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The U.S. dollar remains among the strongest of currencies out there. Not only is it finding support from safe-haven flows amid the current stock market weakness, but it is also in demand due to the growing disparity between monetary policies in the U.S. against other major economies. …read more From:: Resource Investor

Financial markets are once again in risk aversion mode on Wednesday, as investors continue to take shelter from the ongoing trade spat. There hasn’t been much progress – positive or negative – in recent days although U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin did deny reports that the country is looking to block investment from China in

It is slowly shaping up to be another rough and rocky trading week for global equity markets as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China weigh on risk sentiment. A risk-off vibe continues to linger in the air with investor confidence clearly shaken after the Trump Administration announced plans to restrict Chinese investments

CME Group, a diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of options on its Black Sea Wheat FOB and Black Sea Corn FOB financially settled futures contracts, to begin trading on July 16, 2018, pending all relevant regulatory review periods. …read more From:: Resource Investor

Another day, another round of trade war tweets drawing the attention of traders. To extend the trade war analogy, this morning’s causality was due to friendly fire. In a series of tweets this morning, U.S. President Trump criticized the iconic American manufacturer Harley Davidson, which has shifted some of its production overseas as a result

Gold has been falling sharply of late, dropping by a good $50 in the space of nine trading days. At the time of writing, the yellow precious metal was trading around $1,257, its lowest level since Dec. 18. The perceived safe haven metal has been unable to find much demand from flows out of the

For euro/British pound (EUR/GBP) currency pair traders, there’s been good news and bad news over the last couple of months: The good news is that they’ve had plenty of time to watch the World Cup…and the bad news is that neither bulls nor bears are making any money in the pair! …read more From:: Resource

Al Brooks provides bar-by-bar analysis on a five-minute chart of the previous day’s prices action in the E-mini S&P 500. This is his analysis for Monday, June 25, 2018. …read more From:: Resource Investor

Crude oil prices had a tough time staying higher as trade war fears and distraction took the market focus off tightening global oil supply. While many are making ominous predictions of what this trade war may do to economic growth, the reality is that if we are overestimating these concerns the oil market is going

Global equities are once again opening the week on the back foot as a joint story from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg further exacerbated US-China trade tensions. The report alleges that the US will increase scrutiny of Chinese investments in certain US industries deemed critical to economic and national security. …read more From:: Resource