Over the past year, State Street has expanded its solutions delivery across several areas in response to client demand, evolving market conditions, and shifts in how institutional investors perceive and manage currency risk. The buy side drove significant change to its hedging programmes in support of new products and in reassessing the operational demands of managing […]
FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW The Nasdaq is approaching new all-time highs as risk sentiment remains positive amid lower geopolitical tensions, a neutral Fed and improving US growth. These drivers are supportive for the stock market and will likely take us to new record highs unless we get a hawkish repricing in the next couple of weeks. In
2026.01.29 2026.01.29 Resilient Loonie Meets Softer Dollar. Forecast as of 29.01.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ While Donald Trump calls Canada the 51st state of the US and its prime minister a governor, Ottawa is entering into a partnership with China. Against this backdrop, the US leader is threatening to impose 100% tariffs on Canada. Let’s discuss this
Switzerland’s foreign trade surplus decreased in the final quarter of 2025 as exports fell amid an increase in imports, data from the Federal Customs Administration showed on Thursday. The trade surplus for the fourth quarter was CHF 11.9 billion, down from CHF 13.2 billion in the third quarter. In real terms, exports declined 4.0 percent
Market reaction to the Fed’s widely expected rate hold was muted overnight, with equities struggling to find direction. S&P 500 briefly pushed above the 7,000 mark, but the move lacked follow-through. By the close, all three major US indexes finished near flat. Away from equities, two developments stood out. US Treasury yields moved higher, with
DBS Bank’s Group Research analyst Taimur Baig, discusses the US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain the Fed Funds rate unchanged, marking the first pause in six months. The report highlights the balance between strong economic growth and modest labor market weakness, suggesting that further data on labor market conditions will dictate future rate cuts. The
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2026.01.29 2026.01.29 US Dollar Weakens Despite Fed Pause. Forecast as of 29.01.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ While the Fed keeps rates unchanged, Donald Trump is weakening the US dollar, and Scott Bessent is keeping it afloat. Political factors are prevailing over economic ones. Let’s discuss this topic and make a trading plan for the EUR/USD pair. The
It’s tough luck for the dollar as it got kicked when it is down, after US president Trump said earlier this week that the currency is “doing great” and that “I don’t think the dollar has declined too much”. That kind of endorsement speaks volumes and it won’t help to turn around the deteriorating sentiment
Dealer-backed FXSpotStream is set to move into the US Treasury market by launching a new fixed income trading platform supporting direct, streaming-based liquidity between dealers and hedge funds. The service, called RatesStream, is aiming to go live by the middle of 2026 for on-the-run US Treasuries (UST) trading with up to six liquidity providers, and
The Japanese Yen (JPY) regains some positive traction against a broadly weaker US Dollar (USD) during the Asian session on Thursday and reverses a part of the previous day’s retracement slide from a nearly three-month low. Speculation that Japanese authorities would step in to stem further weakness in the domestic currency and the Bank of
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Summary: Major banks are lifting gold price forecasts, with several now flagging $6,000/oz scenarios for 2026. Deutsche Bank sees persistent investment and central bank demand driving further upside, with an upside scenario near $6,900/oz. Societe Generale also targets $6,000/oz, warning its forecast may prove conservative. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citi all see material upside
New Zealand posted a merchandise trade surplus of NZ$52 million in December, Statistics New Zealand said on Thursday. That beat forecasts for a surplus of NZ$30 million following the downwardly revised NZ$335 million deficit in November (originally – NZ$163 million). Exports rose 15 percent on year to NZ$991 million in December to NZ$7.7 billion. Imports
Tesla (TSLA) stock advanced 3% afterhours on Wednesday following Elon Musk’s primary company posting a $0.05 earnings beat. The company posted adjusted EPS of $0.50 on revenue of $24.9 billion. Revenue bested consensus by $140 million but fell 3% YoY. Tesla’s automotive segment saw revenue decline by 11% YoY, while the energy business witnessed a
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Following three straight interest rate cuts to close out 2025, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its widely expected decision to leave rates unchanged following its first monetary policy meeting of 2026. The Fed said it decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.50 to 3.75 percent following three consecutive
