April

Improved risk sentiment and a bit of profit-taking started the U.S. dollar on weak footing, but a few U.S. data releases soon turned the tide for the Greenback. Which market themes dominated in the previous trading sessions? We have the…

Markets were having a pretty chill time during the Asian market hours before all hell broke loose in the latter trading sessions. What’s up with that?! The dollar even snapped its winning streak and wound up with steep losses against…

New Zealand inflation data is expected to stay sticky high, above target. And thus the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cash rate is too. Central banks don't have a lot of policy tools apart from rates, so that's what they'll use (lookin' at you…

A combination of risk-off flows and upbeat U.S. retail sales data lifted the Greenback against its counterparts in the past trading sessions. Treasury yields were also on the rise while stock indices didn’t seem too cheery about the…

Our strategists focused on the three major central bank events last week and discussed six potential scenarios and price outlooks around them.Out of six discussions, four arguably saw both fundie & technical arguments triggered to…

Hong Kong is poised to approve Asia's first spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this month, and the first approvals are likely to be announced next week, according to people familiar with the matter, as reported by Reuters and Chinese…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Monday: New Zealand Services PMI, Eurozone Industrial Production, US Retail Sales, US NAHB Housing Market Index, PBoC MLF.Tuesday: China Industrial Production and Retail Sales, UK Labour Market report,…

The Japanese February Wage data came in line with expectations:Average Cash Earnings Y/Y 1.8% vs. 1.8% expected and 2.0% prior.Real Wages Y/Y -1.3% vs. -1.4% expected and -0.6% prior.Japan Average Cash Earnings YoYThe Switzerland…

All eyes and ears were on the European Central Bank (ECB) decision, plus another batch of U.S. inflation data. How did the markets react to these catalysts? Here’s what happened in the latest trading sessions. Headlines: ECB kept…

The cryptocurrency market kicked off the week with most of the top cryptocurrencies trading on the green, and XRP is among them, exchanging hands at $0.61 at press time. After analyzing the asset’s monthly chart, Dark…