By Bas Kooijman, CEO and Asset Manager of DHF Capital S.A Silver rose on Tuesday, trading near all-time highs as markets priced in a nearly 90% probability of a Federal Reserve rate cut this week. Investors remain focused on whether Chair Powell will deliver a “hawkish cut” by signaling caution…
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Dollar Steady as Markets Brace for Fed Decision and Powell’s Speech
By Joseph Dahrieh, Managing Principal at Tickmill The dollar held steady on Tuesday as investors positioned ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement and Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated remarks on Wednesday. Markets assign nearly a 90% probability to a rate cut this week, while expectations for 2026 point to…
Continue ReadingGold Relatively Steady As Markets Brace For Fed Decision
By Daniel Takieddine, Co-founder and CEO, Sky Links Capital Group Gold was near levels seen during the last few days, as investors remain cautious ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, a potential catalyst for bullion’s next directional move. While a 25-basis-point rate cut is widely expected, market focus is also…
Continue ReadingUS Dollar Stable, Caution Ahead Of The Fed Meeting
By Frank Walbaum, Market Analyst at Naga The US dollar was relatively stable, with the Dollar Index hovering near the 99-point level. The currency could continue to consolidate as traders could remain cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting, while they await the central bank’s monetary policy decision. The market…
Continue ReadingAn Oversupplied Horizon: Why 2026 Could Reprice the Entire Oil Landscape
By Ahmad Assiri, Research Strategist at Pepperstone The oil market is heading into 2026 with an interesting contradiction as demand continues to grow at a healthy pace while supply expands nearly three times faster. This imbalance points toward a widening surplus that could reform the price landscape and test the…
Continue ReadingGold Outlook 2026: Re-Accumulation or Distribution
By Linh Tran, Market Analyst at XS.com After nearly three years of consolidation within the 1,600-2,100 USD/oz range from early 2020 to early 2024, gold unexpectedly entered a strong breakout cycle after officially surpassing the 2,100 USD level, a threshold that the market had repeatedly failed to break in the…
Continue ReadingGlobal Bonds Hit, Dollar Strengthens as Traders Await Wednesday’s Fed Decision
By Michael Brown, Senior Research Strategist at Pepperstone DIGEST – A sell-off across DM fixed income pressured equities yesterday, while the dollar gained ground against most peers. Now, all eyes are starting to turn towards Wednesday’s FOMC decision. WHERE WE STAND – I feel like every market participant needs to…
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Egypt Cements its Aquaculture Research Partnership with WorldFish for Another 25 years
Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, H.E. Alaa Farouk, signed and renewed the agreement to continue hosting WorldFish in Egypt in a landmark move that seals Egypt’s pivotal role on the African continent as a leading producer of aquatic foods and a hub for cutting edge research in sustainable…
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EUR/USD Holds Steady in a Cautious Environment Ahead of a Decisive Week
By Antonio Di Giacomo, Senior Market Analyst at XS.com The EUR/USD pair began the week trading around 1.1650, reflecting investor caution amid key macroeconomic expectations. The US dollar remains under slight selling pressure, driven by recently weaker Treasury yields and a moderate risk appetite that favors European currencies. In this…
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From field to lab: Rice study reveals how people with vision loss judge approaching vehicles
HOUSTON, TX, Dec 9: – Patricia DeLucia has spent decades studying something many of us never think about: judgments about collision that are crucial for safety. But the roots of her research stretch back to her childhood, long before she became a professor of psychological sciences at Rice University. “I…
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