Trump keeps markets on edge after threatening a strike on Iran. The Yen and Swiss Franc benefited on Friday from…
US Dollar demand continues to slide. In a sign that US Dollar demand is slowing further, the closely watched US…
A Trump Tweet and Super Mario comment sets markets moving. Tuesday’s US trading session was dominated by a Tweet from…
Traders will be mindful of the RBA monthly minutes due today. Traders will be mindful of what may be inside…
US Dollar rallies after stronger than expected Retail Sales. Friday saw the US Dollar rally strongly after May Retail Sales…
US markets rebound as Trump blames Iran for Oil tanker attacks. US markets rebounded on Thursday after three consecutive days…
US Inflation data meets estimates as traders continue to call for a Fed rate cut in July. US monthly inflation…
Trump agrees to suspend trade tariffs on Mexico but ramps up more pressure on China. The market expected it and…
It’s “risk on” everywhere as trader’s price in lower rates at the US Fed. US stock market’s continued to surge…
I was dead wrong. My expectation was that the ECB would release a downbeat and sombre policy statement on Thursday…
Is Australian already in a recession? The latest Aussie quarterly GDP (growth) figures were released on Wednesday and showed a…
Aussie Dollar higher post RBA rate cut. The Australian Dollar was rallying strongly along with the Kiwi Dollar Tuesday as…
Market expects RBA to cut rates today. The financial markets have all but priced in a rate cut when the…
US markets nosedive with consecutive losing days. The US stock market hasn’t fallen this quickly over a series of days…
US first-quarter GDP misses estimates at 0.5%. US financial markets remained stable on Thursday following weaker than expected first quarter…
US Bond Yields suggest the market is getting bearish. US bond yields continued to decline on Wednesday signalling that traders…
US markets get the jitters. US stock markets fell on Tuesday even after a far better than expected Consumer Confidence…
US markets pause for Memorial Day. Global financial markets are constantly looking to Wall Street for their lead and when…
US Federal Reserve Minutes confirm no rate hikes are on the cards any time soon. The minutes from the last…
US Government and Google back off on Huawei and the market likes it. Finally! Something else to talk about other…
Markets start the week on the back foot. With no high impacting economic news to gather trader’s attention focus returned…
Aussie Dollar slips below 0.69c. The official unemployment rate in Australia jumped to 5.2% from 5% when the official jobs…
Pound falls to new lows. Traders took to the Pound on Wednesday selling it off to new lows as Brexit…
US stock markets pull on a short squeeze. The S&P 500 rallied 0.8% on Tuesday putting a short squeeze on…
Safe haven currencies rally and stocks dive after China retaliates with trade tariffs of their own. It was no surprise…
Markets remain subdued as higher US trade tariffs kick in. US and China officials met in Washington DC on Thursday…
Financial markets await trade talk results. US stock markets once again closed in the red and financial markets continue to…
RBNZ cuts rates to 1.5% as expected sending the Kiwi Dollar lower. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand as expected…
US China trade talks get markets nervous once again. US financial markets fell sharply on Tuesday with the biggest one-day…
Trump spooks markets with tariff threats. Donald Trump’s Sunday Tweet sent financial markets into a spin when they opened on…
The Bank of England upgrades its UK economic outlook. Thursday saw the Bank of England keep its benchmark interest rate…
Financial Markets are wound up like a spring. Monday’s US Personal Consumption and Spending numbers weren’t enough to get markets…
US Dollar retreats after strong GDP. Why? The US Dollar retreated on Friday following better than expected first quarter GDP…
US stocks surge after the Easter break. US stock markets surged higher on Monday following more, better than expected, first…
Markets are still digesting Easter. Monday saw financial markets trade sideways as traders continued to enjoy the Easter break and…
China GDP beats market estimates sending the US Dollar back lower. China’s 1st quarter GDP for 2019 beat market expectations,…
New Zealand inflation data misses estimates sending the Kiwi Dollar back lower. A report surfaced not long after European markets…
RBA policy minutes in focus Tuesday. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s April minutes will be released at 11.30am AEST today…
Euro rallies as traders speculate about a major European company take over. The Euro rallied strongly on Friday on the…
US Dollar rises after stronger than expected US data. The US Dollar bounced back on Thursday following better than expected…
China and Aussie Inflation data will be closely watched today. The Aussie Dollar rallied strongly over the past 24 hours…
Traders are gearing up for the ECB statement today. Today sees the release of the latest European Central Bank statement…
US Dollar falls after another set of negative data numbers. The US Dollar was weaker on Monday following another set…
Fears of a US recession are receding after March jobs figures. After a month of very average economic data and…
Euro dips against US Dollar but rallies against others. Weaker than expected German Factory orders and the news Italy may…
Aussie Dollar lower after RBA leaves rates on hold. The RBA as expected kept the official cash rate on hold…
Here’s why it’s going to be a big day for the Aussie Dollar. Two important events will determine the short…
Pound continues to slide under the weight of Brexit. We are now less than two weeks away from the UK…
Pound falls as Brexit and now political uncertainty weighs. The Pound vs the US Dollar is threatening to break to…
Kiwi Dollar sinks after RBNZ says the next rate move is likely down. The New Zealand Dollar tanked immediately the…
Markets behave strangely sometimes. We need to keep in mind that financial markets are driven by the collective thoughts and…
Markets switch their attention back to China / US trade talks. The US President won a reprieve on Sunday from…
US stocks dive as US growth fears escalate. The US stock market fell sharply on Friday following weaker than expected…
S&P 500 rallies to new 2019 highs. Thanks to the stock Apple and the US Federal Reserve’s decision to leave…
US Fed signals rates on hold for 2019. The US Federal Reserve has essentially shut the door on any potential…
The market is waiting for the US Fed. Simply put financial markets are waiting for the Fed. Investment Banks and…
Thank you everyone. I wanted to start today’s report by thanking all the traders who attended Trading Mastery over the…
UK Parliament votes to try and extend Brexit date. Brexit drama continues in the UK with Thursday seeing the UK…
UK Parliament votes to reject a no deal Brexit approach. The UK Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject any proposal…
UK Parliament resoundingly rejects new Brexit proposal. The Pound was up and down like a yo-yo on Tuesday as traders…
US Retail Sales fail to lift the US Dollar. It wasn’t exactly a tear away positive reading but it did…
Euro and Swiss Franc fall as more strong US economic data is released. Italian GDP and Swiss Inflation data missed…
Could this be the turning point for stocks after a two-month rally. The US S&P 500 stock market turned red…
Canadian GDP sends the Caddie to new lows. Friday’s weaker then expected fourth quarter GDP numbers has put the Canadian…
Trump and Kim talks were fruitless. Trump asked for North Korea to denuclearise and Kim asked the US to drop…
Pakistan and India launch airstrikes against one another. Pakistan and India are two nuclear states and this week launched airstrikes…
US Dollar falls after US Fed Chairman comments. The US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was speaking before a US…
Traders continue to price in their expectations of a positive conclusion to US China trade talks. The safe haven currencies…
Aussie and Kiwi Dollars recover as US / China trade talks look positive. The Aussie and Kiwi Dollars bounced back…
Aussie Dollar Tanks. The Aussie Dollar took another leg lower on Thursday following an announcement out of China and from…
US Fed Minutes confirm a rate hike still may be on the cards. The US Fed committee, behind closed doors…
Trump remarks on China trade deal sends US Dollar lower. Trade talks between China and US officials continued in Washington…
US markets relax for Presidents’ Day. US markets were closed on Monday for Presidents’ Day so you should discount the…
US Dollar weakened on Friday following San Fran Fed President remarks. The US Dollar fell on Friday following remarks from…
Markets are anxious as Trump and Xi will meet this weekend. The US and Chinese Presidents will meet this weekend…
More weak economic data sends the Euro even lower. Weaker than expected Euro Zone Industrial Production numbers have seen the…
It was a “risk-on” trading session on Wall street. Two pieces of fundamental news drove US stock markets higher and…
Pound falls after weaker than expected GDP figures. The British Pound fell sharply against the US Dollar on Monday after…
Aussie & Kiwi Dollars remains under pressure. As I expected, the continued sell-off on the AUD and NZD against the…
Kiwi Dollar sinks on high unemployment figures. The New Zealand Dollar fell out of bed yesterday morning following a far…
RBA Governor’s comments seals the AUD fate. The RBA does not hold press conferences following monthly statements but the RBA…
Trump’s State of the Union speech will keep the US Dollar busy. At 1pm AEDT today, President Trump will deliver…
US Dollar rallies after stronger than expected jobs data. Friday saw the release of the eagerly anticipated US January jobs…
Risk on sentiment sees risk currencies rally. The US Fed’s comments on Thursday morning saying they would remain patient about…
Aussie Inflation data will be important today. Official quarterly inflation data will be important for the Aussie Dollar when released…
Euro rallies as US Dollar remains under pressure. The Euro continued its move higher on Monday against the Greenback as…
European Central Bank keeps policy steady but downgrades Euro Area economic outlook. The ECB, as expected, kept its benchmark interest…
Aussie Dollar falls half a cent after NAB hikes interest rates. The Aussie Dollar fell sharply this afternoon immediately following…
Markets get nervous once again on global growth fears. After two weeks of solid gains, it was the turn of…
Trump pleads his case on National Television as the US Dollar falls. The US President took to the airwaves on…
The US Dollar continued its slide on Monday after traders unwound long US Dollar positions expecting the US Fed to…
US December jobs figures smash market estimates. The market expected the US economy to have begun slowing in late 2018…
US Dollar sinks on weak manufacturing figures and falling Treasury Yields. The US Dollar along with the US share market…
