Giants with feet of clay

Monica Kingsley Monicakingsley

Year end bump predictably didn‘t last, and all clients reaped tremendous profits on the S&P 500 (and Nasdaq) slide I called – measured in hundreds of points. What allowed me to field such a high conviction call? As per yesterday‘s video, it was breadth and leaderless S&P 500 – XLE and defensives incl. XLRE don‘t count for me, and then we have more (mega)stocks to pay attention to – TSLA, AAPL and PLTR were my picks to win the index bears over yesterday..

And what did I bring up in today‘s quick premarket video to whet your appetite? Let‘s delve into what rising USD means for stocks, gold, silver, oil and copper – starting with the dollar chart.

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Monica Kingsley

Monicakingsley

Monica Kingsley is a trader and financial analyst serving countless investors and traders since Feb 2020.

EUR/USD faces next resistance near 1.1930

EUR/USD continues to build on its recovery in the latter part of Wednesday’s session, with upside momentum accelerating as the pair retargets the key 1.1900 barrier amid a further loss of traction in the US Dollar. Attention now shifts squarely to the US data docket, with labour market figures and the always influential CPI releases due on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

GBP/USD sticks to the bullish tone near 1.3660

GBP/USD maintains its solid performance on Wednesday, hovering around the 1.3660 zone as the Greenback surrenders its post-NFP bounce. Cable, in the meantime, should now shift its attention to key UK data due on Thursday, including preliminary GDP gauges.

Gold holds on to higher ground ahead of the next catalyst

Gold keeps the bid tone well in place on Wednesday, retargeting the $5,100 zone per troy ounce on the back of modest losses in the US Dollar and despite firm US Treasury yields across the curve. Moving forward, the yellow metal’s next test will come from the release of US CPI figures on Friday.