The pound finally broke. GBP/USD plunged to 1.3143 on Monday — its lowest level since March — before stabilizing around 1.3200. From its mid-June levels near 1.3440, sterling has shed 300 pips in five sessions, and the speed of the move suggests forced liquidation rather than thoughtful repricing. What killed the sterling trade Three things, […]
The S&P 500 closed the week at 7,473 — roughly where it started, roughly where it ended last week, and roughly where it’s spent the entire month. June has become a drawn-out stalemate between dip-buyers and profit-takers, and both sides are refusing to blink. The bull case, stated fairly Every test of 7,240–7,350 has been […]
The euro’s slide is no longer a drift. It’s a trend. EUR/USD ended the week near 1.1459, down from 1.1635 at the start of June — a decline of roughly 1.8% in two and a half weeks, with the pair slicing through 1.15 like it wasn’t even there. On Wednesday alone, the pair fell from […]
Here’s a market oddity worth unpacking: this week, both gold (bouncing around 4,381) and the euro (at 1.146) fell against the dollar simultaneously — but gold’s bounce off the lows came while the dollar was still firm. Occasionally, everything falls together. What’s going on? The liquidation explanation When leveraged macro funds unwind crowded trades — […]
The euro’s spring decline has crossed a psychological threshold. EUR/USD traded down to 1.146 on Wednesday, its lowest level in over a year, completing a 300-pip slide from the mid-May highs. The June breakdown through 1.15 has been swift, orderly, and — most telling of all — largely ignored by the financial press, which remains […]