West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trades around $97.30 at the time of writing on Thursday, up 0.34%, in a trading day marked by elevated volatility. The US Crude Oil benchmark initially fell to as low as $95.50 following the market’s first reaction to discussions between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, before erasing losses and returning to…
2026.05.14 2026.05.14 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 14.05.2026 Alex Rodionovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ Welcome, my fellow traders! I have prepared a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of the margin zones method and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. The euro is pulling back toward support…
GBP/CAD looks ready to form another higher low after its sharp drop earlier this week. Think the pair can extend its longer-term uptrend?
Even so, headline inflation increased further by 0.4% on the month with price pressures seen more widespread. Restaurants and accommodation services saw a 1.2% increase with clothing and footwear reflected a 6.0% jump in prices. Meanwhile, transportation prices saw a 0.9% jump. As for the annual estimate, it is all down to higher energy prices. Transportation prices surged by…
United Kingdom Index of Services (3M/3M) registered at 0.8% above expectations (0.6%) in March
2026.05.13 2026.05.13 US Dollar Surges as FOMC Doves Shift to a No-Cut Stance. Forecast as of 13.05.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ FOMC doves are looking for reasons to keep rates unchanged. Tariffs are not as inflationary as expected. The central bank’s influence on oil prices is limited. However, it is not enough for the markets. Let’s analyze the situation and develop…
A few weeks back, we walked through who Kevin Warsh is, what he proposed at his Senate hearing, and why markets were watching. If you missed that explainer article, here’s the short version: hawkish inflation-fighter, wants rules-based policy, critics of QE, uncomfortable with political pressure. Fast forward to today, and the situation has changed fundamentally. Warsh has been confirmed…
World leaders struck a conciliatory tone as the Trump-Xi summit opened in Beijing, with Chinese President Xi Jinping telling his counterpart “we should be partners, not rivals,” while President Trump reflected that past difficulties between the two nations had ultimately been resolved. The high-stakes meeting, the first by a sitting U.S. president to China in nearly a decade, got…
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Office for National Statistics will release the preliminary estimate of the first quarter’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report on Thursday. Market analysts have anticipated a 0.6% growth in the three months to March, after a meager 0.1% advance in the last quarter of 2025. Quarterly GDP data, however, will be released alongside an array of…
2026.05.13 2026.05.13 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 13.05.2026 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on Elliott Wave analysis. Bitcoin and Ethereum are forming the final parts of their corrective waves, while Ripple has already started declining in an impulsive move. The article covers the following subjects: Major…
