FX Daily: Geopolitics Drive Caution, Dollar Awaits Clearer Signals USD – Dollar: Stabilising Amid Geopolitical Ambiguity• The White House is expected to decide on a potential Iran strike within 10 days, leaving markets in a cautious holding pattern.• Brent oil prices remain below $80/bbl as Iran accelerates exports amid fears of future sanctions.• The USD […]

Bank of England: Rate Cuts Coming into Focus • June Pause, But August Cut ExpectedDespite soft labour data, BoE held rates at 4.25%. However, signs point to the first rate cut in August, followed by another in November. • UK Labour Market Cooling RapidlyJob numbers show a 9-month streak of declines. Wage growth is also […]

All Eyes on the Fed: What to Expect Today • The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.25%–4.5%.• CME FedWatch Tool shows a 99.9% probability of no rate change.• President Trump has urged the Fed to cut rates, pointing to weaker job growth in May.• Inflation rose slightly in May to […]

Global Tensions Escalate: Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates, Tariff Threats Loom; BOJ Conservative on Rates as Taiwan Blacklists Chinese Tech; Airbus Increases Dividends • The geopolitical landscape continues to be extremely volatile with the Israel-Iran situation building and ongoing reports of further missile exchanges, President Trump signaling a tougher stance on Iran, which is spooking US involvement […]

Gold Reacts to Israel-Iran Conflict: Temporary Surge or Lasting Trend? • Gold traded near 3,390 dollars per ounce as tensions between Israel and Iran escalated.• President Trump downplayed chances of a ceasefire, saying he wants “an end, a real end”, blaming Tehran for the conflict.• The metal rose 4% last week after Israel attacked Iranian […]

Geopolitical Tensions Flare as Iran and Israel Trade Blows; Emerging Markets Debt Attracts Investors; Japan Grapples with Soaring JGB Yields • Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions have risen sharply as Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli strikes, resulting in casualties and heightening fears. • This continued war is keeping global […]

Markets Stabilize Ahead of Fed Decision, Even as Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates Market Reaction• After a more than 1% decline on Friday due to geopolitical tensions, US stock futures opened higher on Monday.• Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures were up between 0.4% and 0.5%.• A slight pullback in oil prices helped improve investor sentiment. Geopolitical […]

Geopolitical Tensions Increase in Middle East, Favoring Oil & Gold; Eurozone Vulnerable to Tariff Shock as Washington Post Investigates Cyberattack • As weekend missile exchanges between Israel and Iran shook global markets, US futures rose cautiously at the close on Sunday night, as oil inched up, following last week’s rally to levels not seen since […]

Israel’s Strike on Iran Stuns Markets; Oil Surges as US Equity Funds See Smallest Outflow in Weeks • Global markets reacted vigorously to Israel’s military strike on Iran, with the world’s share markets falling and oil prices soaring. S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq futures all dropped, and U.S. and Brent crude oil surged, entombing […]

Oil Spikes, Wall Street Shakes: Middle East Tensions Rock Global Markets • Oil prices surged nearly nine percent. Brent crude reached 75.36 dollars per barrel, while WTI climbed to 74.20 dollars, driven by fears of supply disruption in the Middle East. • Gold prices rose one and a half percent to around 3434 dollars per […]