Last week: Markets were rattled again last week following the emergence of Omicron in the USA and increased global spread of the variant and this was then compounded by Friday’s weaker than expected NFP jobs report. This resulted in a volatile week for stocks and so it is of no surprise to see the VIX […]
The US$ is little changed which has kept most Forex moves small and trading with little momentum but US stocks carved out a recovery last session. Some better Omicron news and upbeat weekly US payroll data helping to lift market sentiment during the US session. There is the monthly US NFP jobs report to monitor […]
The announcement of the first case of Omicron on US soil sent US stock markets lower last session. The US$ is little changed, rather surprisingly, and so there hasn’t been much change to the chart patterns across the FX pairs I monitor.
European and US stocks sold off last session following comments from the Fed Chair Powell and with ongoing concern about the Omicron variant. It is with some surprise, then, to see the EUR/USD trading higher and above is 1.13 and the Aussie is holding above 0.71! The Aussie pairs will be in focus today with […]
Markets seem to be trying to find their feet after the shock from recent Omicron news. President Biden’s comments that there does not seem to be any need for further restrictions helped to ease concern somewhat and resulted in a bullish close for the S&P500, DJIA and NASDAQ indices but not the Russell-2000. The US$ […]