Even though the holiday season is approaching, the coming week will still be very busy for market participants. There are several major events to watch, ranging from the first report on how the US economy performed in the third quarter to new updates regarding the ongoing political conflict between the United States and Venezuela. Asia […]

Silver (XAG/USD) price rallies to a new all-time high of $67.46 even though US Treasury yields and the US Dollar remain firm on Friday, amid the lack of catalysts, except for the US Consumer Sentiment poll made by the University of Michigan, which showed that US households are trimming spending on durable goods, and are

The Japanese Yen (JPY) weakens sharply against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday as the Yen slumps across the board following the Bank of Japan’s interest rate decision. At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading around 157.48, up nearly 1.20%, its highest level since November 21. Earlier in the Asian session, the BoJ raised

Market Insights Podcast (19/12/2025): In today’s episode, TraderNick and podcast host Jonny Hart discuss the Bank of Japan’s decision to hike rates and the subsequent health of the yen carry trade. Otherwise, Nick and Jonny discuss the somewhat dovish forward guidance from the Bank of Japan and its impact on world equities. Join Nick Syiek

It’s easy to dunk on strategists. It’s a year-end tradition to pull up the forecast lists and laugh at how wrong the banks were. But they did pretty well this year. With the S&P 500 trading at 6,831 today, the index is up roughly 16% on the year. That is a strong, double-digit run. And

2025.12.19 2025.12.19 USD CAD Forecast for 2025, 2026, 2027–2030 and Beyond Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ The USDCAD pair is a major currency pair in the Forex market, reflecting the economic health of the United States and Canada, the two largest trading partners. The pair’s fluctuations reflect not only the difference in interest rates and economic indicators of

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Headlines: Markets: USD leads, JPY lags on the day European equities little changed; S&P 500 futures up 0.8% US 10-year yields up 2.7 bps to 4.151% Gold down 0.2% to $4,325.23 WTI crude oil up 0.4% to $56.09 Bitcoin up 3.0% to $88,019 There wasn’t too much in European morning trade today, with the day

​​​Solana makes another recovery attempt ​Since October Solana (SOL) has faced a turbulent mix of price volatility, network resilience tests and shifting sentiment among traders and investors. ​Price action has been notably unstable, with SOL experiencing sharp downside moves that wiped out substantial long positions and broke below key support levels. A dramatic example occurred during

EU leaders secured a €90bn loan package for Ukraine, a market-friendly outcome for the Euro (EUR), as EUR/USD drifts toward support near 1.1680 with range trading likely to persist, ING’s FX analyst Chris Turner notes. ECB fails to move markets “Late last night, EU leaders managed to secure a EUR90bn loan for Ukraine. The money

2025.12.19 2025.12.19 ECB Fails to Support Euro. Forecast as of 19.12.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Neither the ECB’s optimism about the eurozone economy nor the slowdown in US inflation has forced the markets to change their stance. They expect the Fed to keep rates unchanged until March, implying that the US dollar may strengthen. Let’s discuss this

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has hiked its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 0.75% on Friday, 19 December 2025, as expected, its highest level in 30 years. In its policy statement, the BoJ said it will continue raising the policy rate as long as economic activity and inflation evolve in line

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