GBP/USD Weekly Forecast (01st November 2021 – 05th November 2021)

Fundamental view: The British pound has gone back and forth against the greenback during the course of the week. Long term US government bond yields showed decline last week. The benchmark on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.51%, while that on the 2-year bond has surged above 0.50%. A narrowing spread usually hints at a rate-hiking [...]

EUR/USD Weekly Forecast (01st November 2021 – 05th November 2021)

Fundamental view: The Euro has initially tried to rally during the course of the trading week but later gave up gains and ended with a bearish candle. The Central banks are facing inflationary pressures amid post-pandemic supply chain issues and soaring energy prices, And at the same time economic recoveries are losing momentum. As Tighter monetary policies [...]

Relationship Between Swiss Franc and Gold

Most of the world’s gold is refined in Switzerland and gold accounts for around 20% of Swiss exports. This close relationship to gold means that the CHF moves quite closely with gold. It is not a secret on the Forex market that the Swiss Franc is highly correlated with the gold price. In fact, according [...]

Markets bet on rate hike favors Aussie

The Australian dollar is trading high against the US dollar today as investors bet that interest rates could rise as soon as April, hammering bonds and sending yields soaring to peaks not seen since 2019. The central bank declined to purchase the April 2024 target bond, even though the yield was much higher than the [...]