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The charts that matter: China upsets cryptocurrency markets
Bitcoin slid again this week after China declared all cryptocurrency transactions illegal. Here’s what’s happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
On the cover of this week’s magazine we’ve got Boris Johnson in the dark feeding the electricity meter. With the wind refusing to blow, cross-channel electricity cables exploding and gas prices going through the roof, we could be in for a very tough winter. Simon Wilson looks at what’s going on and weighs up the possibility of the lights going off this winter.
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This week’s “Too Embarrassed To Ask” video explains what a “contagion” is. It’s a term we’re all probably familiar with in its epidemiological sense these days, but what does it mean in terms of financial markets? Find out exactly what it means here.
And in this week’s podcast, Merryn’s joined by Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates. They talk about some of the unexpected consequences of Covid and the opportunities for investors, plus the “wonderful safe haven” of UK value stocks, and the attractions of energy companies. 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 attempted a rally early on in the week, but ended on a depressed note, partly because the Federal Reserve was more hawkish than expected (ie monetary tightening could be coming sooner than investors had hoped).
(Image credit: Gold price chart)
(Gold: three months)
That said, the US dollar index (DXY – a measure of the strength of the dollar against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners) slipped, which isn’t necessarily what you’d expect in the context – although it might be partly because other global central banks look set to tighten still faster than the Fed.
(Image credit: US dollar index chart)
(DXY: three months)
The Chinese yuan (or renminbi) continued to tread water (when the red line is rising, the dollar is strengthening while the yuan is weakening).
(Image credit: USD/CNY curency chart)
(Chinese yuan to the US dollar: since 25 Jun 2019)
The yield on the ten-year US government bond perked up at the idea of interest rates rising.
(Image credit: US Treasury bond yield chart)
(Ten-year US Treasury yield: three months)
The yield on the Japanese ten-year bond fell back, however.
(Image credit: Japanese government bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Japanese government bond yield: three months)
And the yield on the ten-year German Bund continued its gradual rise.
(Image credit: German bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Bund yield: three months)
Copper continued to trade sideways, rattled by China’s economic and financial system woes, of which Evergrande is the most obvious symptom.
(Image credit: Copper price chart)
(Copper: nine months)
The closely-related Aussie dollar edged up a little.
(Image credit: AUD/USD currency chart)
(Aussie dollar vs US dollar exchange rate: three months)
Bitcoin had a miserable end to the week after China basically banned cryptocurrency transactions (although it’s hardly the first time China has demonstrated hostility to cryptocurrencies).
(Image credit: Bitcoin price chart)
(Bitcoin: three months)
US weekly initial jobless claims rose by 16,000 to 351,000. The four-week moving average fell by 750 to 335,750.
(Image credit: US initial weekly jobless claims chart)
(US initial jobless claims, four-week moving average: since Jan 2020)
The oil price rose to more than $77 a barrel as spiking energy prices hit the headlines.
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