US Treasury yields advance on Friday during the North American session after reversing their course following the release of US Retail Sales data last week, which disappointed investors. Meanwhile, the lack of news from the Middle East kept Oil prices higher amid fears of a resumption of hostilities. Long-end yields climb as debt, supply and inflation concerns dominate US…
2026.08.17 2026.08.17 Trading Strategies for a Bear Market Oleg Tkachenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/oleg-tkachenko/ A bear market is a prolonged period of falling prices in which the broader market or a specific asset class loses 20% or more from its recent high. For example, bear markets are common in crypto when virtually all coins are in the red. In the stock market, bear…
Canada’s inflation rate climbed to 3.0% in July 2026, a touch hotter than the 2.9% economists expected. Gasoline did most of the damage as the Middle East conflict pushed pump prices back up. Strip out gas, though, and inflation looks calm, which is why the Bank of Canada may stay put. Canada CPI July 2026: Key Takeaways Headline inflation:…
US stock markets grind lower as oil prices climb following report Iran seized a tanker !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
XAU/USD Current price: $4,423 The US Dollar trades on the back foot amid reduced hopes of interest rate hikes. The United States and Iran are working to extend the truce by 60 more days. XAU/USD maintains upward pressure near August highs. Gold price kicked off the week, maintaining upward pressure, trading not far below the $4,400 mark. The US…
2026.08.17 2026.08.17 Liquidity Sweep (Liquidity Grab): What It Is and How to Trade It Gleb Kabanovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/gleb-kabanov/ Have you ever watched price hit your stop-loss before reversing in the direction you originally predicted? If so, you may have been caught in a liquidity sweep, a common feature of institutional price action. A liquidity sweep occurs when price briefly breaks a…
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USDCAD tests key 200 day MA and channel trend line. Buyers try to stall the fall against target !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
TD Securities economists Oscar Munoz and Eli Nir expect US output growth to move sideways in 2025 as the lingering Oil shock and Iran conflict create stagflationary risks, keeping the Fed on hold. They see GDP growth slightly below trend in 2026, with 2.1% Q4/Q4, unemployment near 4.3%, and only gradual disinflation resuming in 2027. Sideways growth with stagflationary…
2026.08.17 2026.08.17 Weaker Dollar Gives Yen Room to Recover. Forecast as of 17.08.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ While the markets speculate that, without proactive measures from the Bank of Japan, the yen will be unable to sustain the gains it has made through currency interventions, speculators are reducing their net short positions. Let’s discuss this topic and develop a trading plan…
