Fawad Razaqzada
Fawad Razaqzada
Market Analyst
Expertise: Macroeconomics, Technical Analysis, Price Action, Trade Education
Trading Style: Swing
Experience:
• 12+ years trading and analysis experience covering the forex, indices, commodities and cryptos
• Hundreds of educational webinars, live sessions and videos, and countless written content
• In my analysis, I also provide trade insights and trading education
• Regularly quoted in major financial publications, such as Reuters, MarketWatch and Bloomberg
• Voted to be among the top 10 most read contributors and helped FOREX.com become winners of best sell-side analysis contributor at FX Street Best Awards on several occasions.
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Gold forecast: XAU/USD slips amid calmer markets, but broader trend firm
The broader gold forecast and price direction remains constructive, even with some of its haven appeal diminishing. Until we witness clear patterns of lower highs, lower lows, and firm trade agreements rather than more political bluster from the Trump administration, the prospect of fresh highs for gold cannot be dismissed.
Gold outlook: Calmer tone ahead of busy week
Markets appeared to steady themselves last week, with risk assets such as the S&P 500 pressing higher and haven assets taking a backseat.
DAX forecast: Stocks recovery could lose momentum
Stock indices extend their gains initially as the positive sentiment from the previous day carried forward into the early European trade. But at the time of writing, markets were coming off their best levels, possibly on the back of the Time Magazine’s interview with Donald Trump.
Nasdaq 100 outlook: Stocks Retreat as US-China trade hopes fade
A day after we saw the unwinding of “Sell America” trade, index futures were back down as a rally in global equities lost momentum. Once again, optimism over a swift resolution to the US-China trade spat was dealt a blow.
Gold outlook: Could XAU/USD rebound with trade uncertainty lingering?
As far as the gold outlook is concerned, well the precious metal has dropped quick a bit in the last couple of days, but that is still merely a drop in the ocean compared to how much it has gained. Will dip buyers step in as the metal now tests short-term support levels beath the $3300 area?
S&P 500 forecast: Trump triggers unwinding of “Sell America” trade
Trump can certainly talk the talk, but can he also walk the walk? Until he does that, we will remain cautious on our S&P 500 forecast.
Nasdaq 100 forecast: Technology stocks rally ahead of Tesla results
Concerns about a deteriorating growth outlook amid trade war risks means the Nasdaq 100 forecast is remaining not so certain. Another choppy week could be ahead of us, as attention turn to more company earnings, with Tesla set to post its results after the close.
Gold forecast: XAU/USD hits $3.5K but what now?
The momentum behind the move is unmistakable, and it’s clearly deterring any meaningful selling activity from traders or longer-term investors. Against this backdrop, the gold forecast remains bullish, although prices are hitting significant overbought technical levels.
S&P 500 outlook blighted by ongoing trade war uncertainty
Concerns about a deteriorating growth outlook amid trade war risks means the S&P 500 outlook is remaining not so certain. Another choppy week could be ahead of us, as attention turn to more company earnings.
Gold forecast: XAU/USD eases after big upsurge
The metal has enjoyed an amazing run, thanks to central bank buying, strong haven demand, weakness in US dollar, inflation hedging and momentum buying, among many other fundamental reasons. But what about the gold forecast? Have we passed peak uncertainty, and is it reasonable to expect the precious metal to rise significantly further from here?
S&P 500 analysis: Sentiment improves on trade hopes; Netflix earnings coming up
After a choppy week, global markets were showing signs of stabilisation first thing this morning, although at the time of writing global indices were coming off their best levels.