US-GCC joint statement (here) contains "interventionist and provocative positions"US military presence in Gulf region is a major source of insecurity and divisi...
The firm points out a couple of key reasons as to why Japan might not be wanting to pull the trigger just yet despite constant pressure on the yen currency in t...
FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEWGold fell briefly below the 4,000 level on Wednesday but couldn’t extend the losses further as we started to see pullbacks in real yields an...
EUROPEAN SESSIONIn the European session, we don't have much on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the Italian Consumer Confidence and Fren...
There are a couple of big expiries to take note of on the day, as highlighted in bold below.The first ones are for EUR/USD and they are layered between 1.1350 t...
Since the US and Iran struck an accord over the weekend, we have seen ship traffic pick up in the Strait of Hormuz this week. An estimated number of 30 to 40 ve...
Tokyo shares down ~4%, South Korea down ~6%. Fingers pointing at OpenAI IPO delayUBS targets $5,200/oz gold , sees current dip as buying opportunityTokyo core-c...
Its an awfully bleak day in equity markets here in Asia. As I post Japan's Nikkei is down 3.8%, SoftBank, whose share price has been boosted by CEO Masayoshi So...
UBS's 5,200/oz target implies roughly 30% upside from current levels, a call that rests on three pillars: a Fed that holds this year and cuts in 2027, a dollar ...
US equity index futures are softer following Thursday's mixed results:ES -0.2%, NQ -0.7%Asia-Pac is mainly lower, this snapshot from CNBC:This getting some atte...
The core-core at 1.9% against a 1.8% forecast is the most significant number in the release for BOJ watchers, as it is the measure the board treats as the clear...