U.S. ADP January payroll change smallest since August at 175,000. U.S. employment increased by 175K private sector jobs in January. Data updated on a monthly basis. Thursday: U.S. weekly jobless claims data. Data updated on a weekly basis. These two data series become more important as FED starts tapering program. U.S. weekly jobless claims and ADP Employment (total […]
February will be an important month for currencies and especially for the U.S. dollar. U.S. dollar index rebounded from the lower boundary of its 2 year-long consolidation for the 4th time and now the index is challenging the minor resistance at 81.50 levels. Similar breakouts resulted in a strong U.S. dollar in the first half […]
From politics to its financial markets and its currency, news flow on Turkey has been negative. Can the financial markets in Turkey return to stability? I’d like to draw attention to an interesting correlation between BIST 100 and the relative performance ratio between Industrial sector and BIST 100 index. Relative performance ratio is calculated by dividing the Industrial index (XUSIN) to […]
Parabolic moves are common in the financial markets. They are widely participated (though not anticipated). During these type of moves volatility increases tremendously. Similar to a ball thrown in the air, once they run out of energy they fall back with the same speed. Below are four different chart examples with similar price actions. Frome a technical perspective all […]
Below are two updated charts on an earlier theme I discussed on this blog. Relative performance ratio between 2 year government bond yields and 10 year government bond yields is breaking above a critical threshold and repeating the same cycle of late 2011. Short-term yields are outperforming the long-term yields and the selling pressure remains intact on the equity […]
In financial markets trying to pick tops and bottoms has always been costly. Predicting the beginning of a larger scale correction or a uptrend is not only difficult but also a low probability bet. High probability set-ups are the ones when you have confirmation. Trade-off is that confirmations don’t come at the very early stages of a trend. As a result, to […]
My latest updates on twitter. I believe these charts are very valuable and suggest U.S. dollar strength against the currencies analyzed. #USD strength against some of the cross-rates I mentioned earlier. USD strength is a global trend. #RAND #USD / #ZAR pic.twitter.com/tiFaVKY0c6 — Aksel Kibar, CMT (@TechCharts) January 24, 2014 Latest breakout against Taiwan Dollar. […]
Over the analyzed period when Turkey 2YR Bond yields outperformed the 10YR, equity index entered into a correction and vice versa. This is an interesting correlation. Patterns on the relative performance chart of the 2YR Bond Yields vs. 10YR Bond Yields can reveal some important information on the direction of the markets in the following months. Technical outlook on […]
Yes, it is a global trend and the dollar is gaining strength against most of the currency pairs. U.S. dollar index is trying to clear its 200 day moving average. Emerging market currencies have depreciated against the U.S. dollar over the past few months and seems like more and more weak signals are being generated by […]
Over the past few years equity markets had strong performance. Developed markets did better than the emerging markets but overall it has been positive for equity asset class. In this update I’m sharing with you 3 long-term charts that can be the center of attention in 2014. Possible breakouts in these 3 markets can add fuel to […]
