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The price of crude oil futures are settling at $61.50. That is up $1.43 or 2.3%. The high price today reached $61 in a seven cents. The low price was at $59.46. For the week, the price is down $0.78 or -1.26%. At session lows however the price was down $-7.13 to a low of […]

Monday Before Open: Goldman Sachs M&T Bank After Close: FirstBank Pinnacle Financial Partners Tuesday Before Open: Bank of America Citi Johnson & Johnson PNC Albertsons Ericsson After Close: United Airlines Interactive Brokers J.B. Hunt Wednesday Before Open: ASML US Bancorp Abbott Progressive insurance Travelers Prologis After Close: Alcoa CSX Kinder Morgan Thursday Before Open: TSMC […]

The U.S. dollar ended the day sharply lower, led by a -1.50% drop versus the New Zealand dollar, followed by a -1.35% decline against the euro, and a -1.03% fall versus the Australian dollar. The dollar’s weakest performance was against the yen, falling a relatively modest -0.60%. The move lower was supported by a string […]

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

Goal technicals The price of gold continued it run to the upside, for the third week or oh extended above a topside channel trendline. That trendline cuts across at $3082 and moving higher. The price of gold is up close to 100% from it’s September 2022 low. For the trading year (2025), the price is […]

An interview with Collins is out in the FT. I take her comments to signal that the Fed would be there if things got disorderly (as always) but some in the market are taking it as a stronger signal that the Fed is standing by. I think a different report released at about the same […]

EURUSD technicals The EURUSD surged higher today, breaking above both the 2023 swing high and the 61.8% retracement of the decline from the 2020 high — a key level near 1.1271. That breakout sparked strong upside momentum, sending the pair to a session high of 1.1473, just shy of the swing resistance zone between 1.1482 […]

Closing changes on the day: Stoxx 600 -0.1% German DAX -1.2% France CAC -0.3% UK FTSE 100 +0.6% Spain IBEX -0.1% Italy’s FTSE MIB -1.0% On the week: Stoxx 600 -% German DAX -1.5% France CAC -2.5% UK FTSE 100 -1.0% Spain IBEX -1.0% Italy’s FTSE MIB -2.0% The volatility is breathtaking at the moment […]

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]

What do you do with Treasuries the next time there is a crisis? One of the great privileges that the US enjoys in being at the center of the financial system is that when there is a crisis, markets rush into long-dated Treasuries, driving borrowing costs lower. This is a natural hedge to bad news […]