There is nothing gold likes less than a strong DXY supported by a hawkish central bank. The Market Ear. Watching $3900 Gold putting in another big down candle. $3900 is the line in sand level to watch (50 day comes in slightly lower). A close below that area and things could accelerate further to the
In the world of economics, a recession is often defined as two consecutive quarters of declining economic growth in inflation-adjusted terms. But in the realm of housing supply, the role of inflation is played by demand growth. By this metric, Australia’s housing supply growth has been in a recession in net terms for over four
I reported earlier this week that the number of temporary visa holders in Australia (excluding visitors) hit a record high of 2,547,000 in the September quarter of 2025, up 83,200 on the prior year’s record: The share of Australia’s population on temporary visas has also ballooned to a record high of 9.2%, up from 7.2%
The problem with wind and solar power is that they are weather-dependent and intermittent. Renewables don’t balance supply with demand. They supply too much power when it isn’t needed (e.g., in the middle of the day) and minimal power at other times, including the evening peak. This solar glut can also force energy regulators to
Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), warned that a foreign government might attempt to kill a dissident on Australian territory, and the majority of outlets carried his warning overnight. In a speech to Sydney’s Lowy Institute think tank yesterday night, the head of ASIO stated that there was a “realistic possibility”
The jaws must shut to restore steel mill profitability. The range trade must break down. Scuttlebutt is nasty. Iron ore prices typically rebound from early November to February before easing. However, significant losses from winter stockpiling in recent years, along with current high operating rates, may curb stockpiling enthusiasm this year, said Chinese broker Zhongtai
Wall Street corrected sharply overnight led mainly by tech stocks as the NASDAQ fell back nearly 2% in response to a variety of concerns – mainly the looming spectre of stagflation – but also some disappointment around earnings at the orc-stronghold of Palantir. The USD is pushing higher against all the majors with the Canadian
Risk markets fell were uneasy overnight on the so-called US-China truce out of the summit between the Trump and Xi regimes with Wall Street falling back despite very solid earnings from Amazon as Meta was dumped more than 11% on AI troubles. The USD reasserted its recent strength against all the majors – except gold
The Market Ear on robots running wild for tech stocks. Perfection prevails NASDAQ extending the squeeze, approaching the upper part of the channel as RSI trades above 70 again. We are in overbought land again, but as we all know, things tend to stay in overbought/sold territory for longer than most think possible. Source: LSEG
Risk markets fell back overnight as the long expected cut from the Federal Reserve was followed by a lot of cautionary talk by Chair Powell, indicating that this may well be the last cut for awhile as the push through effect of tariffs on inflation might stall further cuts. Wall Street flopped back while the