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The first three sessions of the week haven’t been appetizing as the US political uncertainties, the ongoing geopolitical jitters in the Middle East, and the mounting expectation that Federal Reserve (Fed) would slow down the pace of monetary easing pushed investors to the sidelines.
Gold ran from record to record despite the rising US yields, and the broad-based USD appreciation. The EURUSD sold off to 1.0761 as the rate cut bets in the Eurozone remain strong on the back of inflation that seems under control and weak economic and corporate data. The USDJPY cleared the 150 resistance, pulled out the...

Chainlink comes out with new AI tech that could help institutionals use blockchains even more, Bitcoin is doing its usual Uptober moves with positive ETF inflows and Maker is struggling with a rebrand

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The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its interest rates by 25bp yesterday, in a widely expected and priced in move. Chief Christine Lagarde sounded optimistic about the disinflationary process. The expectation now is that the ECB will cut its rates at every policy meeting until March. Next stop: December.
As such, the Stoxx 600 gained and the euro sold off after the ECB decision. The EURUSD hit 1.0811 but the pair’s weakness was partly due to strong-looking economic data from the US. Corporate data is also on the bulls’ side. The stronger-than-expected TSM and Netflix earnings defy the waning need...

It’s yet another day of stimulus announcements in China, and another round of letdowns for investors. Chinese authorities today announced to almost double the amount it deployed to support what’s called ‘white list’ projects but investor appetite barely improved. Copper, iron ore futures are down and US crude is under pressure.
Elsewhere, the US dollar extends gains across most majors. Softer-than-expected British and Canadian figures weigh on sterling and Loonie, while the EURUSD sank below the 200-DMA ahead of today’s European Central Bank (ECB) decision and Lagarde’s post-decision presser.
In equities, Morgan Stanley announced better-than-expected results as its peers and...

While Bitcoin and Ethereum are competing in terms of price gains, Uniswap is launching their own L2 chain Unichain!

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Europe’s biggest company revealed its results a day earlier – by accident – and the results were not good at all. ASML booked about half of the orders pencilled in by analysts last quarter as demand outside AI continued to struggle.
Then, the US announced yesterday that it will restrict the advanced chip exports from Nvidia to AMD to countries that do have connections to Gulf countries, for national security reasons. The shares dipped.
Elsewhere, crude oil sold off heavily for the second session on relief that Israel is planning to hit Iran’s military rather than its energy structure. The...

The S&P500 hit its 46th record high of the year on Monday, Nvidia erased all the summer weakness and flirted with ATH levels as well after the company CEO Jensen Huang said that the next generation Blackwell chip – which suffered some delay – is now ‘in full production’ and that the demand for it ‘is insane’. Around 6% of the S&P500 companies revealed their earnings and nearly 80% reported a positive EPS surprise according to FactSet. And positive vibes could continue as we dive deeper into the earnings season. If nothing, analysts cut their earnings expectations for the Q3...

China said there will be a significant bond issuance to help reverse the deepening property crisis and local governments, but didn’t put numbers on their plans. Israel didn’t attack Iran but some reports hinted that the Israeli army could be narrowing their targets on military and energy infrastructure. As such, crude oil kicked off the week downbeat. The barrel of US crude is trading below the $75pb mark in the early ours of Monday trading, Chinese stocks are mixed, the Aussie is under pressure.
In the US, Friday’s US producer price data was mixed, and the bank earnings were better-than-expected....

Oops. Inflation in the US came in hotter-than-expected in September and weighed on the mood at the Federal Reserve (Fed) doves’ camp. The US yields and the dollar strengthened, major US indices whipsawed, but the reaction was mixed and the markets traded up and down in disbelief that the Fed may have been wrong in cutting rates by 50bp last month. Due today, the PPI data could confirm that the last mile to bring inflation down to 2% won’t be a walk in the park.
Either way, the bank earnings will steal a part of the investor attention to the...

The S&P500 hit its 44th record this year on Wednesday and the US dollar index pushed into the medium-term bullish consolidation zone. The Chinese CSI 300 rebounded on details about liquidity tools designed to facilitate institutional share purchases and on hope that the Saturday briefing from the government would give investors what they want: SOLID FISCAL STIMULUS.
Market sentiment isn’t bad; copper, iron ore and US crude are better bid today.
Today will bring the latest CPI update to investors’ attention. The Federal Reserve (Fed) members may have shifted their focus from inflation to jobs. But stickiness in US core...