Richard Perry
Independent Analyst
Summary
Richard Perry will discuss the key factors impacting markets and your trading. He will assess the string of potentially crucial central bank meetings in the coming days, with the ECB in focus and looking ahead to the Fed and BoJ.
Richard will also discuss the key market themes impacting across asset classes and do a live technical analysis of major forex pairs, indices and commodities. You will also have the opportunity to ask Richard’s opinions on what you are trading.
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AUD/USD slips below 0.6700 amid hawkish Fed stance despite RBA’s minutes
The Australian Dollar registered losses of 0.03% against the US Dollar as Federal Reserve officials hitting the wires were reluctant to hint at when rate cuts begin. Consequently, US Treasury bond yields fell, while the Greenback stood tall, flat at around 104.62. The AUD/USD trades at 0.6668 as Wednesday’s Asian session begins.
EUR/USD flattens out near 1.0850 as data looms
EUR/USD stuck closely to familiar levels on a sedate Tuesday market session. Talking points from Fed officials dominated headlines, but provided little new information for investors to digest, keeping risk appetite suppressed and stapling bids close to opening prices.
Gold retreats from peak high amid Fed wary stance
Gold price retraces during Tuesday’s North American session after hitting an all-time high of $2,450. Yet it retreated below the April 12 high of $2,431 as the Greenback recovers some ground. The XAU/USD trades around $2,418, after reaching a high of $2,433.
Ethereum could see new all-time high following Fidelity and Grayscale updates on ETF application
Ethereum (ETH) continued its rally on Tuesday following filings on the Securities & Exchange Commission's (SEC) website showing Fidelity and Grayscale filed an amended S-1 registration and initial 19b-4, respectively, for their spot ETH ETF products.
RBNZ expected to keep key interest rate on hold as inflation pressures persist
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is widely anticipated to maintain the OCR at 5.50%. The language in the policy statement is expected to remain hawkish. The New Zealand Dollar has room to extend its bullish momentum.