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9 Sep 2024

RUSSIA ANNOUNCES 700% INCREASE IN GOLD/FX PURCHASES. MONTH BEFORE BRICS SUMMIT

Source: Tass, VBL’s Ghost

9 Sep 2024

Crude Oil Back on Major Support Zone

Crude Oil WTI is back once again in the major support zone between 62.43-69.23. It's also testing the March 2022 downtrend line. Keep an eye on these very important levels. Source: Bloomberg

6 Sep 2024

Markets tend to struggle from now until mid-October during Presidential election years

BofA

6 Sep 2024

Gold is rising because of demand for "fallback money"

Source: Bloomberg

6 Sep 2024

China weighs cutting mortgage rates in two steps to shield banks

Source: Bloomberg

6 Sep 2024

Traders weigh "buy the dip" opportunities on Asian tech stocks

Source: Bloomberg

6 Sep 2024

From the moment Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe was supposed to halt exports to Russia

Instead, many EU countries have been sending flood of exports to Russia that's invoiced to Kyrgyzstan. Source: Robin Brooks

6 Sep 2024

This Visual Capitalist graphic shows largest export market for each G20 member, based on share of goods exported;

data sourced from @OECtoday as of 2022 Key Takeaways •U.S. and China are primary export destinations for an equal number of G20 countries (7 each) •While U.S. is China’s top export market, reverse is not true, with U.S. sending its largest share (16% of its exports) to Canada Source: Liz Ann Sonders, Visual Capitalist

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