The final week of January 2026 delivered some of the most dramatic forex market action in recent memory, as currency traders navigated a perfect storm of policy uncertainty, precious metals carnage, and whiplash-inducing dollar volatility. What started as speculation about coordinated yen intervention evolved into a full-blown currency policy debate after President Trump’s eyebrow-raising comments…
Elior Manier Market Analyst Elior brings over seven years of experience in financial markets to our analyst team. Since 2018, he has actively engaged in observing, charting, and trading, driven by his passion for mastering market dynamics. With a profound understanding of the geopolitical and macroeconomic forces that shape market movements, Elior focuses on analysing…
Canadian Highlights Despite a busy week of Canadian economic updates, not much has changed for the economic outlook. Declines in non-precious metal exports to the U.S. are only being partly offset by gains elsewhere. This aligns with recent GDP and trade data pointing to effectively flat fourth quarter output. An increase in the GST/HST tax…
Markets: Gold down $530 to $4860 Silver down $33 to $82.70 WTI crude oil up 47-cents to $65.90 S&P 500 down 0.4% Nasdaq down 0.9% US 10-year yields up 1.8 bps to 4.24% USD leads, AUD lags It was a day for the ages in the precious metals market as gold fell 10% and silver…
Elior Manier Market Analyst Elior brings over seven years of experience in financial markets to our analyst team. Since 2018, he has actively engaged in observing, charting, and trading, driven by his passion for mastering market dynamics. With a profound understanding of the geopolitical and macroeconomic forces that shape market movements, Elior focuses on analysing…
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The Canadian dollar is down against the US dollar but it’s actually outperforming every currency aside from the dollar. That’s a better read on how the loonie has reacted to the latest Trump tariff threats than USD/CAD alone, which is up 105 pips to 1.3594. Even with that pair, if you zoom out over a…
Elior Manier Market Analyst Elior brings over seven years of experience in financial markets to our analyst team. Since 2018, he has actively engaged in observing, charting, and trading, driven by his passion for mastering market dynamics. With a profound understanding of the geopolitical and macroeconomic forces that shape market movements, Elior focuses on analysing…
The composition of inflation deserves particular attention. Services inflation accelerated to 4.1% y/y, from 3.6%, typically signalling strong domestic demand and persistent wage pressures. Goods inflation, meanwhile, stood at 3.4% y/y, with electricity prices surging by 21.5%, further complicating efforts to rein in inflation. Labour market strength strengthens the case for tighter policy Elevated inflation…
Thankfully, there’s no triple-levered silver ETF, or at least one with any trading volume. With silver down 33% today, that would be an extinction-level event. We saw something similar in the VIX ETF implosion a few years ago as it was liquidated. This time, there’s only a twice-levered ETF to worry about. That’s the AGQ…