Category Archives: Australian Dollar

Global Stocks Rise, Copper Soars In Thin Holiday Volumes

By silveristhenew | Published December 27, 2017

European stocks are steady in post-Christmas trading if struggling for traction after a mixed session in Asia, amid trading thinned by a holiday-shortened week and ongoing worries about the tech sector; however a strong rally in commodities – including copper and oil – buoyed expectations for a strong 2018 and helped offset concerns over the […]

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S&P Futures Flat, Spain Rebounds, Nikkei Closes At 21 Year High

By silveristhenew | Published October 11, 2017

S&P500 futures point to a slightly lower open, as Asian stocks rise to trade near decade highs, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 closing at highest since 1996. European stocks are little changed, with Spanish shares gaining after Catalan President rows back from an immediate declaration of independence. MSCI's all-world stocks index briefly hit a fresh record […]

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AUDUSD Slides Back Under 0.80 After RBA Warns Over Strong Exchange Rate

By silveristhenew | Published August 1, 2017

The AUDUSD has faded overnight gains and was trading near session lows after the RBA kepts its interest rate at 1.5% as expected and previewed last night, however in an echo of last week’s comments from Lowe, the central bank flagged that a stronger AUD was expected to contribute to subdued price pressures and was […]

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S&P Futures Bounce As VIX Hammered, Europe “Euphoric”

By silveristhenew | Published July 25, 2017

After sliding to 3 month lows on “car cartel” concerns yesterday, European stocks have rebounded after three days of declines, while oil extended gains after Saudi export cuts, with Brent rising above $49 and WTI just shy of $47. Asian stocks fell while S&P futures rose 0.2% to 2,473, putting yesterday’s GOOGL drop on plunging […]

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Global Stocks Slide On Trump Probe Report, Fed Indigestion

By silveristhenew | Published June 15, 2017

Is it going to be another May 17, when US stocks tumbled as concerns of a Trump impeachment over obstruction of justice and impeachment surged ahead of Comey’s tetimony? Overnight, S&P500 futures accelerated their decline following yesterday’s WaPo report that Special Counsel Mueller has launched a probe into potential obstruction of justice by Trump… … […]

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Gold and Silver Bullion Now Treated As Money In Arizona

By silveristhenew | Published May 24, 2017

Gold and Silver Bullion Now Treated As Money In Arizona by Ron Paul Liberty Report staff Undermining the Federal Reserve received a major boost yesterday. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law a bill that eliminates capital gains taxes on gold and silver, thus allowing Arizona residents to use precious metals as currency instead of […]

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Europe, US Futures Slip Despite Brent Bouncing Back To $51

By silveristhenew | Published May 11, 2017

Asian stocks rose lifted by commodity names; European equities trade mostly lower but with little in the way of conviction or firm direction while the Italian banking index is at the highest level in a year following domestic earnings; S&P index futures are modestly in the red after the cash market closed at a record […]

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Oil Fireworks Unsettle Global Markets Ahead Of Payrolls Report

By silveristhenew | Published May 5, 2017

With all eyes on crude, following last night’s mini flash crash which sent WTI lower by 3% from just above $45 to under $43 in under 10 minutes, equity markets, generally quiet overnight, have taken on a secondary importance ahead of today’s key risk event, the April payrolls report (full preview here). In global equities, […]

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Rate Hike Hammers Dollar; Stocks, Bonds, & Bullion Soar

By silveristhenew | Published March 15, 2017

Before we start, we want to point out that if the Atlanta Fed GDPNOW forecast of 0.9% for Q1 is correct, this will be the weakest economic backdrop for the economy for a rate hike since 1980!! (according to Bloomberg data). All we can say is… The reaction post-Fed was dramatic to say […]

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Global Stocks Rise, S&P Futs Flat As Dollar Rebounds Ahead Of Critical Week For Markets

By silveristhenew | Published March 13, 2017

European bourses advance and Asian share rose led by a surge in Hong Kong stocks which rose the most in three months as Japan hit 15 month highs. U.S. futures are little changed along while the dollar rebounded from session lows after Friday’s selloff. Crude oil has continued its retreat, down 0.2% and sliding for […]

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