Traders often talk about charts, indicators, and fundamentals. But what about emotion? The Fear and Greed Index for Silver and Forex Trading brings market psychology front and center. This tool, originally built for equities, is now becoming essential for those trading metals and currencies. In today’s volatile markets, using sentiment to anticipate moves in silver…
Chinese GDP and U.S. CPI Highlight Today’s Data Menu July 15, 2025 A slew of Chinese economic data were reported earlier today, and now investors await U.S. June consumer price figures that are expected to reveal a further acceleration of both total and core inflation. The initial effect of higher tariffs may be clarified, and…
Sovereign Debt Yields Rise as Fiscal and Tariff Concerns Crowd Out Soft Economic Data July 14, 2025 (183) A six-basis point increase of the 10-year Japanese government bond yield (JGB) led a rise in comparable sovereign debt yields this Monday that also included increases of two bps in France and Italy and a single basis…
Drilling Down to Identify the Strong Side of the Forex Market EURUSD Drill Down Where is it Headed? Analysis and Risk One of the most important decisions in forex trading is identifying the right side of the market to trade. In fact, many traders will tell you that choosing the right side is more…
Next Week’s Menu: July 12-18, 2025 July 11, 2025 Central Banks: Bank Indonesia has a scheduled interest rate policy review. The Fed Beige Book of regional trends will be published, and Hammack and Williams are among the Fed officials with speaking engagements. Bank of Governor Bailey also speaks publicly. Holiday and Special Events: France’s Bastille…
Central Banks, Tariff News, and Corporate Earnings Vie for Market Attention July 11, 2025 A fresh record high in the price of Bitcoin overnight of $118,661 was main eye-catching market development since yesterday’s closing time on the U.S. east coast. Even after retreating about $1000, crypto’s net overnight gain has been 1.5%. The rise since…
FOMC Minutes, Tariff Mahem, and a Whole Lot of Price and Industrial Production Data Releases July 10, 2025 People are seeing what they want to see in yesterday afternoon’s publication by the Fed of minutes from the June 17-18 FOMC meeting. The minutes retain a majority view that embodies the likelihood of two 25-basis point…
More Tariff Letters, Extended Uncertainty, and the Beat of Released Data and Central Bank Watching Goes On July 9, 2025 Many governments received formal letters from President Trump yesterday, and others will get their “greetings” today. One is struck by the similarity of tariff threats assigned to each country to what had been promised nearly…
Investors Following the Bouncing Tariff Ball and Are Meanwhile Surprised by an Unexpected Australian Interest Rate Decision July 8, 2025 Continuing tariff policy uncertainty is making day-to-day financial market activity very choppy. President Trump had intensified tariff war fears on Monday by disclosing some hefty planned import levies, for instance 40% on goods shipped from…
More Tariff News July 7, 2025 (184) Like so many other Mondays this year, financial markets are marching to the beat of President Trump postings on Truth Social rather than economic fundamental trends. And as typically has been the case, the postings serve a dual purpose of unveiling new and changed information about future policy…