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Week Ahead: Can RUS2000 reach highest since 2021?

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:30:44 +0000

Week Ahead: Can RUS2000 reach highest since 2021? han.tan@FXTM CY CA Fri, 09/20/2024 - 13:30

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The RUS2000 has outperformed all of FXTM’s US stock indices, both on a week-to-date and month-to-date basis. However, it’s still a long way below its record-high posted back in November 2021. Here’s what could move the RUS2000 next week.

Week Ahead: Will EURUSD hit new 6-month low?

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:46:56 +0000

Week Ahead: Will EURUSD hit new 6-month low? han.tan@FXTM CY CA Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:46

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Find out the key events that could move EURUSD within the 1.0542 – 1.0770 range over the next week.

Week Ahead: 3 potential trading opportunities

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 07:09:57 +0000

Week Ahead: 3 potential trading opportunities han.tan@FXTM CY CA Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:09

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Find out what could move Brent oil, USD Index, and USDJPY over the coming week.

Week Ahead: 3 factors that could jolt EURUSD

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:37:21 +0000

We return to the usual servings of tier-1 macroeconomic data for major economies, where inflation is all the rage, after highly anticipated central bank meetings this week have come and gone.

The final week of Q1 2023 also has the added spice of hearings on Capitol Hill to uncover “what went wrong”, as Fed Read More

Week Ahead: Will gold hit new 2-year low?

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:20:20 +0000

Week Ahead: Will gold hit new 2-year low? han.tan@FXTM CY CA Fri, 11/04/2022 - 09:20

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If markets had learnt anything this week, it’s that the Fed has got more rate hikes in store as the US central bank battles against inflation that’s at a 40-year high.

And we’re about to get the next chapter in that lesson: the incoming US consumer price index (CPI) is set to be the central focus for markets over the coming week.

Week Ahead: Hawkish "Fed speak" may lift USD Index to fresh two-year high

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:13:58 +0000

Hawkish Fed officials, fresh out of the just-concluded FOMC meeting, are set to swoop in en masse on global financial markets in the coming week.

Traders and investors worldwide will be closely monitoring the slew of speeches by officials out of the world’s most influential central bank, amid these other major economic data releases and events in the final days of Q3 2022:

Monday, Read More

Dollar downside halted as China Covid concerns deepen

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:24:27 +0000

The risk-off mood from the new surge in Covid infections in China saw a bid in the greenback. This offset the Fed speakers on the wires who were less hawkish than recent chatter.

It seems the dollar has been reasserting its safe haven status among its peers recently, over and above its rate-sensitive characteristics which had been driving the world’s premier reserve currency.