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The relative calm in the energy and bond markets have allowed the US dollar and equities to make a slightly positive start to the week. America’s economic war on Iran also failed to trigger any panic, leaving investors with little to chew over until the release of US inflation data on Wednesday and Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday.
US equity futures and European markets moved higher in the first half of Tuesday, extending a rebound in technology shares while easing oil prices offered additional support to investor sentiment.
We are barely two weeks into the new year, and silver is already up 20% year-to-date. Momentum has evidently remained strong after the metal skyrocketed in the second half of last year, closing 2025 with a gain of nearly 150% to mark its strongest annual performance since the late 1970s. The follow-up gains in these initial days of 2026 makes any silver forecast both intriguing and slightly uncomfortable. Moves of this scale tend to leave the market stretched.
Risk assets wobbled at the Asian open overnight in reaction to Trump’s sacking of the Fed governor Lisa Cook, calling into question the central bank’s independence. But it is far too early to turn bearish on European markets, in particular the German DAX.
Welcome to another edition of Technical Tuesday, a weekly report where we highlight some of the most interesting markets that will hopefully appease technical analysts and traders alike. In this edition, we will get technical on the EUR/USD.
