Blue Owl permanently restricted withdrawals from its $1.6bn private-debt fund, selling $1.4bn of loans at 99.7% of par and planning a 30% NAV distribution in Q1. El-Erian questioned whether it’s an early warning sign for private credit, though not a 2008-scale threat. Summary: $1.6bn Blue Owl Capital Corp. II fund permanently restricts investor withdrawals. Blue…
EUR/USD is struggling to extend its downswing as it tests a key support zone! Is the pair about to bounce and revisit higher inflection points? Here is what we are seeing on the 4-hour chart. EUR/USD 4-hour Forex Chart by TradingView U.S.-Iran war jitters, mixed mid-tier Euro Area data, and lingering uncertainty around ECB President…
US – Iran on negotiation, and also on war preparation Data: 🟦 Global Rates | Yields firm as Fed repricing continues United States (UST): 2Y ~3.48% | 5Y ~3.72% | 10Y ~4.10–4.13% | 30Y ~4.74–4.78% — long-end drifted higher after stronger U.S. data and hawkish interpretation of Fed minutes. United Kingdom: 10Y Gilt ~4.48–4.55%, supported…
After dipping earlier this week, AUD/USD looks like it may be gearing up to extend its weeks-long uptrend. Can the pair attract enough buying pressure to push toward fresh monthly highs in the next trading sessions? Let’s take a closer look at the 4-hour time frame: AUD/USD 4-hour Forex Chart Faster with TradingView A hawkish…
Gold price (XAU/USD) holds positive ground near $5,000 during the early Asian session on Friday. The precious metal edges higher as escalating tensions between the United States (US) and Iran boost safe-haven demand. Traders brace for the preliminary reading of US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter (Q4), the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)…
EUR/CHF is attempting to stabilize after a multi-week slide, and momentum readings are starting to shift. While the price move is still modest, the latest MACD development suggests the downside pressure may be easing. Traders will often watch closely at this stage because follow-through (or lack of it) can be revealing. Welcome to “TA Alert…
Today marked another bizarre session in Markets, with Oil exploding to new highs without a broader risk-off move. It seems that positioning for this weekend’s action is amassing around the Energy commodity, which is weighing on the Stock Markets, with most global Indices red on the session. European Equities have led to the downside after…
2025 was the year of the Swiss Franc, and there were quite a few reasons. De-dollarization, flows moving towards Europe, the Yen losing some of its Safe-Haven characteristics amid fiscal trouble in Japan, and general diversification towards quality as the World faces troubled times ahead. Reaching 14-year lows less than a month ago, USD/CHF had…
Kraken-owned xStocks has surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume, highlighting the rapid growth of tokenized equities across centralized and decentralized venues. According to the crypto exchange, the figure covers trading on exchanges, activity on DeFi platforms, and mint and redemption flows, all reached in less than eight months. xStocks Hits $25 Billion as Tokenized…
What heat does to your body After the first experiment, Jay explains to me what I just went through. “So whenever people think about hot weather, they always talk about the temperature,” he says. “There’s two issues with that. First of all, most people don’t realise that the temperature is measured in the shade. “So…