Albemarle are down by 7.50% after comments from Treasury Secretary Bessent on the US dollar speaking to CNBC he said :

“The U.S. always has a strong-dollar policy and isn’t intervening in currency markets”

This follows on from comments by President Trump yesterday, that he wasn’t concerned about the weakness in the US currency .

Bessent’s…[Read more]

The talk around the markets this morning is about the US$ and specifically its weakness.

The Dollar index has fallen by -3.0% in just a few sessions part of a near -12.0% fall seen over the last year.

Dutch bank ING believe the US currency can weaken further and that in their words “it makes no sense to stand in the way ”

Of course…[Read more]

You may recall that back on January 14th I picked South Korea to be the market/index that would outperform the S&P 500 over the course of 2026.

Using EWW, the South Korea iShares MSCI ETF, as a yard stick we are off to a good start, in fact I believe the ETF is up by more than +30.0% since I wrote this piece

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Just under a fortnight ago I wrote on silver. At that point the precious metal was testing above $90.0 per troy ounce, last nigh it spiked to a new high of $117.0 per ounce.

See here https://invesdaq.com/members/fatdaz/activity/430/

At the same time I mentioned Fresnillo FRES LN, as ideal way for UK retail clients to play the silver rally.…[Read more]

We have a big week ahead, with 33% of the S&P’s total market cap reporting and an FOMC meeting to boot. The table below from Wells Fargo shows the distribution of earnings within Major US indices in this cycle.

$62.98- that’s the price of Freeport McMorran FCX US, in the pre-market today they are up +4.30% ahead of the regular session. And thus well above the resistance flagged in my previous post.

You can see the High Low Open Close ( last ) data, over the last month in the stock in the table below.

What’s interesting, is that Copper CFDs, are…[Read more]

Albemarle ALB US added +4.59% in yesterday’s session.

However there seems to be resistance / selling around $189.00 ( see the chart below) .
Of course it has had a good run, rallying by almost +30.0% over the last month and by +10.77% this week, so some profit taking seems inevitable.

The price action in today’s session and the weekly…[Read more]

I picked South Korea as the market most likely to outperform the US stock indices in in 2026.

You can see my thinking and comments here https://invesdaq.com/forums/topic/can-any-other-index-beat-the-us-stock-markets-in-2026/

Korean markets have had a good start to 2026 and continue to make gains.

The chart below shows the South Korea…[Read more]

I highlighted the upside potential in ARM Holdings ARM US yesterday. At that point they were trading at $115.00.

I am pleased to say that they are $121.00 in the US pre market this morning up by +6.39% .

ARM Holdings, once a UK listed company, that back in the day was spun out of Acorn Computer.

More recently ARM was listed in the US by its parent Softbank.

ARM makes its living by designing silicon chips, often for fabless customers and when those designs are manufactured, by the likes of TSMC or Intel, who run Fabs or Foundries, ARM…[Read more]

It’s been a week of surprises, but perhaps one of the biggest (so far) has been the move in US Natural Gas. It was only on January 14 that Nat Gas CFDs, were trading at $3.15, compare that to the $4.74 they are trading at now.

I look at the ETF UNG, The US Natural Gas Fund, to track sentiment towards the US fuel. As you can see below…[Read more]

Japanese equities have sold off over the last 36 hours as you can see in the first chart below. The Nikkei 225 has fallen by -2.80% over recent days, pushed lower by a change in sentiment – a move to risk-off.

Which means a stronger Yen, and that in turn adds pressure to Japanese stock prices.

The second chart below provides some…[Read more]

Its macro over micro at the moment as far as drivers of sentiment are concerned and that has shown in itself in the thoughts of strategists at Citigroup who have downgraded Europe today on the back of additional tariffs imposed by the US as a punishment for supporting Denmark over Greenland.
European indices are falling once more

President Trump…[Read more]

We recently looked at where Lloyd’s Banking stock might be in 5 years time.

You may recall that I said I preferred a bank with non-UK exposures, such as Barclays BARC LN .

JP Morgan writes on the sector today.

They nominate Barclays as their top pick, with an overweight rating, and a positive catalyst watch on the stock.
JPM are…[Read more]

Markets could be in for a a reset this week as the macro appears to overwhelming the micro.

Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive stance on Greenland could see the introduction of additional trade tariffs against EU states. Whilst its also possible that the US might take military action against the ruling regime in Iran.

Markets dislike…[Read more]

The third Monday in January (today 19/01/26) is also known as “Blue Monday” as it has the reputation of being the most depressing day of the year.

That’s thanks to a combination of holiday excess, in terms of both expenditure and consumption,
And with people often having been paid early in December, by mid January, bank accounts are…[Read more]