the SMI rallied. The Bank of England (BoE) kept rates unchanged but the dovish accompanying statement send sterling lower and the FTSE 100 higher. On the continental Europe, a healthy sale of French government bonds help lifting French-darkened mood.
In the US however, the softer-than-expected economic data didn’t see improved appetite from the Fed doves. The fact that the Nasdaq 100 is near an important psychological level has to do with the latest reluctance to continue buying the tech-heavy US indices at overstretched valuations....