Markets navigated a turbulent session on Thursday, with growing concerns about AI infrastructure spending creating early volatility before dip-buyers emerged to push equities into the green, while the U.S. dollar weakened following Fed Chair Powell’s dovish commentary on Wednesday and softer-than-expected labor market data. Check out the forex news and economic updates you may have missed in the latest…
Key Takeaways: USD Weakness: The dollar fell against European majors and the Yen as US yields retreated. Jobless Claims: Initial claims normalized to 236K, confirming last week’s drop was a holiday outlier. AUD Volatility: Soft internal jobs data undermined RBA hawkishness, though the pair bounced off key technical support. Commodities: Silver and Gold posted massive gains, while Crude Oil…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged to a fresh record on Thursday as investors rotated out of pressured tech names and into stocks tied more closely to economic growth following the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) latest interest rate cut. Visa (V) helped lead the Dow higher after an analyst upgrade, while the S&P 500 hovered near flat and the…
2025.12.11 2025.12.11 US Dollar Slides Amid Fed’s Hawkish Tilt. Forecast as of 11.12.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The Fed has made a hawkish cut. Jerome Powell noted that the rate had become neutral. However, there was also a dovish factor, as the labor market appeared weaker than the central bank had expected. Let us discuss this topic and make a trading…
The US treasury has auctioned off $22Bof 30 year bonds at a high yield of 4.773% The WI (when-issued) level at the time of the auction was 4.774% The results of a US Treasury auction act as a real-time “report card” on the market’s appetite for US government debt. Because US Treasuries are the risk-free benchmark for the entire…
The Euro (EUR) extends its advance against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday as the Greenback slides to multi-week lows following the latest US Initial Jobless Claims release. At the time of writing, EUR/USD is trading around 1.1748, its highest level since October 3. US data published earlier showed that Initial Jobless Claims rose to 236,000 in the week…
2025.12.11 2025.12.11 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 11.12.2025 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 the Elliott wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The price may decline in wave (Z), targeting 80,842.00. Consider short positions. XRPUSD: Bearish wave may start unfolding soon. Consider…
AUD/CHF recently busted through the ceiling around the .5300 major psychological mark but seems to be stalling on its climb. Can it find support at the former resistance? Check out these inflection points on the 4-hour time frame! AUD/CHF 4-hour Forex Chart by TradingView Hawkish expectations for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), supported by upbeat jobs and inflation…
Dow Jones Technical Analysis Video My technical analysis video comes before the quick FOMC review for some of the readers that may be interesting in that. Those that have already seen my videos on investingLive.com may know that I like to try to keep the charts real simple, yet effective. This means that I do not bombard my TradingView…
Russia Central Bank Reserves $ rose from previous $733.4B to $741.5B
