Good Morning from Germany, where retail investors can now subscribe to SpaceX shares.
Alongside Trade Republic, Deutsche Bank, ING and Commerzbank customers are also being offered access – a rare chance for German retail investors to take part in a US share issue. The fixed price is $135, but the European prospectus allows Elon Musk to lift it by up to 20%, implying a possible book-building range of $135–$162. Musk clearly wants an army of retail investors behind SpaceX – and a price that stays in orbit.
Gold erased its gains this year as robust US jobs data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year https://t.co/YE1Min7rCx
With recent rotations in focus, equal-weight versus market-cap comparison shows that S&P 500’s YTD return is only modestly different (10.6% equal weight vs. 11.4% market cap), but sectors diverge more: Technology has largest positive equal-weight gap (45.6% vs. 24.3%, +21.3pp), while Communication Services has largest divergence in opposite direction (-6.5% vs. 6.8%, -13.3pp)
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#Gold hit the upper boundary of its long-term ascending channel and started correction.
$3500-$4000 zone remains the accumulation zone for gold investors.
WSJ: "Fears of rising interest rates collided with worries about artificial-intelligence spending on Wall Street Friday, bringing an abrupt and painful end to weeks of gains and sending the Nasdaq composite to its worst day in more than a year....
The losses intensified after a robust jobs report raised new worries that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates later this year to fight inflation."
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Déjà vu time for the Yen???
On Sept 22, 1985 (weekend) the global Central Bankers intervened in FX markets via Plaza Accord to dampen $USD strength
On Sept 20 Jen futures closed at $.0042
The Japanese Central Bank was most aggressive selling billions of dollars
Shorts were trapped
This old goat was among the shorts
Yen put in series of gaps in subsequent days, gaining 20% in two weeks
Can this happen again? $USDJPY
Initial jobless claims up to 225k vs. 215k est. & 212k prior; continuing claims at 1.777M vs. 1.780M est. & 1.785M prior … greatest increases in CA (+3.9k), TN (+1.7k), & MN (+1.7k); greatest decreases in TX (-2.2k), NJ (-1.2k), & MD (-0.8k)
#Gold continues to find support at its 200-day moving average as a tug of war unfolds between short-term momentum traders looking for a downside break and longer-term investors stepping in to buy weakness. Until the Strait of Hormuz reopens and the inflation outlook becomes more quantifiable, downside risks remain elevated. For now, a break above USD 4,600 remains the minimum technical requirement to shift sentiment in a more constructive direction.