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Bad. Yesterday’s 30-year treasury auction in the US was bad. Then, the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at an IMF event was hawkish. Powell repeated that the FOMC will move ‘carefully’ and that the Fed won’t hesitate to raise the interest rates again, if needed. The bonds sold off, the US yields spiked higher.
Of course, the sudden jump in US yields hit appetite in US stocks yesterday. The S&P500 fell 0.80%, and Nasdaq fell 0.82%. The US bond auction brought along a lot of volatility, questions, and uncertainty.
The US dollar jumped to its 50-DMA as a...

Is the Bitcoin bullrun back? What is going on with Solana and Avalanche? Will we maybe see an Altcoin run before Bitcoin?

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The US 10-year yield plunged below the 4.5% mark yesterday, even after a 40-billion-dollar sale of US 10-year papers saw lower-than-expected demand and resulted in a slightly higher-than-anticipated yield of 4.519%. Today, all eyes are on the $24 billion worth of US 30-year bond auction. The US 30-year bond yield plunged to 4.60% yesterday, after rising to 5.17% last month.
That’s disquieting; the US 10-year yield has now fallen more than 50bp in less than 2 weeks. Yes, a part of it is a correction of the accelerated rise that we observed starting from September. But that rise partly explains...

Portuguese markets were hit yesterday by the resignation of the country’s PM following an investigation into possible crimes of corruption involving lithium and hydrogen projects. The Portuguese PSI 20 fell more than 2.50% on political jitters and uncertainty. But the scandal didn’t resonate much in the rest of the European indices – which were little changed yesterday. The EURUSD slipped below the 1.07 mark, the US dollar extended its gains for a second day but the US yields continued to fall despite cautiously hawkish comments from Fed members.
The S&P500 is above its 50-DMA for the 3rd day and the...

The US bond yields rebounded, and the equity rally slowed on Monday. The chatter of weak demand and profit warnings are not great for equities, but the worst news would be sticky inflation despite slowing growth and a persistently long period of high interest rates. For now, the Federal Reserve (Fed) is perceived as being ‘done’ with interest rate hikes.
But despite a series of no rate hike news that we received over the past few weeks from major central banks including the Fed, the European Centra Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), the Reserve Bank of Australia...

The excellent combo of lower-than-expected US NFP, weaker-than-expected wages growth and the unemployment rate at an almost two-year high sent another wave of optimism to the financial markets on Friday that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is done hiking the interest rates. US yields further fell and US equities roared after three months of struggle.
In the FX, the US dollar slid the most since July and sank below its 50-DMA, triggering a beautiful rally in major pairs. The EURUSD flirted with 1.0750, Cable rallied to 1.2390, the USDJPY fell below the 150 mark, and the AUDUSD jumped to its 100-DMA...

The S&P500 jumped almost 2% to above its 200-DMA, and Nasdaq 100 gained 1.74% and tested its 50-DMA to the upside as the rally in the US sovereign bonds extended to another day. Apple will likely slow the rally in major US indices. Apple shares dived up to 4% in the afterhours trading after announcing that the sluggish Chinese demand for iPhones dented revenue.
Investors will also watch closely the US jobs data. Any strength in job additions or wages growth data could bring bond trades back to earth and remind them that if the US jobs market - and...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained its interest rates unchanged at this week’s meeting, but improved its growth outlook and left the door open for more tightening. The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to maintain the status quo, as well.
The latest Fed decision was unsurprisingly hawkish and did not impact appetite in US bonds which got a boost from the Treasury’s announcement of a slightly lower-than-expected quarterly refunding auction size for the 3, 10 and 30-year maturity bonds next week. Cherry on top, the US Treasury said that they now expect one more step up in quarterly issuances for...

Bitcoin and Ethereum making moves while Polygon gets a new Token to replace MATIC

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The US dollar was bid on Tuesday thanks to a rapid selloff in the Japanese yen, after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced mini policy loosening steps that didn’t find buyers.
Besides the yen-led boost, the US dollar gained on strong quarterly employment figures. The ADP and JOLTS data are due today, the official jobs data is due Friday.
But before that, the Fed will decide. It will not hike the rates but it will hardly announce the end of its fight against inflation. Be prepared for a hawkish accompanying statement.
Elsewhere, China is not doing brilliant and this week’s...