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► We are experiencing the sharpest fall in the DXY this year, with the USD index now 1.2 % lower. The very strong rise in the JPY in particular is weighing on the USD and its status as a safe haven. We also see the EUR/USD back above 1.09000 - or even at ~1.09200 - with the EUR also benefiting from the latest stubborn inflation data from the Eurozone and Germany, which is causing headaches for the ECB.
► Investors are fleeing into US Treasuries, which is driving yields down. The 10-year US government bond has fallen by 18 (!) basis points today, which is currently weighing heavily on the USD.
► While the US economy showed strong additional signs of a sharp and faster than expected slowdown, Eurozone economic data will not be able to outperform. We see the German economy, Europe's largest economy, back in contraction mode.
► With China and now the US also showing signs of a slowdown, the Eurozone's export-driven economy will face even more headwinds.
► Even if the USD will weaken in the coming months (=normalization), today's sell-off was too fast and too far. We are selling the EUR/USD in the 1.09150 - 1.09240 range.
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► Very sharp correction in gold after the yellow precious metal tried several times to push back near the ATH level.
► We are seeing heavy losses in equities (with now slight dip buying), which may also lead to investors pulling money out of gold positions for margin purposes.
► We are currently seeing a technical pullback in gold.
► We see sharply falling yields and an almost crashing USD (DXY falls by more than 1.1%). We buy the hefty dip in gold here. Gold fell now back $2,420 and broke several technical support lines.
► We buy this heavy dip and expect gold to push back into the $2,440 - $2,450 range.
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⚡️ RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Goldman Sachs (GS) 🇺🇸
CLOSE NOW ✅ @: 480 - 481 (area)
OR
SL 🔑 @: 483.23
TP ✅ @: 480.16
Congratulations!
We made the perfect NYSE "opening" trade and also found the perfect entry into Goldman Sachs, capitalizing on some failed dip buying that we expected. Goldman Sachs is now down almost 4%. We are now closing or working with a tight TP at 480.
We are almost certainly trading these chaotic markets better than any other short term trader currently. Many of you have earned several weeks/months average salary with our trades today alone - please stay humble and focused. As always, share with people in need (if possible) ❤️ thanks a lot
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Nasdaq (NAS100 / US100) 🇺🇸
CLOSE NOW ✅ @: 18300 (near)
or
TP ✅ @: 18288.70
We also secure huge profits with our Nasdaq 100 SHORT.
A painful trade for most traders today - which bought the dip in a hard-to-avoid rebound trap.
We set a tight TP or close now (deep in profit).
⚡️ RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
SL 🔑 @: 2465.77
TP ✅ @: 2473.87
We also secure again profits with gold. We continue to see gold well supported.
We work with a tight in-profit SL and would get back in at a better price again. Gold remains volatile.
Congratulations!
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✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
❌ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
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✅ 25.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 29.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
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12/13 = 92.3%
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► Our gold position hit our tight SL (I tightened back to 2469.93 / hit for most of you at 2469.43). If you are still in - we still expect gold to rise.
► We get back into gold and see now a likely short-live correction. We can get back in here now. Given the momentum - we can likely find an entry near $2460* (excellent re-entry price; almost pre NFP data).
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Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
SL 🔑 @: 2469.43 🔄
TP ✅ @: 2479.89
SL 50 cents lower. But if triggered - we search for a good re-entry.
Gold remains very supported from this much worse-than-expected labor market update.
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
SL 🔑 @: 2464.90
TP ✅ @: 2482.37
Wow - NFPs / unemployment very weak. This is now having a negative impact on risk sentiment. The Fed would have to cut rates by 50 basis points in September (probably won't do though). Gold position deep in profit - congratulations!
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► We are now selling Nasdaq ~19500 - more headwinds to come. Very poor labor market data confirming that the US economy is now weakening significantly.
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► Our gold position hit TP overnight as the sell-off in equity markets continued in Asian and early European trading and gold saw additional safe-haven buying. Gold rallied almost to $2,470 before running into resistance. We see gold now trying to find support at $2,460 - with a mini dip below.
► We are getting back into gold (range $2,454 - $2,458*) and continue to see the precious metal well supported.
► We see increasing bets that the Fed will cut interest rates sharply in September - 50 basis points instead of 25 basis points. There are growing signs that the Fed has missed the right time to cut rates and is now behind schedule, which could slow the US economy too quickly and lead to unemployment and possibly even a recession.
► Yields continue to fall after already falling sharply yesterday. We also see the USD sliding back down (DXY at -0.35%) after slight gains - which were largely a recovery from Wednesday's USD selling.
► Signs of a further slowdown in the labor market could drive the gold price towards $2,500. Concerns about further geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are also supporting gold and will probably lead to buying before the weekend.
► We are getting into gold here and also working with a tight SL in case the NFP report (or the US unemployment rate) shows a strong US labor market - which I don't expect. Instead, we could see a downward revision from the previous month. A number that is over-reported again (happened a lot recently) and is revised down next month is a risk. We can set our TP near the ATH.
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📆 Friday, August 2
❗️ Flight from global equities intensifies; Asia falls sharply; Fears grow that Fed rate cuts will come too late
► After Wall Street had fallen sharply in the previous session, there was heavy selling on the global stock markets. Europe opened significantly weaker and the Euro Stoxx 600 was down 1.4 %. In Asia, and particularly in Japan, the losses were even greater, with Japanese equities recording their worst day since 2016. The Japanese Topix index plunged by 6.1% (!), while the broad regional MSCI Asia Pacific index slumped by 3.4%. The losses in Asia and Europe thus followed the losses in New York. The interest rate-sensitive two-year US government bond yield fell by more than 25 basis points this week, while gold approached a record high and jumped again in overnight trading (as we predicted).
► Futures contracts for the Nasdaq 100 are trading sharply lower pre-market, also due to additional headwinds from yesterday's weak tech earnings after the bell. While Amazon delivered overall, investors were again concerned about whether artificial intelligence revenues were worth the cost after Microsoft and Alphabet delivered similarly disappointing reports. However, Meta showed that AI can significantly accelerate revenue growth and help improve operating margins. Apple was optimistic, predicting that its new AI capabilities will boost iPhone upgrades in the coming months and help the company recover from the sales slump that has hit its China business particularly hard. As always, there will be winners and losers, the absolute AI hype, where everything to do with AI rises, is over for now in my opinion.
► Yesterday's sharp sell-off came after US jobless claims hit an almost one-year high and the manufacturing sector contracted sharply. US bonds continued their rally and yields slipped further, hitting multi-month lows.
► The focus now turns to the NFP for July, which will be published later today. The NFP labor market report is considered the most important indicator of the health of the US labor market and will also influence interest rate cut expectations. At 4.1%, the unemployment rate is expected to be at its highest level since November 2021. A very poor report could exacerbate concerns about a hard landing (=recession). Bad data is now clearly bad data again, as the increasing hopes for rate cuts have hardly any impact on risk sentiment as they are already priced in.
► The JPY continued its rally for a fourth day, rising sharply to around 149 per dollar. The GBP stabilized after the losses it suffered following the Bank of England's rate cut, but is likely to remain resilient as the BoE hints at being cautious with further rate cuts. The USD is trading weaker (DXY -0.3%), losing mainly against the JPY and CHF.
► Not everything is trading lower. The gold price has approached its all-time high and was bought further overnight, as we expected. The gold price continues to benefit from falling US Treasury yields and is now trading at around $2,460/oz. Oil prices fell a little on fears of an economic slowdown, but found temporary support at $76/barrel. Further signs of an economic slowdown in the USA/China will push the oil price down further.
Overview last 30 trading days:
✅ Performance: 20.06 - 25.07 (26 trading days)
115 / 147 = 78.2% Success Rate 📈
(June 19 - 0/1 - dropped out)
✅ 26.7 - AUD/USD - LONG ↗️ (TP - 0.65649)
✅ 26.7 - US30 - SHORT ↘️ (TP - 40563.30)
2/2 = 100% 🏆 Success Rate
✅ 29.7 - NAS100 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 19229.40)
✅ 29.7 - USOIL - LONG ↗️ (SL - 76.579)
❌(✅*) 29.7 - MCD - SHORT ↘️ (SL - 263.07| *Re-Entry clsd in profit)
✅ 29.7 - AAPL - LONG ↗️ (SL - 217.99)
✅ 29.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (TP - 2384.47| or clsd 2384.00-.90)
✅ 29.7 - US30 - LONG ↗️ (SL - 40637.30)
5/6 = 83.3% Success Rate (Re-entry not considered separately as "position won" due to minor profit)
✅ 30.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (TP - 2394.77) 📸
✅ 30.7 - GER_40 - SHORT ↘️ (TP - 18386.70)
✅ 30.7 - NFLX - LONG ↗️ (TP - 630.97)
✅ 30.7 - US30 - SHORT ↘️ (TP - 40611.60)
✅ 30.7 - US30 - SHORT ↘️ (TP - 40586.60)
5/5 = 100% 🏆 Success Rate
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Great performance. I never shared the gold traded from Tuesday - here we go; great TP. We won 9 from our last 10 gold trades / current open gold trade in profit.
Brutal losses for Intel. Including the 5.5% drop in regular trading, Intel has lost almost a quarter (!) of its value today. Apple is now slightly up - I see Apple here as a possible "dip" buy for tomorrow.
I'd be cautious on Intel - although the losses here are so steep that you could buy the technical rebound here tomorrow (up to at least $24.99 - but high volatility / high risk & let's see where Intel opens tomorrow).
Amazon now back down a bit more than 4% - also influenced from a general bearish mood in New York. Intel down to almost 13% - the chip maker continues to disappoint on basically all earnings days. We also a dramatic crash in Snap - also one of the most jumpy stocks post earnings, while food delivery service Doordash is up more than 10%.
Apple next ... (will be released at 20:00 UTC+0)
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Nasdaq (NAS100 / US100) 🇺🇸
CLOSE NOW ✅ @: 18900+ (area)
or
TP ✅ @: 18933.90
I see a higher probability that the Apple/Amazon earnings combo will lead to more selling in the Nasdaq 100 after-hours than that both can beat expectations AND make significant gains in the process. In my opinion, the chance that Amazon can impress is higher than for Apple. You can therefore bet close your position in the Nasdaq 100 completely now or work with a very narrow TP.
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Nasdaq (NAS100 / US100) 🇺🇸
SL 🔑 @: 18819.70
TP ✅ @: 18937.90
Our tightened TP was almost triggered. We widen it a bit as we see dip buying now before NYSE closing. We tighten our SL (in-profit for our re-entry).
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► As we expected, the Nasdaq 100 rose again to 18500 - supported by dip buying after very heavy losses. Significant gains from Apple also contributed to a modest recovery in another deep red day for Wall Street and global equities. We sell here.
► We expect selling to return now as Friday's dip buying on Wall Street is not on solid ground and will not be able to displace concerns about the currently visible signs of a significant economic slowdown. Added to this are concerns about further geopolitical escalations over the weekend. The risk of war in the Middle East has increased significantly.
► Hiring in the US slowed significantly in July (plus downward revisions for the last two months) and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in almost three years at 4.3% - significantly more than the expected 4.1%. The labor market data is really surprisingly bad and is the next data point that points to a faster deterioration of the labor market and the US economy than previously thought.
► We want to stay in the Nasdaq SHORT and expect the Nasdaq to head back down from here - probably to the daily lows towards 18250.
🗣️ Tip: Multiply your usual trade size by ~ 5 - 7 (500% - 700%) when trading the Nasdaq (NAS100).
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Congratulations!
Also our GBP/USD is very deep in profit:
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
GBP/USD
SL 🔑 @: 1.27963
TP ✅ @: 1.28187
We set a tight SL for our GBP/USD. The market was strongly getting back into USD yesterday - and now regrets it. Congratulations - beautiful FX trade!
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TP triggered ✅ @: 18288.70
Screenshot just before TP trigger.
Congratulations. We may see some dip buying as we see a very sharply lower Wall Street now (especially in combination with yesterday's very sharp losses). We closed here very well and may see the Nasdaq temporarily trying to rebound to 18500 - where we may SHORT again.
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
SL 🔑 @: 2467.69
TP ✅ @: 2476.77
We set the TP near session highs and tighten our SL.
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SELL NOW 🔽 Goldman Sachs (GS) 🇺🇸
The NFP/labor market data was very poor. While we currently see only modest additional losses on Wall Street (given the already sharp pre-market losses), we expect further strong headwinds. The NFP data reflects a sharp slowdown in hiring and confirms the weakness we saw yesterday in the initial jobless claims data. Unemployment also rose sharply - much more than even I would have expected. 4.3% vs. 4.1% in June and vs. the expected 4.1%.
► Goldman Sachs has been doing very well lately (even though yesterday was negative - but it was a broad market drop - which will continue today).
► The very poor US labor market data raises expectations of faster rate cuts. Rapid rate cuts will weigh on the financial sector. After months of record profits for banks, we are facing further headwinds.
► We also see heavy losses on the equity markets - this will weigh on Goldman Sachs' portfolio and demand for asset management and trading.
► Goldman Sachs is currently trading slightly more than 1.5% lower. We are waiting for a mini-rebound and sell at $492.5 - $495*.
🗣️ Tipp: Multiply your usual trade size by ~ 100 - 110 (10,000% - 11,000%) trading Goldman Sachs (GS).
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Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
We now see slight (temporary) resistance in the $2,475 - $2,477.50 range. We still see gold pushing higher later today.
More context:
The 114,000 increase in payrolls undershoots all but one of the 74 analyst expectations covered by Bloomberg. Additionally there was a 29,000 downward revision (as we predicted) to the prior two months.
This labor market data is MUCH weaker than expected.
downward revisions:
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised down by 2,000, from +218,000 to +216,000, and the change for June was revised down by 27,000, from +206,000 to (below 200K) at +179,000.
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
SL 🔑 @: 2469.93
TP ✅ @: 2479.89
Absolute perfect gold trade. Also entry perfect.
We tighten our SL. We close at 2480 - potentially get then back in LONG. 2500 / ATH absolutely in sight.
If SL triggered - we get back in near 2466
We have won 10 of our last 11 gold trades.
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
❌ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 24.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (Re-Entry)
✅ 25.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 29.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 30.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 31.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 31.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
✅ 01.8 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (TP triggered 2454.83 or 2462.43) 📸
10/11 = 90.9%
✴️ 02.8 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️
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"Hey Fabian (..) I would also like to thank Robert and the team (..) I still only trade gold and indices (..) now also all forex, after having a look at Robert's performance May 01 - July 30 (..) my account is now at €16,400 (..) yes exactly, started with €1500 (..) no, never deposited again 😁 (..) decided to focus entirely on trading with the signals and go back to university in October (..) I am very confident that I can earn more than €2,500 per month if I only trade the signals from you (..) that is definitely enough here in Leipzig (..) and €2,500 is conservatively calculated (..) at 33 years old I am now in the best phase of my life, after the last 3-4 years were actually really difficult (..) Thank you again, I am indebted to you forever (..)" (shortened & translated; message from July 31).
Thanks a lot Mario - your message reached me on Wednesday and was very moving and a very strong motivation for me. I wish you continued success - also with your studies. Get in touch with me (ask Fabian) - BR Robert.
Key events in today's economic calendar:
(times in UTC+0)
🔸 🇫🇷 Industrial Production JUN - 06:45 (released: 🔴)
🔸 🇮🇹 Industrial Production JUN - 08:00 (released: 🟢)
🔸 🇮🇹 Retail Sales JUN - 09:00 (released: 🔴)
♦️ 🇺🇸 Non Farm Payrolls JUL - 12:30
♦️ 🇺🇸 Unemployment Rate JUL - 12:30
🔸 🇺🇸 Average Hourly Earnings JUL - 12:30
🔸 = Event of medium/high importance
♦️ = Event of very high importance
🔴 = Data worse than analysts' expectations
🟡 = Data in-line with analysts' expectations
🟢 = Data better than analysts' expectations
Key Earnings Reports:
(ordered by market capitalization)
☀️ Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 🇺🇸
☀️ Chevron Corporation (CVX) 🇺🇸
☀️ Linde plc (LIN) 🇮🇪(🇩🇪)
☀️ Enbridge Inc (ENB) 🇨🇦
☀️ Nintendo (NTDOY) 🇯🇵
☀️ Ares Management Corporation (ARES) 🇺🇸
☀️ Imperial Oil Limited (IMO) 🇨🇦
(...a few more with market cap <$35B)
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✅ 31.7 - NAS100 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 19242.90)
✅ 31.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (SL - 2424.73)
✅ 31.7 - US30 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 40984.70)
✅ 31.7 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (TP - 2424.13)
✅ 31.7 - US30 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 41083.70)
✅ 31.7 - EUR/USD - LONG ↗️ (SL - 1.08217)
❌* 31.7 - US30 - LONG ↗️ (off profit likely in SL*| TP - off profit)
👉 SL 🔑 @: 40124.30 | TP ✅ @: 40674.90 (🔄 in case still open)
6/7 = 85.7% Success Rate
TODAY :
✅ 1.8 - GBP/USD - LONG ↗️ (SL - 1.27849)
✅ 1.8 - NAS100 - LONG ↗️ (SL - 19472.7)
✅ 1.8 - GOOGL - LONG ↗️ (TP - 173.89)
✴️ 1.8 - XAU/USD - LONG ↗️ (open - in-profit) 📸
👉 SL 🔑 @: 2424.87 (or wider) | TP ✅ @: 2454.83 (or wider)
❌ 1.8 - NAS100 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 18907.40 for me| clsd 18900+)*
✅ 1.8 - NAS100 - LONG ↗️ (TP - 18907.40 for me| clsd 18900+)**
✴️ 1.8 - GBP/USD - LONG ↗️ (open - off-profit)
4/7 - (2 open positions; incl. re-entry** / initial position** only in VIP)
In the first half of today's (US) trading, we extended our very good trades / timing, but were hit by the doubly bad US purchasing managers' indices for the manufacturing sector, which triggered a strong correction (+ panic selling). However, mixed earnings reports after the close (Amazon, Intel, Snap / Apple strong) will keep sentiment rather negative tomorrow.
Our open gold position is currently in profit 📸 - you can also work with a wider TP - we see gold well supported here. Gold trading is now resuming (ahead of the Asian session). I made an additional near perfect gold trade yesterday (not shared as I didn't want to overtrade the overnight trade; the 0.8 position).
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Gold (XAU/USD)🥇
TP ✅ @: 2452.49 (or wider)
Gold with little movement while Wall Street saw a sharp sell-off. I see gold still very attractive / our position is in profit. We can tightening our TP here.
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Apple with minimal reaction after earnings report. Overall though, a very solid earnings report - perhaps not the most meaningful because ahead of the next iPhone cycle and the launch of Apple Intelligence, yet overall absolutely solid - especially Services Revenue is key here for me. I'm surprised Apple didn't rise further here - even iPhone sales were above expectations. In addition, the operating margin even increased slightly - a very solid report, better than Amazon's.
EPS: $1.40 vs. $1.35 expected
❗️ Revenue: $85.78 billion vs. $84.53 billion expected
❗️ iPhone revenue: $39.30 billion vs. $38.81 billion expected
Mac revenue: $7.01 billion vs. $7.02 billion expected
iPad revenue: $7.16 billion vs. $6.61 billion expected
Accessories revenue: $8.10 billion vs. $7.79 billion expected
❗️ Services revenue: $24.21 billion vs. $24.01 billion expected
❗️ Gross margin: 46.3% vs. 46.1% expected
❗️ Intel / Amazon reported earnings - quick look
Intel misses expectations (again and again and significantly) and suspends (!) the Q4 dividend, leading to heavy losses for Intel in after-hours trading (-12% currently, after the stock already closed 5.5% lower in regular trading). Amazon also reported a mixed quarter - leading first to a decline of up to -5% - and total revenue slightly below expectations - however, the very important cloud revenue (AWS) grew faster than expected at 19% YoY vs. 17.6% - a solid report in my opinion. Long term, I still like Amazon even though the company failed to meet very high expectations.
It was the right decision to close our position in the Nasdaq 100 - even if Amazon's report can help to cool down the currently turbulent markets. The focus is now on Apple. For me, AWS is the key for Amazon - the fact that AWS is growing faster than expected is a big plus.
⚡️ LIGHTNING-RAPID UPDATE 🔰
Nasdaq (NAS100 / US100) 🇺🇸
SL 🔑 @: 18839.70
TP ✅ @: 18962.30
We further widen our TP / tighten our SL.
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BUY NOW 🔼 GBP/USD
► We can go LONG on GBP/USD again below the price for our position after the BoE interest rate decision. We see the GBP/USD now below 1.27400 or down more than 0.9% for today.
► GBP experienced some headwinds after risk sentiment shifted from more positive to more negative and investors sought more safety after economic data from the US (including labor market data) indicated a faster than expected slowdown in the US economy. However, the market somewhat overreacted to the weaker manufacturing data (the reaction was strong as the latest GDP data pointed to a stronger than originally expected US economy with continued strong domestic demand - and now instead of growth, showed further contraction).
► The flight to safety also caused yields to fall sharply. We see a slightly stronger USD for the day - but also supported by yesterday's USD weakness.
► We continue to see the GBP as resilient despite today's rate cut by the BoE. Still very high services inflation and significantly higher wage growth than current consumer price inflation will slow the Bank of England's rate cut path.
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