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Global Stocks Higher Ahead of the Fed Meeting, Apple Strong Earnings Boost Markets

By:
Yaron Mazor
Published: May 2, 2018, 08:22 UTC

The U.S Dollar continues to shake the broad markets yesterday. Global stocks edge higher on Wednesday morning after Apple earnings reports that beat expectations. The Federal Reserve will release its FOMC Statement today.

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GDP numbers will come from the European Union after the ECB non-monetary policy meeting.

Full Volume Returning to Markets, GDP Data from European Union

The three major Indexes on Wall Street turned in mixed results on Tuesday, as investors continue to react to the strong U.S Dollar. Global trading volumes were weak yesterday with many investment houses closed for the holiday. However, full trading has resumed early this morning as China has returned to the market, and Europe is ready for a busy day. The Euro was battered and fell to new lows against the U.S Dollar on Tuesday and is testing important long-term support. Growth Domestic Product results will come from the European Union this morning. But the biggest shadow lurking over investors is the coming U.S Federal Reserve’s interest rate outlook which will be published later today.

Forex Volatility a Certainty, U.S Dollar Testing Major Currencies

Forex remains nervous as the U.S Dollar has slashed its way to new highs. The Euro, Pound, and Yen have all been brought to key technical levels. Traders looking for reversals against the U.S Dollar the past few trading sessions have been hit hard if they have not been practicing solid risk management. Today’s Fed publication via the Monetary Policy Statement is certain to create another storm. Speculators will look over the U.S report carefully and react accordingly. The correlation between weaker data from the U.K and European Union has also been a factor recently for the rise in value for the U.S Dollar, meaning forex will remain volatile near term.


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Gold Attracts Buyers in Early Trading, Precious Metal is Active

Gold was flung around on Tuesday and suffered further losses as it fell to critical support levels. However, the precious metal has attracted some takers in early trading and is near 1311.00 U.S Dollars per ounce. Gold will remain an active market and be affected by the direction of the U.S Dollar.

Interest Rate Outlook Coming from the U.S, European Growth Numbers

The Fed’s Monetary Policy Statement will be published at 18:00 GMT and certainly affect the broad markets.

  • 9:00 AM GMT, E.U, Preliminary Flash GDP
  • 12:15 PM GMT, U.S, ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
  • 18:00 PM GMT, U.S, Federal Reserve’s FOMC Statement

Yaron Mazor is a senior analyst at SuperTraderTV.

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About the Author

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Yaron has been involved with the capital markets since 1998. During the past 16 years, Yaron has been a day and swing stocks trader in the American market. Yaron has founded and made successful investments into businesses spanning exciting industries – from apparel to restaurants and bars, to high tech, medical technology, and education.

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