Image Source: DepositPhotosIn the winter of 2023/24, Europe finds itself in a unique energy situation – a surplus of gas storage that promises to transform the continent’s industrial landscape. With temperatures across the United Kingdom and EU that are surprisingly mild, gas
January 6, 2024
Image Source: DepositPhotosThis week will feature a 3, 10, and 30-year Treasury auction and the December CPI report. Meanwhile, Treasury rates look poised to go higher, and that could add to the stock market’s recent decline.Video Length: 00:15:52 More By This
Coming into Friday, shares of the investment firm BlackRock had gained 5.43% in the past month. In that same time, the Finance sector gained 4.37%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.75%.Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of BlackRock
The start of 2024 has been turbulent for the U.S. stock market, with the three major indices experiencing notable declines. The S&P 500 Index logged its fourth consecutive day of declines — the longest losing streak in over two months
Airbnb (ABNB) and Booking Holdings (BKNG) are some of biggest travel companies in the world with a market cap of $87 billion and $118 billion, respectively. The two firms have done quite well in the past two years, helped by the
The USD/JPY spiked to a near-term high at the 146.00 handle early Friday in the broad-market run-up to the US Nonfarm Payrolls release, which surged above market forecasts and sent the US Dollar (USD) back down against the Japanese Yen (JPY) as
Dollar index chart analysisSince the beginning of the year, the dollar index has been in a bullish trend with the formation of a high at the 102.80 level. On Wednesday, we stopped the previous bullish impulse at 102.70, after which the dollar
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, we delve into the launch of the USCF Aluminum Strategy Fund (ALUM) and explore the importance of metals for electrification and the energy transition with John Love, CEO at USCF.We discuss the role of aluminum and
Today, we are looking at the difference between a ratio spread and a backspread.Ratio spreads, and backspreads are options strategies that involve buying and selling options with different numbers of contracts.Let’s start with the ratio spread.Ratio SpreadConsider the ratio spread as a credit collection
Eurozone inflation re-accelerated in December, breaking seven months of declines, leaving analysts questioning whether The ECB will be able to cut rates as aggressively as the market had thought.Euro area headline HICP inflation rose 52bp in December to 2.92% YoY, in
