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The charts that matter: markets shrug off taper talk
Markets reacted calmly to the Federal Reserve’s confirmation that it would be reducing its monetary stimulus. Here’s what’s happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
This week’s magazine looks at the US stockmarket bubble. US stocks are “wildly overpriced” on pretty much every measure, says Jeremy Grantham. A day of reckoning is surely coming, and when it does it won’t just be US stocks that suffer – everything else will come down in sympathy.
Our other big feature looks at trading biases – the “psychological pitfalls that can part inexperienced investors from their money”. Experienced trader Michael Taylor lays out eight key things to be aware of.
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This week’s “Too Embarrassed To Ask” video takes a look at “drawdowns”. They’re an unfortunate fact of life for pretty much every investor. But just what is a drawdown? Find out here.
In this week’s podcast, Merryn’s talking to Sebastian Lyon of Troy Asset Management about the joys of a boring investment style, why you shouldn’t confuse ESG investing with ethical investing, plus inflation, financial repression, gold… and much more. Listen to the episode here.
Here are the links for this week’s editions of Money Morning and other web articles you may have missed:
Gold levelled off a little after almost a month of steady rises, though it then shot up on Friday afternoon as US jobs data came in far weaker than most people expected (which gives the Federal Reserve more reason to be cautious when “tapering”).
(Image credit: Gold price chart)
(Gold: three months)
The US dollar index (DXY – a measure of the strength of the dollar against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners) dropped, particularly after the aforementioned weak jobs data.
(Image credit: US dollar index chart)
(DXY: three months)
The Chinese yuan (or renminbi) continued to see very little action (when the red line is rising, the dollar is strengthening while the yuan is weakening).
(Image credit: USD/CNY currency chart)
(Chinese yuan to the US dollar: since 25 Jun 2019)
The yield on the Japanese ten-year bond was a little higher but still barely changed, despite news that Japan’s prime minister would step down.
(Image credit: Japanese government bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Japanese government bond yield: three months)
And the yield on the ten-year German Bund was higher too, though tapered off towards the end of the week.
(Image credit: German Bund yield chart)
(Ten-year Bund yield: three months)
Copper paused its rebound from a recent low.
(Image credit: Copper price chart)
(Copper: nine months)
The closely-related Aussie dollar bounced back, too.
(Image credit: AUD/USD currency chart)
(Aussie dollar vs US dollar exchange rate: three months)
Bitcoin continued to head back towards the moon, topping $50,000 for the first time since May this year.
(Image credit: Bitcoin price chart)
(Bitcoin: three months)
US weekly initial jobless claims fell by 14,000 to 340,000. The four-week moving average fell by 11,750 to 355,000. Meanwhile, the nonfarm payrolls figure for August, released on Friday afternoon, was far weaker than expected.
(Image credit: US initial weekly jobless claims chart)
(US initial jobless claims, four-week moving average: since Jan 2020)
The oil price is back on its upward march, though it remains some way off its July high.
(Image credit: Brent crude oil price chart)
(Brent crude oil: three months)
Amazon slipped back after its recent run of gains.
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