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Limit Up! 7th January 2025

Written by Ian Reynolds | Jan 7, 2025 6:05:50 AM

Breaking

Dollar drops over report Donald Trump considering scaling back tariff plans [FT]

Confirmed Trudeau resignation in Canada. Canadian dollar rallies
Immigration, voter fatigue undid Trudeau, not Trump [AFR]
Mark Carney says he is considering running for Liberal leadership after Trudeau resignation [Globe & Mail]
Loonie Gains as Wall Street Weighs In on Trudeau’s Resignation [Bloomberg]

 The Federal Reserve’s vice-chair for supervision said in a statement that he was stepping down over concerns that a 'risk of a dispute over the position could be a distraction' to the Fed’s goal to safeguard the US financial system.

Michael Barr to step down as Federal Reserve’s top Wall Street regulator [FT]

Police to take over efforts to detain impeached South Korean president [ABC]

Nippon Steel and US Steel sue after Joe Biden blocks $15bn deal [FT]

Foreign Exchange

USD slightly weaker versus Aussie, Euro, Yuan and up against Yen. BoJ watching the intervention level.

USD / YEN Daily

Equities

All quiet here. 

Bonds

UK 10 year bond yield back to 2008 level.

UK 10 Year Gilt Yield Monthly

Commodities

The pause in Gold retracement seems have given Silver a good bounce, maybe also the news overnight that tariffs might actually have some logic.

Silver / USD Daily

Any chart of Silver is a total mess and most services don't include the all time high when Bunker Hunt and his brother tried to corner the market.

Crypto

Bitcoin is the best performing asset with a failed head and shoulders pattern driving price higher. Plenty of resistance through the chop but should lead to a near term 115,000 to 120,000 target

Bitcoin / USD Daily

Commercial Real Estate

A host of stories of deep discounts in commercial real estate sales. Here's a good link.  Nightingale Associates [X]

Metrics takes control of Melbourne site to rescue $750m development [AFR]

Interesting

UK and France Govts seem to be battling Trump / Musk. Look what happened to Trudeau.

UK visitors from dozens of countries will have to pay a new entry fee starting this week[CNBC]