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BoJ with a hawkish pause; Ueda tempers market speculation 🎙️

19 September 2025

BOJ kept the policy rate at 0.50% in a 7–2 split; Hajime Takata and Naoki Tamura voted for a hike to 0.75%. A new step toward normalization: BOJ will begin selling its ETF (and J-REIT) holdings, with guidelines of ~¥620bn/year for ETFs, equivalent to about 0.05% of daily trading...

Company of the week - Micron Technology (18.09.2025)

18 September 2025

Micron Technologies is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductor memory and technology solutions for a wide range of applications, from personal computers and data centers to mobile devices and the automotive sector. The company was founded in 1978 and has since consistently developed...

⏬US100 down 1% during Fed press conference

17 September 2025

Right after the decision, we saw a clear weakening of the dollar in response to the Fed move, which was in line with expectations, but there was uncertainty about what projections the Fed would present. It is worth noting that this is the first cut this year. Last year, the Fed cut rates three times,...

8 June 2022

3:45 PM

BREAKING: Oil inventories unexpectedly rose!

A report from the U.S. Department of Energy bolstered oil prices despite a rise in crude inventories. Gasoline inventories fell unexpectedly. Distillate...

3:24 PM

Turkish Lira under pressure. Risk of the introduction of capital controls!

The Turkish Lira continues to lose heavily and is very close to historic highs, looking at the USDTRY pair. The next decision is only in 2 weeks, but already...

3:15 PM

Acquisition of Credit Suisse on the horizon?

Shares of Credit Suisse, a Swiss bank with a history of more than 160 years, rose unexpectedly amid news of a potential takeover by State Street, a U.S....

1:32 PM

U.S. futures point to a mixed opening of today's cash session

U.S. futures point to a mixed opening of today's cash session. Sentiment in Europe has subsided after increasingly hawkish bets on the ECB's...

12:09 PM

When will ECB raise rates❓

The European Central Bank is set to announce a monetary policy decision tomorrow at 12:45 pm BST. Market does not expect rates to increase this week but...

10:20 AM

DE30 tests neckline of head and shoulders pattern

European indices trade slightly lower DE30 tests neckline of head and shoulders pattern Deutsche Telefonic slumps after Berenberg...

8:30 AM

Chart of the day - CHNComp (08.06.2022)

HSCEI (CHNComp) rallied 2.5% today and was one of the best performing indices during the Asian session. Tech-heavy index benefits from an improved sentiment...

7:49 AM

Economic calendar: DOE report in focus

European stock market set for higher opening API report signals unexpected build in US inventories Second-tier data from Europe Upbeat...

6:48 AM

Morning wrap (08.06.2022)

US indices managed to erase early drop and finish yesterday's trading with gains. S&P 500 added 0.95%, Nasdaq moved 0.94% higher and Dow...

7 June 2022

7:04 PM

Daily summary: Cryptocurrencies weaken despite improving sentiment on Wall Street

European equity markets ended today's trading mostly lower, however, the scale of the declines from the first half of the day was cut in part...

6:16 PM

The crypto market is no longer reacting to positive news

Confidence has not returned to investors in the cryptocurrency market. This can be seen by the fact that the positive news that comes out does not necessarily...

5:25 PM

ExxonMobil breaks $100 barrier for first time in 8 years

Oil giant ExxonMobil (XOM.US) is gaining more than 3% today and is back above the psychological barrier of $100 per share. - The company has not...

3:54 PM

Bitcoin struggles to maintain $30,000

Bitcoin price continues to weaken, the king of cryptocurrencies again lacked the strength to hold in the zone above $30,000 and is once again slipping...

3:41 PM

Target and Walmart spoil investors' mood

Shares of retail chains Target and Walmart are losing ground today and are down nearly 2,0% respectively. Black clouds have been gathering over...

2:56 PM

US OPEN: Wall Street tries to erase opening losses

Tuesday's session on Wall Street begins with declines in most stock market benchmarks. Negative sentiment is fueled by persistently rising yields on...

1:08 PM

⏬US500 drops 1% before the US Open

The season of cutting profit expectations on Wall Street is beginning. Just recently, a lot of uncertainty has been shown by Walmart, while smaller retail...

1:01 PM

Commodity Wrap - Oil, Natural Gas, Wheat, Silver (07.06.2022)

Oil Barclays boosted oil price forecast and now see Brent barrel at $113 at the end of Q2 2022 Barclays expects Russian daily oil production...

11:45 AM

Growth Stocks: Microsoft

Microsoft (MSFT.US) updated its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2022 last week. It did so lower, lowering its revenue guidance and EPS due to a stronger...

10:54 AM

DE30 tests short-term upward trendline

European indices trade lower DE30 tests short-term upward trendline Adidas to be removed from Euro Stoxx 50 index Majority...

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