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What Affects The USD/ ZAR This Week?

Risk sentiment will play a large part in the USD / ZAR. Last week saw traders pull away from safer currencies such as the USD, indicating a risk-on sentiment was prevalent in the market. Over last week, coinciding with the...

Has The USD Avoided The Dreaded Taper Tantrum?

With its back up against a wall, the US Federal Reserve has pledged to begin tapering its asset purchase program. Beginning later this month, the Federal Reserve will reduce the number of US Treasury Securities it purchases each month by...

How Will Meta Monetize The Metaverse?

The Metaverse is a concept (for now). A concept that has motivated Facebook to change its branding to Meta and begin developing the infrastructure of a meta-universe. The drastic pivot that Facebook is attempting to pull off, the Company hopes,...

USD Quickly Lost Ground To Major Trading Partners

The USD has lost the most ground against the EUR in the past 24 hours. EURUSD is trading at 1.16831 at the time of writing, up by 0.72% and a one month high for the pair. The cause of the...

What We Know About Trump’s SPAC Deal, TMTG & DWAC

Last Wednesday, Former US President Donald Trump announced the creation of his Media Company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) as well as its planned merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: DWAC). Within four days, the NASDAQ-listed DWAC stock...

Q3 Earnings Report Recap; TSLA, NFLX, JNJ, PG

Q3 earning season is currently underway, and most high-profile companies are delivering revenue beats. Yet, Q3 revenue is not the only thing investors are watching. Investors are interested in revenue growth, customer acquisition, and pace of growth alongside the balance...

Should traders be watching Inflation data this week? Definitely!

Inflation data from outside the US should pique traders interest this week. Several major economies will be reporting on actual inflation figures experienced during September 2021. Will they match their forecasted values, or will the data follow US inflation and...

What The Disappointing NFP Report Really Means For The USD

According to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a "decent" September NFP would be needed for the Fed's planned bond-buying slowdown (tapering) to remain on track for November. Without Powell's definition of "decent" or a stated value that meets that definition,...

Will FB Stock Recover From Its Latest Controversy?

On the day that the whistleblower story broke, Monday 4 October, FB stock fell 2.77%. Coincidently, it should be noted that Facebook and its family of apps experienced a 7-hour outage on the very same day that may have heightened...
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