Morning Roll Call

  • U.S. equities rise, precious metals edge lower, oil rises on Saudi cuts, dollar falls as FOMC two day rate meeting starts Wednesday

    Jul 26, 17 • 2246 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on U.S. equities rise, precious metals edge lower, oil rises on Saudi cuts, dollar falls as FOMC two day rate meeting starts Wednesday

    European equity markets closed up on Tuesday, partly as a consequence of Germany’s latest IFO readings for: business assessment, climate and expectations, coming in ahead of forecasts. Import prices came in below expectations at a -1.1% increase month...

  • U.S. equities fall, dollar rises, euro falls as PMIs disappoint, GBP/USD makes biggest gain in three weeks

    Jul 25, 17 • 2283 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on U.S. equities fall, dollar rises, euro falls as PMIs disappoint, GBP/USD makes biggest gain in three weeks

    In a major day for Markit PMI releases, the Eurozone figures came in below expectations on Monday. In a sea of red, France and Germany’s: manufacturing, services and composites and the overall Eurozone composites, all missed their forecasts. The misses...

  • All eyes are on the FOMC this week, will they rise the interest rate to protect the dollar? Or keep to the plan to raise again in the last quarter of 2017?

    Jul 24, 17 • 2092 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on All eyes are on the FOMC this week, will they rise the interest rate to protect the dollar? Or keep to the plan to raise again in the last quarter of 2017?

    The most prominent high impact news events this week concerns the USA’s FOMC revealing its interest rate decision, whilst Canada will reveal its latest GDP figure, as will the USA, France and the U.K. There’s a raft of Japanese data, including...

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    Jul 21, 17 • 2318 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Euro rises to a near 24 month high versus U.S. dollar, as Mario Draghi suggests asset purchasing may end in Autumn As widely expected, on Thursday the ECB announced that the main interest rate was remaining at zero, with the deposit rate remaining at -0.4%....

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    Jul 20, 17 • 2245 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    U.S. dollar rises versus peers, euro falls as ECB expected to keep interest rate at zero, when decision is revealed on Thursday Generally positive domestic data helped USA indices rise on Wednesday, with the NASDAQ index printing a new record high, as tech...

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    Jul 19, 17 • 2291 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Gold has safe haven appeal, U.S. dollar and U.S. equities sell off, euro rises versus major peers, as sterling falters The U.S. dollar plunged to an eleven month low, versus the majority of it’s peers, during Tuesday’s trading sessions. Despite...

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    Jul 18, 17 • 2021 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    U.S. markets close flat, E.U. markets fall, with the exception of the FTSE, euro and Swissie provide price action There is a legendary phrase, regarding not trading in the markets over the summer months, that traders are fond of repeating; “Sell in May...

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    Jul 17, 17 • 2129 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    The ECB interest rate decision, a raft of official UK data, inflation data for various countries forms this week’s highlights Monday begins with Chinese retail sales data, which both on a YoY basis and YTD basis, is expected to remain constant; YoY...

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    Jul 14, 17 • 1980 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    DJIA prints a new record high, oil rises, U.S. Dollar slips versus peers, as does the euro A raft of official Chinese data was published early Thursday morning, all beating the consensus forecasts made by the panels of economic experts who Reuters and...

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    Jul 13, 17 • 1838 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Canadian dollar spikes, as interest rate is raised to 0.75%, DJIA reaches record high after Janet Yellen’s dovish tone The biggest currency move on Thursday concerned the Loonie; the Canadian dollar. In a widely anticipated and heavily forecast move,...