The earnings season in the U.S. is gaining speed, and Morgan Stanley is the next financial institution in line to report quarterly earnings for the three months to December 2020. The bank is set to do so tomorrow before the market open. JPMorgan Chase kicked-off the cycle last week. Morgan Stanley's share price is currently consolidating just below a historically significant resistance level, which was last [...]

The biggest bank in the U.S. is scheduled to release quarterly earnings data for Q4 of 2020 today before the market open. JPMorgan Chase's stock currently finds itself on an 8-days long bullish run ahead of today's numbers, which begs the question of just how much longer could this run be extended before a correction takes place? [...]

Similar to what we argued concerning the Nasdaq index yesterday, the German DAX seems to be in the same position. German share prices have been rallying alongside the global stocks hike, and now the biggest index in Germany has even managed to reach above the peak that was reached just before the coronavirus crash of early 2020. [...]

At the close of last week's trading session, the Nasdaq composite broke out above the psychologically significant resistance level at 13000.00 and closed at an all-time peak (13105.20). The U.S. technological sector is evidently performing quite well just days before the beginning of the new earnings season. The appeal for tech stocks has risen over the recent weeks due to the historically low yields in [...]

The GBPUSD pair currently finds itself at a particularly interesting situation as both the sterling and the U.S. dollar seem to be greatly affected by external pressures. On the one hand, the pound underwent a tremendous bullish run last year on Brexit optimism, culminating with the signing of a highly anticipated trade deal between the U.K. and the E.U. [...]

OPEC's tremendous efforts to stabilise the energy market in the wake of last year's crash, when at one point oil futures were trading below zero dollars per barrel, are starting to pay off. Officials of the organisation had previously stated that members have to join efforts to recalibrate the jolted supply and demand equilibrium; something that they appear to be on track to achieve. [...]

Whenever the market is advancing towards historic heights or plummeting near record depths, traders' opinions tend to be really polarised - some expect to see the trend continuing to break records while others anticipate an immediate reversal. It is usually the case with trading that one of those two groups is right. But why is this common knowledge worth mentioning at all?

Markets are open and enthusiastic traders are returning from their Christmas holidays in a good mood, which is poised to affect gold's slumber from the last couple of weeks. The precious commodity, as was anticipated, was mostly trading in a narrow range over set period owing to the low levels of market liquidity. However, this is about to change as trading activity returns to normal. [...]

The price action of the DAX is consolidating just below the pre-crash level at 13450.000 for the third time since the index started recovering in early-April. A potential bearish rebound from this level could entail the termination of the recent bullish rally. In contrast, another breakout would signify the continuation of the rally towards the all-time high near 13900.000. That is why the next step of the DAX [...]

The precious commodity has had a very rough several weeks, tumbling nearly 200 dollars per troy ounce in the wake of the recent vaccine optimism. The reinvigorated investors and traders' enthusiasm catalysed the major selloff, as the global demand for safe-havens and other low-risk securities plummeted. The market is currently riding high on the expectations for a sharp rebound in global economic activity in [...]