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US Stock Futures Stay Calm as Markets Wait for Fed Rate Decision

US stock futures flat ahead of Fed rate call and Powell talk

US stock futures barely budged on Wednesday morning. Everyone’s just waiting for the Fed’s next move on interest rates. Pretty much everyone expects another quarter-point cut—the third one this year—but inside the Fed, there’s still a real split. Some officials think the economy needs more help, while others worry that too many cuts will only […]

EUR/USD stays calm near 1.1625 as traders await Fed outcome

EUR/USD steady near 1.1625 while traders wait for Fed move

EUR/USD remains muted around 1.1625 as buyers exercise caution while trading ahead of the US Federal Reserve interest rate announcement.  The pair maintained its  low intensity tone through the early European session and struggled to capitalize on the overnight recovery move from over one-month lows. Investors are sitting on their hands before a US Federal Reserve interest […]

NZD/USD Picks Up Speed as China’s Trade Surplus Surges

NZD/USD Rises as China’s Trade Surplus Reaches 5-Month High

NZD/USD climbed higher in Monday’s Asian trading, pushing toward 0.5785 after China posted surprisingly strong trade numbers. China’s trade surplus hit $111.68 billion in November—its biggest in five months and a big jump from October’s $90.07 billion. That matters for the Kiwi because New Zealand relies on China as a major trading partner. When China’s […]

WTI Crude Hovers Near $59 After Ukraine Hits Russian Pipeline, Stirring Supply Jitters

WTI Crude Near $59: Ukraine Pipeline Attack Sparks Jitters

WTI crude prices nudged higher in Thursday’s Asian trading, up about 0.25% and flirting with the $59 mark. The bump came right after Ukraine struck the Druzhba pipeline in Russia’s Tambov region—a major supply line pushing oil into Hungary and Slovakia. With Russian heavyweights Rosneft and Lukoil already hamstrung by sanctions, the attack just cranked […]

AUD/USD Pushes Higher, Holds Steady Near Three-Week Peak

AUD/USD Pushes Toward 0.6600 Mark, Near Three-Week High

AUD/USD started Tuesday’s Asian session on the front foot, snapping back from Monday’s mild dip and hanging comfortably around the mid-0.6500s. The pair is up just over 0.10% today, building on a recovery that started after last month’s lows. Right now, a stronger Aussie and a weaker US Dollar are both fueling this move. RBA’s […]

Australian Dollar Surges as Inflation Surprises

Australian Dollar Surges on Hot Inflation Data

The Aussie dollar just won’t quit. Friday marked its sixth day in a row climbing against the US dollar, and the reason’s pretty clear—October’s inflation numbers came in hotter than anyone expected. Prices keep rising, now four months straight, and they’ve blown past the Reserve Bank’s 2–3% comfort zone. Traders see this and figure the […]

USD/CAD Is Above 1.4000 While Markets Await Crucial Information

USD/CAD Holds Above 1.4000 as Traders Eye Fed Rate Cuts

USD/CAD is firm and holding onto mild gains this Friday in the Asia Market. It is holding near 1.4030. The US Dollar’s getting a little lift, but not much—everyone’s still betting on a Federal Reserve rate cut in December. All eyes are also on Canada’s Q3 GDP numbers, set to drop later today. That release […]

Bitcoin Reclaims $90,000 as Rate-Cut Bets Lift Risk Appetite

Bitcoin Reclaims $90K at Asia Open Amid Growing Fed Rate-Cut

Asia’s crypto market kicked off Thursday on a high note. Bitcoin jumped back over $90,000, and stocks across the region opened stronger. A weaker US dollar and growing bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut in December fueled the appetite for risk in both crypto and equities. Still, trading stayed pretty quiet with US markets […]

GBP/USD Rises Once More as Dollar Expectations of a Rate Cut

GBP/USD Pair Above 1.3250 Level on Fed Rate Cut Bets

GBP/USD climbed higher this week, hitting above 1.3250 on Thursday—marking six days straight of upward moves. What’s driving it? Well, the dollar’s getting weaker because more traders now expect a rate cut from the Fed come December. Despite the recent mixed bag of US economic data, most people continue to hold a more dovish view, […]

Crypto Market Bounces Back After Steep Drop, Gains 5%

Crypto Market Bounces Back 5% After Steep Drop

The crypto market clawed back some ground, ticking up about 5% after a sharp slide and inching closer to the $2.94 trillion mark. Even with this recovery, the total market cap still sits over 9% below last week’s level. Investors are nervous, no doubt about it, but the panic selling seems to be cooling off, […]

US Stock Futures Jump as Markets Aim to Recover November Losses

US Stock Futures Rise on Hopes of November Market Recovery

US stock futures climbed Sunday night, giving investors a little hope after November’s rollercoaster. People are heading into the Thanksgiving-shortened week looking for some calm, especially after heavy selling earlier this month took the wind out of the big AI rally. Dow futures immediately saw a 200-point increase. Nasdaq futures and the S&P 500 both […]

Bitcoin Plunges to $88,522 as Crypto Market Loses Over $1 Trillion

Bitcoin At $88,522 as Crypto Market Loses Over $1 Trillion

Bitcoin’s in rough shape. On Thursday, it crashed to $88,522—its lowest point in months—and pulled the entire crypto market down with it. In just a few weeks, more than $1 trillion vanished from the market. The total value dropped from more than $4.3 trillion to about $3.2 trillion, deepening a nasty six-week selloff. Bitcoin alone […]

EUR/JPY Slides Down to 180.00 as Intervention Possibility from the Japanese Government

EUR/JPY Slips to 180.00 as Intervention Fears Lift the Yen

EUR/JPY keeps slipping, almost brushing up against 180.00 on Wednesday morning in Europe. The Yen’s picking up steam, and honestly, it all comes down to nerves—traders don’t want to get caught flat-footed if Japan’s officials suddenly step in to boost the currency. Finance Minister Katayama only added fuel to the fire. He said he’s “alarmed” […]

Dow Closes at Record High as Nasdaq Slips

Dow Hits Record High While Nasdaq Slips Amid Tech Sell-Off

Wall Street moved in two directions on 12th Nov as the Dow soared, climbing 559 points (up 1.18%) and closing at an all-time high of 47,927.96. Investors rushed into blue-chip names—Merck, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson—giving the index a strong push. The S&P 500 rose too, though not as dramatically, ending up 0.21% at 6,846.61. Tech […]

EUR/USD Reaches 1.1550 Mark as US Shutdown May End Soon

News | Will EUR/USD Rebound as US Dollar Price Gains Again?

As the US government shutdown finally appeared to be coming to an end, the EUR/USD  currency pair reached 1.1550. During Monday’s Asian session, traders pushed the pair lower, with more folks betting that Washington’s political drama is almost over. Bloomberg reports that centrist Senate Democrats threw their weight behind a deal to reopen the government […]

Wall Street Continues Falling as Bank CEOs Warn of Market Pullback

Stocks Fall Amid Warnings from Top Bank CEO

Wall Street took a hit on Tuesday after some of the biggest names in banking sounded the alarm about overheated stock prices. The warnings set off a wave of selling across the major indexes. The Dow slid 0.53%. The S&P 500 dropped 1.17%. The Nasdaq tumbled 2.04%. That’s the worst single-day drop for all three […]