US rate cut boosts silver to all-time highs; watch platinum

After a contentious Fed meet on Wednesday, the final monetary decision was a 25 bps cut. The new band level is set at 3.5-3.75%.

Why contentious? Simply because there was no unanimous decision on: first, the direction of the policy rate and, second, the magnitude of the move. The result…[Read more]

Freeport Mcmoran FCX US continues to edge higher adding another +3.68% yesterday.

In fact, the stock is up by +13.43% over the last month and has posted 8 new 1- month highs in that period.

In the table below you can see how the stock has traded since late November green days clearly out numbering red in this period.

This is sort of…[Read more]

‘Super glut’ heading oil’s way

While natural gas prices keep climbing, the other major energy fuel – crude oil – remains suppressed.

Crude’s 3-year chart below highlights this bear trend clearly. Since 2024, each reaction high was marginally lower than the one before. And each lower low dipped deeper south. Over time, a definitive “downtrend…[Read more]

Bank of America’s Flow Show report is published on Fridays and is always a good way to round off Friday afternoon (if you weren’t invited to lunch that is).

Its packed full of useful titbits and nuggets of information, such as the charts below: which tie in nicely with, and support, some of my recent posts, and the thinking behind them.

Freeport Mcmoran FCX US is moving nicely higher today up by +2.60%. Those gains follow on from a +3.63% gain, posted on Wednesday.

Spot copper is up +3.52% on the week and has printed at $5.40 per pound today .

The icing on the cake would be a weekly close in FCX above $45.85 but lets not count our chickens just yet.

How interesting to compare and contrast the relative positioning of Ocado OCDO LN on the Broad Europe smile at 8.17 am this morning, and again at 1.55 pm this afternoon.

Enthusiasm has waned ,as traders reflect on the idea of compensation vs an ongoing relationship with U$ supermarket chain Kroger.

And we can see how the stock transitioned,…[Read more]

Japan in a secular bull market

After the onset of the great covid pandemic, one financial boom happened after another. From the EV bubble to crypto to MEME ‘stonks’ to AI, these speculative frenzies just never stop.

But there is one that is still not widely mentioned. That is Japan.

The great normalisation of the country’s economy and finan…[Read more]

Nice to see some of the US oil names I highlighted recently, coming to the party.

APA Corp (APA US ) are up by almost +8.80% over the last 5 days for example, Diamond Back (FANG) have added +6.60%, and Devon Energy, a somewhat more pedestrian +3.61%.

However, they’re all ahead of the S&P 500 Energy sector which is up by just +2.89% in…[Read more]

Dollar Down?

President Trump has announced that he will make an announcement in early 2026, concerning the new Fed chairman.

During the last summer, an intense political battle was fought over the leadership of the venerable institution. From Lisa Cook’s appointment to Fed’s multibillion renovation, no stone was left unturned in the bid to cha…[Read more]

Interesting to note that Freeport McMoran bounced by +3.63% yesterday, having traded up to $45.09 on the day.
Copper and copper stocks remain in the mix with Citigroup writing positively on both Glencore and BHP today. The bank is neutral on BHP though they have a tactical short term view on the long-side but they are buyers of Glencore .

Time to buy Chinese stocks?

While trade war remains a sticky topic for the Sino-US relation, on both sides of the Pacific their respective stock markets are on a bull run.

On Wall Street, animal spirits are riding high. Generous valuations are heaped on AI, crypto and a wide swathe of stocks. Key US equity indices are near record highs. In…[Read more]

This graphic took my eye (see below) as it looks at possible power shortages, arising from the near insatiable demand of data centres.

And of course this feeds back into the story about copper from earlier this morning.

In this instance, if the data is correct, there is an expected shortfall between power demanded and that available, near…[Read more]

The FT writes today on structural challenges in the copper market that are driven by increasing demand from data centres and electrification, and a paucity of future supplies, particularly at scale,

its quite a lengthy piece but worth seeking out by searching ” The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom”.

This quote is typical of the tone of…[Read more]

Do you recall this post on Airtel Africa AAF LN https://invesdaq.com/activity/p/204
the stock is trading in between support and resistance and right now we are testing at the resistance around 318p.
A clean and sustained break/close above 320p would provide sustenance for the bulls so watch this space as they say.

I cant help but notice that another of the German midcap stocks I mentioned on Monday, has been moving well today.

Engineer Thyssen Krupp AG TKA GR has added +6.00% in the session.

What’s more the gains have been incremental across the day, following a gap higher on the open .

Right place, right time, right thinking it seems.