The Canadian Dollar (CAD) trades little changed against the British Pound (GBP) on Friday, with GBP/CAD struggling to find direction as traders show a muted reaction to Canada’s latest employment report. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 1.8636, hovering near one-month highs. Data released by Statistics Canada showed that Net Change in…
While the decline in unemployment may suggest stability in the labor market, the details of the report point to a more complex picture. Uneven Hiring Across Sectors Job growth was concentrated mainly in leisure and hospitality as well as health care. These industries accounted for the majority of new jobs both in December and throughout…
Silver has always lived a double life. It is a precious metal in coins and jewelry, yet it also behaves like an industrial workhorse inside smartphones, solar panels, medical devices, and power electronics. In the 2020s, that second identity is getting louder. The question is not whether silver matters. It is whether silver is becoming…
Many traders rely heavily on backtesting and optimization early in their development. While backtesting is an important tool, using it without prior market analysis often leads to unstable or misleading results when conditions change. This happens because a backtest evaluates how a specific set of rules performed on historical data, but it does not explain…
Metals and Markets in general had been trading with angst regarding today’s non-event Supreme Court decision day – After the NFP release, volatile swings were depicting a sense of confusion. The US Dollar Index is now back above 99.00 after strong swings. The Supreme Court makes announcements regarding decisions after Opinion Days, and with this decision…
Here is a Live I posted 15 mins after the US jobs report, explaining why I bought gold and silver 20 mins before the report. The Live is mostly in Arabic, but there is sufficient English to explain the mechanics of the trade. I also discuss oil, USD and the euro. View the Trade here…
Weak U.S. Job Growth Continued But Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Slipped Back to 4.4% January 9, 2026 In a week full of data releases, the most eagerly awaited report from the get-go had been today’s U.S. December employment situation report from the Labor Department, which presented mixed results relative to market expectations but an overall soft…
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Łukasz Zembik Senior Market Analyst Łukasz Zembik has 13 years of experience in the financial markets. He specialises in foreign exchange and commodity markets, with a particular focus on central banks’ fiscal policies. He’s a regular market commentary contributor to leading Polish financial publications as well as international media outlets such as Reuters and Bloomberg….
US30 ↑ almost 3% year-to-date Trading less than 2% away from 50,000 milestone Big bank earnings + US CPI = fresh volatility JPMorgan & Goldman Sachs = nearly 16% of US30 weight Technical levels: 50,000, 48,800 & 48400 Even as the clock ticks down to the key NFP report and Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s…