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Jeroen Blokland

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Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Despite the USD declining and OPEC pledging more production cuts, oil has entered a Bear Market. We discuss the disadvantages of being a (price) cartel.</li>
<li>Will the Bank of Japan finally end its extremely loose monetary policy? While investors are betting it will happen as soon as mid-December, the latest inflation data and previous statements of central bank Governor Ueda suggest otherwise.</li>
<li>Next to Federal Reserve hopium, the unanimous embracing of the soft landing, liquidity has boosted equities and other liquidity-driven asset classes like Bitcoin and Gold. </li>
</ul>


Despite the USD declining and OPEC pledging more production cuts, oil has entered a Bear Market. We discuss the disadvantages of being a (price) cartel.
Will the Bank of Japan finally end its extremely loose monetary policy? While investors are betting it will happen as soon as mid-December, the latest inflation data and previous statements of central bank Governor Ueda suggest otherwise.
Next to Federal Reserve hopium, the unanimous embracing of the soft landing, liquidity has boosted equities and other liquidity-driven asset classes like Bitcoin and Gold. 


The Weekly Market Monitor – Oil & China Bear Markets, but Liquidity Saves the Day!

Energy Transition | AI | Shifting World Order, Mint Finance

Pranay Yadav

Energy Transition | AI | Shifting World Order

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Macroeconomics

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<li>Nonfarm payrolls showed 199k jobs added, higher than October and above expectations; Unemployment fell to 3.7% but wage growth strong at 4% YoY.</li>
<li>Earlier this week, JOLTs survey showed job opening slide 6.7% to 8.73 million, lowest in 2.5 years with jobs declining across industries.</li>
<li>Job market observed to be loosening and on-track to achieving soft-landing. going forward, it’s vital to watch for job losses.</li>
</ul>


Nonfarm payrolls showed 199k jobs added, higher than October and above expectations; Unemployment fell to 3.7% but wage growth strong at 4% YoY.
Earlier this week, JOLTs survey showed job opening slide 6.7% to 8.73 million, lowest in 2.5 years with jobs declining across industries.
Job market observed to be loosening and on-track to achieving soft-landing. going forward, it’s vital to watch for job losses.


Mint Macro Roundup: Dissecting The Recent Jobs Data

Srinidhi Raghavendra

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<li>The Yen clocked its biggest one-day move since 12/Jan. It soared to 141.601 to the USD breaching past its 200d DMA before settling at 144.092.</li>
<li>Overnight-Indexed swaps show a 45% (up from 3.5% chance just 2-days back) chance that the BOJ would end its negative interest rates policy at this month’s meeting.</li>
<li>Leveraged funds have ramped up their net-short positioning in the yen, the most since April 2022, according to CFTC data. Liquidations might have triggered sharp moves.</li>
</ul>


The Yen clocked its biggest one-day move since 12/Jan. It soared to 141.601 to the USD breaching past its 200d DMA before settling at 144.092.
Overnight-Indexed swaps show a 45% (up from 3.5% chance just 2-days back) chance that the BOJ would end its negative interest rates policy at this month’s meeting.
Leveraged funds have ramped up their net-short positioning in the yen, the most since April 2022, according to CFTC data. Liquidations might have triggered sharp moves.


Yen Soars past 200d DMA Clocking a Record Daily Move on BoJ Governor Remarks

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Scotiabank

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FX & Rates

<ul><li>The USD is trading positively on the session but movement is fairly limited and the DXY is holding within yesterday’s range which took the index just above the 200-day MA.</li><li>The DXY is holding right around that marker this morning, with movement across the core major currencies relatively limited.</li><li>The JPY and GBP are posting modest gains on the USD at writing while the AUD is underperforming after the RBA left policy unchanged but repeated its willingness to hike again if needed. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The USD is trading positively on the session but movement is fairly limited and the DXY is holding within yesterday’s range which took the index just above the 200-day MA.The DXY is holding right around that marker this morning, with movement across the core major currencies relatively limited.The JPY and GBP are posting modest gains on the USD at writing while the AUD is underperforming after the RBA left policy unchanged but repeated its willingness to hike again if needed. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

FX Daily - USD Holds Firm, Focus on JOLTS Data

<ul><li>Traders moved to cut overall USD longs further still in the past week’s CFTC data.</li><li>The prior week’s report showed aggregate, speculative USD longs were effectively halved ahead of Thanksgiving.</li><li>This week’s data shows another, sizeable reduction in net USD longs of USD3.3bn, taking the aggregate USD long held by Non-Commercial (speculative) accounts to just USD1.8bn. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Traders moved to cut overall USD longs further still in the past week’s CFTC data.The prior week’s report showed aggregate, speculative USD longs were effectively halved ahead of Thanksgiving.This week’s data shows another, sizeable reduction in net USD longs of USD3.3bn, taking the aggregate USD long held by Non-Commercial (speculative) accounts to just USD1.8bn. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Weekly CFTC Sentiment Report - Speculative USD Longs Reduced Further

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The Weekly Market Monitor – Oil & China Bear Markets, but Liquidity Saves the Day!

Investments highlighted: Oil, Gold, Copper, Commodities, Japanese Yen, Nikkei, Chinese equities, Hang Seng Index, Bitcoin, and US Treasuries.

Jeroen Blokland

Mint Macro Roundup: Dissecting The Recent Jobs Data

November nonfarm payrolls beat expectations with 199k jobs added, pushing unemployment down to 3.7%. Wage growth strong at 4% YoY. Bonds and...

Mint Finance

Yen Soars past 200d DMA Clocking a Record Daily Move on BoJ Governor Remarks

Central Bank Governors are trained to speak sparsely. And there is a good reason for that. For when they speak, markets gyrate furiously. Short...

Mint Finance

FX Daily - USD Holds Firm, Focus on JOLTS Data

The USD is trading positively on the session but movement is fairly limited and the DXY is holding within yesterday’s range which took the index...

Scotiabank

Weekly CFTC Sentiment Report - Speculative USD Longs Reduced Further

Traders moved to cut overall USD longs further still in the past week’s CFTC data. The prior week’s report showed aggregate, speculative USD longs...

Scotiabank

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52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

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The Weekly Market Monitor – Oil & China Bear Markets, but Liquidity Saves the Day!

Investments highlighted: Oil, Gold, Copper, Commodities, Japanese Yen, Nikkei, Chinese equities, Hang Seng Index, Bitcoin, and US Treasuries.

Jeroen Blokland

Mint Macro Roundup: Dissecting The Recent Jobs Data

​November nonfarm payrolls beat expectations with 199k jobs added, pushing unemployment down to 3.7%. Wage growth strong at 4% YoY. Bonds and...

Mint Finance

Yen Soars past 200d DMA Clocking a Record Daily Move on BoJ Governor Remarks

Central Bank Governors are trained to speak sparsely. And there is a good reason for that. For when they speak, markets gyrate furiously. Short...

Mint Finance

FX Daily - USD Holds Firm, Focus on JOLTS Data

The USD is trading positively on the session but movement is fairly limited and the DXY is holding within yesterday’s range which took the index...

Scotiabank

Weekly CFTC Sentiment Report - Speculative USD Longs Reduced Further

Traders moved to cut overall USD longs further still in the past week’s CFTC data. The prior week’s report showed aggregate, speculative USD longs...

Scotiabank

November nonfarm payrolls beat expectations with 199k jobs added, pushing unemployment down to 3.7%. Wage growth strong at 4% YoY. Bonds and...