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The Nasdaq-100 futures enter the week of July 6 caught in an uncomfortable middle. After tagging a fresh record near 30,975 a fortnight ago, the index has spent the two weeks since trading sideways to lower, and it now sits almost exactly on the level that decides the next leg — the 29,960 area where the four-hour moving average and the weekly pivot converge. My lean here is cautiously two-sided with a burden of proof on the bulls: the longer-term trend is still up, but the price action of the last two weeks looks far more like distribution than accumulation,…

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New research published by the Bank of England develops a method for assessing the scale of risks to house prices in the UK, which could give early warning of financial crises.Author Tihana Škrinjarić notes several past papers have emphasised the importance of house prices as predictors of financial crises. However, she says her paper is the “first empirical analysis of house price growth using the quantile regression approach” – a method that has previously been applied to other risks, notably Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy…

In the never-ending battle between bitcoin BTC$62.979,13, the digital gold, and the traditional yellow metal, veteran trader Peter Brandt has picked a side, and it’s not the one bitcoin bulls would have hoped for.Brandt, CEO of Factor LLC and widely followed chart analyst, said on X that he is mulling liquidating some of his BTC and using the proceeds to buy gold, as he sees the yellow metal outperforming BTC.”I am contemplating selling some of my Bitcoin and going to Gold with the money. Looks to me that Gold is going to gain substantially on Bitcoin,” Brandt told his followers…

Wall Street heads into the first full week of July trading with interest rates in mind, as the summary of the Federal Reserve’s meeting last month push yields higher and throw off stocks’ groove. Stocks are on track for a winning trading week, which concludes with Thursday’s closing bell given that the market is dark on Friday in observance of Independence Day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high on Thursday and is up 1.3% for the week, while the S & P 500 has climbed 1.2%. The Nasdaq Composite has climbed 1.6% despite declines in chipmakers. But…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxLiquid Group has launched a Vietnam-Singapore QR payment service with the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) and VietinBank.The service lets users of participating Singapore payment apps linked to Liquid Group’s RoamQR network scan and pay at VietQRGlobal acceptance points in Vietnam.Payments are processed in real time, with direct currency conversion between Singapore dollars and Vietnamese dong.The launch gives Singapore travellers a familiar way to pay in Vietnam without switching to another payment app.Vietnamese merchants can also accept cross-border QR payments through their existing QR infrastructure.Jeremy TanJeremy Tan,…

There are quite a few expiries to take note of on the day, as highlighted in bold below.The first ones are for EUR/USD at the 1.1400 and 1.1450 levels. The expiries are likely to act as bookends for price action, keeping things in check to start the new week.The lower end of the expiries at 1.1400 do sit near the key hourly moving averages, with the 200-hour moving average in particular seen at 1.1397 currently. So, the expiries could add another defensive layer to any downside price extension in the session ahead.As a whole though, dollar sentiment remains the key…

In , we shared some market wisdom from one of the greatest traders, Jessie Livermore.  While Livermore’s name is not always mentioned alongside other great investors and analysts, such as Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch, his sage advice is priceless. Interestingly, much of what Livermore teaches his readers runs counter to what Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch preach to investors. This is likely because Buffett and Lynch are more fundamentally grounded, while Livermore was a much more market technical analyst who acutely understood his behavioral flaws and those of competing investors.  While we should respect and read as much as…

EU trade with US hits record high despite tariff tensions, study shows

July 02, 2026 Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Small Business Bank and announces termination enforcement actions with BNP Paribas S.A., BNP Paribas USA, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and Community Bankshares, Inc. For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action listed below: Small Business Bank, Lenexa, Kansas PCA Directive dated June 29, 2026 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the following enforcement actions listed below: BNP Paribas S.A., Paris, France, BNP Paribas USA, Inc., New York, New York, and BNP Paribas…