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[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise on Dovish Rate Bets; Bond Rally Pauses: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Near Four-Month Low on Signs of Rising US Stockpiles [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rupiah Drop to Four-Year Low Prompts Bank Indonesia Support [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Traders Pile Into Fresh Bets on Faster Pace of Fed Cuts [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Home-Purchase Applications Fall by Most Since […]

Japan throws away 62 Billion in effort to save Yen from meltdown The Mexican Peso: Harsh judge of Mexico’s new President? Gold above $2300 gives the miners an abundance of profitability “It really is all about the currency. The yen today, the peso tomorrow, the rand, the euro, the RMB, the dollar, the headlines will […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Futures Point to Losses as Data Sows Doubt: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bond Rally Wavers With Jobs Data Next Hurdle for Fed Path [Reuters] Oil drops more than $1 as OPEC+ decision spotlights shaky demand [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mexican Peso Sinks Further as Election Shock Reverberates [Reuters] Rupee falls most in over a year as vote […]

Winston Churchill called the Soviet Union “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” He was being kind. He could have called it brutality wrapped in a torture chamber inside a killing field. China’s worse. It’s no longer politic to say so because we’ve been on such uneasily dear terms with the country for […]

[Reuters] Nasdaq, S&P 500 rise as summer trading begins [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Elections Drive Emerging-Market Currency Swings as Stocks Rally [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steady After OPEC+ Signals Plan to Return Barrels to Market [Reuters] Mexico peso drops more than 3% on jitters over Morena supermajority [AP] This week: Job openings, services sector update, monthly employment tally [Reuters] Morning […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] OPEC+ Agrees to Extend and Gradually Wind Down Oil Output Cuts [Reuters] Biden’s Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’ but Israel accepts it, Netanyahu aide says [Reuters] Zelenskiy dominates Asia security conference as China, Taiwan trade barbs [Reuters] Prospect of peaceful ‘reunification’ with Taiwan being ‘eroded’, China says [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Key Engines of US […]

It Hasn’t Hit Yet Two weeks ago, HAI referenced comments from Western financial behemoth BlackRock managing Director Rick Rieder as evidence that the all-important Western investor is beginning to wake up to the powerful fundamentals now driving a significant breakout higher in the price of gold. Commentary out of BlackRock offers a relatively direct line […]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Struggling Dow transport stocks could be economic warning signal [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Options Pros Are Worried About S&P 500 Rally’s Staying Power [Reuters] Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Hamas destroyed [Reuters] US shifts focus to China risks; Zelenskiy arrives at Asia defence meeting [Reuters] Modi’s alliance to win India election, exit […]