Sunset Market Commentary

Markets Make it five. Five consecutive days of rallying US Treasuries on the (consequences of) the same theme: fading growth momentum and what it might mean to the Fed. At the front end of the curve, we’ve seen the obvious swing back from a first cut in December to the Fed pulling the trigger already […]

AUDUSD hits its lowest level since mid-November Although decline halts, rebound looks unconvincing Momentum indicators remain tilted to the downside AUDUSD has been in a constant decline after peaking at 0.6870 in December, breaking below both its 50- and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs). This week, the price fell to a fresh two-month bottom of 0.6467 before […]

The British pound is slightly lower on Friday. GBP/USD is trading at 1.2636 early in the North American session, down 0.17% on the day. UK retail sales hit 4-month high UK retail sales jumped 2.9% m/m in May, an impressive turnaround from the revised 1.8% decline in April and blowing past the market estimate of […]