Category: Americas
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3iQ Files Prospectus for North America’s First Solana ETP
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Canadian asset manager 3iQ announced that it has filed a prospectus with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to launch an exchange-traded product (ETP) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). If approved, the fund will be the first publicly traded Solana ETP in North America. 3iQ Files Prospectus for Solana Fund…
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3iQ Files Prospectus for North America’s First Solana ETP
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Canadian asset manager 3iQ announced that it has filed a prospectus with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to launch an exchange-traded product (ETP) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). If approved, the fund will be the first publicly traded Solana ETP in North America. 3iQ Files Prospectus for Solana Fund…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 21 Jun: The USD moves higher helped better flash S&P
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The week is coming to an end, as the US dollar is the strongest among the major currencies. The Japanese yen is the weakest. The dollar’s gains today were supported by stronger-than-expected Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data, which saw the services index rise to 55.1 versus 53.7 expected, and manufacturing…
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Trump Vows To End Biden’s “War On Crypto” And Secure America’s Bitcoin Future
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As the 2024 presidential race heats up, a familiar face has re-emerged on the political scene with a surprising new stance — former President Donald Trump is now presenting himself as a champion of the cryptocurrency industry. In a bold move, Trump pledged to put an end to what he…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: CPI gives and Powell takes
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Markets: Gold rose $3 to $2,319 The yield on US 10-year bonds fell by 7 basis points to 4.33%. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 46 cents to $82.39 The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.8% to a record high The Australian dollar is advancing, and the dollar is lagging…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 7 Jun”: US adds 272K new jobs but unemployment rate rises
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The US jobs report came out stronger, but again there were some ambiguous/less strong elements. Nonfarm Payrolls rose 272K versus estimates of 185K. Private salaries increased by 229,000 compared to 170,000 according to estimates Average hourly earnings increased by 0.4% versus 0.3% expected Average year-over-year earnings increased by 4.1% versus…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 31 May: US PCE doesn’t scare. Yields lower. US down and up
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The big event this week was the core personal consumption expenditures data in the US. The Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Index is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation. Expectations were for an increase of 0.3%. The actual increase was approximated to 0.2% for the basic measurement. In fact, the unrounded…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 29 May: The USD moves higher with higher yields.
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The US dollar rose supported by higher yields. For the third coupon auction this week, demand was less than ideal. Yesterday was the 2 and 5 year auction. Today was a 7 year note. For the trading week, the 10-year yield did not come close to 15 basis points while…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 28 May: USD rebounds helped by rising yields &confidence
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US consumer confidence came in much better than expected in the US session. The index moved to 102.00 versus estimates of 95.9 details: The current situation index is 143.1 compared to 142.9 previously Expectations Index 74.6 compared to the previous 66.4 Hard-to-find jobs 13.5 vs. 15.5 previously 16.9% of consumers…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 24 May; USD moves higher. Nasdaq &S&P gain for 5th week
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As the week comes to a close, the Canadian dollar ends the day as the strongest among the major currencies. The Swiss franc is the weakest. The US dollar was mostly lower with modest gains against the Japanese yen and Swiss franc. The Canadian dollar rose despite lower-than-expected retail sales…
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America’s First Bitcoin President: Trump Now Accepts Crypto Donations
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President Trump, in a press statement published on his personal page website He announced this afternoon that his campaign to win back the White House will begin accepting donations using Bitcoin. BREAKING: ?? Donald Trump is now officially kissing #Bitcoin For campaign donations. pic.twitter.com/ySkwNQT1D2 – Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) May 21,…
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Taylor Swift could boost Europe’s economy more than America’s
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The American pop icon filled an empty space that the world never knew existed with her soulful music. Although her songs are poignant, Swift is also an economic force. Her Eras tour, which launched last year in the wake of the global pandemic, has broken records Highest-grossing round in history.…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 17 May.The price of the DXY index closes below its 100W MA
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The British pound ended the US session as the strongest of the major currencies today. The Swiss franc is the weakest. The US dollar ended the day mixed with gains against the Japanese yen and Swiss franc and losses against the British pound, Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar. The…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 15 May: Green grass ahead as CPI/spending is tame
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US CPI, retail sales and New York manufacturing data combined with the CPI falling 0.3%, retail sales showed no gains during the month and New York manufacturing had a weaker day. All of this gave the green light to risky assets as yields fell, stocks rose and the US dollar…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: PPI offers up a headfake
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US Producer Price Index for April +2.2% y/y vs. +2.2% expected Powell: The labor market is as tight as it was before the pandemic in 2019 US credit card balances rose 13.1% year over year in the first quarter Winch from the European Central Bank: Higher interest rates for a…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 13 May: Oh No Roaring Kitty returns and dominates chatter
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As the New York session came to a close to start the new trading week, the markets were highlighted by the first tweets in 3 years from meme king Roaring Kitty. His tweets sent Gamestop shares soaring 74.40% to $30.45 (from $17.46 at Friday’s close). AMC shares also rose sharply…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 10 May: Markets react to lower sentiment/higher inflation
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The US session was further influenced by preliminary consumer confidence data released by the University of Michigan which showed a sharp drop in the confidence index to 67.4 from 76.0. Expectations also fell sharply to 66.5 from 75.0, and current conditions also fell to 68.8 from 79.0. The data was…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 7 May: The USD is the strongest of the major currencies.
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The American session was devoid of any American data today. The only economic report was the Ivey PMI from Canada, which came in stronger than expected. Despite the gains, the Canadian dollar weakened and was one of the weakest major currencies. Today the US dollar was the strongest among the…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 6 May: US stocks extend gains from last week. USD mixed.
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It was a quiet day on the economic events front with only April ’employment trends’ on the economic calendar. This index fell to its lowest level since May 2021, but the market largely ignored it. There were two Fed officials speaking. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Barkin…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 3 May: US jobs report weaker than expectations this month.
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US March employment data came in below expectations at 175K versus estimates of 243K. The prior month was revised higher to 315K from the previously reported 303K. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8%, while average hourly earnings reached 3.9% year over year, the lowest level since 2021. The…