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USDJPY Price Forecast: Could a Hawkish Fed Trigger a Breakout Toward 180?
A hawkish Federal Reserve continues to support the bullish outlook for USDJPY as the pair stabilizes near the critical 160 resistance zone. A confirmed breakout above this multi decade resistance could expose the 180 target, although the probability of Bank of Japan intervention may increase significantly at higher levels.
Whitbread sales rise as Premier Inn outperforms UK hotel market
Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB) reported 2% growth in first-quarter sales as its Premier Inn hotels in the UK and Germany continued to outperform their respective markets. The hotelier reported total sales of £727 million in the 13 weeks to 28 May.
WTBDY Does Nvidia hold the key to Meta's glasses gamble?
Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) released XR AI, a developer toolkit that links augmented reality glasses and XR devices directly to multimodal AI models and compute infrastructure. The system perceives what the user is looking at, reasons about it in real time and acts on that reasoning without requiring keyboard input or manual navigation.
META CryptoQuant: Fed's hawkish dot plot drives Bitcoin below $64K as gold stages comeback
Bitcoin's decline amid Fed's hawkish stance highlights shifting investor preferences towards traditional safe havens, impacting crypto demand. CryptoQuant: Fed's hawkish dot plot drives Bitcoin below $64K as gold stages comeback.
Park Hotels & Resorts Gets An Upgrade As It Invests In Upgrading Portfolio
I am upgrading Park Hotels & Resorts to a buy, driven by strong market momentum, property upgrades, and resilient top-line growth. PK demonstrates competitive positioning with a focus on upper-upscale renovations, notably achieving +27% group revenue growth at the Royal Palm South Beach. Despite volatile FFO and high leverage, PK offers a safe, elevated dividend yield (~6.8%) with solid coverage, though dividend growth is muted.
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The bond market is flashing a clear signal on interest rates. Bitcoin bulls should take note
The bond market is sending a signal that complicates prospects of a near-term bitcoin bull run.
CarMax: The Market Is Missing Easy Compares
CarMax is rated Buy following a post-earnings dip, with Street estimates appearing overly pessimistic given easier upcoming comps. KMX's new four-pillar strategy targets competitive pricing, digital experience, profitability expansion, and cost efficiency, aiming to stabilize gross profit per unit. I project $3.27 in EPS and $27.8B revenue for FY27, materially above consensus, supporting a $59 price target and 24% upside.
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Intraday Analysis 18.06.2026
Intraday analysis covering NZDUSD, GBPUSD, and UKOIL, highlighting recent price movements, key technical levels, and short-term momentum shifts across major markets. NZDUSD hitting critical support The New Zealand dollar continued its choppy consolidation as prices tested the 0.5800 level, which has become firm support.
London BTC Company further expands gold footprint
London BTC Company Ltd (LSE:BTC, OTCQB:VINZF) has added a third project to its US gold hedge strategy after staking the Teep Gold-Silver Project in Nevada, where due-diligence sampling returned high-grade gold and silver results. Rock-chip samples collected by Schiehallion Consulting in 2026 included 36.90 grams per tonne gold and 730.8 g/t silver from sample BTCRK008, alongside 27.66 g/t gold and 1,332.5 g/t silver from BTCRK005.
London BTC Company further expands gold footprint
London BTC Company Ltd (LSE:BTC, OTCQB:VINZF) has added a third project to its US gold hedge strategy after staking the Teep Gold-Silver Project in Nevada, where due-diligence sampling returned high-grade gold and silver results. Rock-chip samples collected by Schiehallion Consulting in 2026 included 36.90 grams per tonne gold and 730.8 g/t silver from sample BTCRK008, alongside 27.66 g/t gold and 1,332.5 g/t silver from BTCRK005.
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Ethena Positions USDe at Center of Race for Yield-Bearing Onchain Dollars
Ethena is positioning its synthetic dollar token USDe at the center of what it calls the next major contest in crypto: the fight to build scalable, reward-bearing ‘onchain dollars' that can function across DeFi, centralized exchanges, and eventually traditional finance. In an interview published in TokenPost's “TOKEN WATCH” series on Thursday ET, the team behind Ethena described USDe as a ‘crypto-native' alternative to conventional stablecoins—one that targets persistent market demand for U.S.
Tesco backs outlook despite sales slowdown
Tesco PLC (LSE:TSCO) reported a slowdown in first-quarter sales growth but maintained profit guidance for the current financial year after a strong performance in its core UK business. The UK's largest grocery chain said sales excluding VAT and fuel rose 1.0% to £16.8 billion in the 13 weeks to 30 May.
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Core Natural Resources: Strong Operational Execution And Capital Returns Position It For A Solid 2026
Core Natural Resources is my top 2026 pick, offering compelling valuation and improving operational fundamentals post-merger. CNR's Q1 2026 results highlight strong free cash flow, disciplined capital returns, and operational excellence despite macro headwinds. Market pessimism over coal's future has compressed CNR's valuation, ignoring merger synergies, lowest-cost operations, and export leverage.
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Teleperformance: Signs Of An Inflection Point Amid AI Adoption And Balance Sheet Strengthening
Revenue declined 2.2%, but management maintained full-year guidance. There will be less pressure from FX, and they will fully absorb the non-renewed visa application management contract. The company extended a significant portion of its debt maturities from 2027-2028 into 2032-2035, improving financial flexibility and reducing refinancing risk. At current levels, the shares trade on a free cash flow yield above 25%.
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Bitwise elevates Chainlink among crypto's top four assets
Chainlink's elevation by Bitwise signals a shift in crypto investment strategies, emphasizing infrastructure's growing role in portfolio diversification. Bitwise elevates Chainlink among crypto's top four assets.
Seeing Machines wins $31m expansion of automotive monitoring programme
Seeing Machines Ltd (AIM:SEE, OTC:SEEMF, FRA:M2Z), the computer vision company focused on transport safety, has secured a $31 million expansion of an existing automotive production programme with a major European carmaker. The deal broadens the deployment of the company's Driver and Occupant Monitoring System, technology that uses in-cabin cameras to track driver attention and detect signs of fatigue or distraction, across additional vehicle models.
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SCD: Gets The Job Done But Not The Most Efficient Income Fund
LMP Capital and Income Fund maintains a 9.2% yield, with management expressing confidence in sustaining current distributions through August. Recent performance and distribution consistency have been concerns, leading to a hold rating on SCD. Franklin Templeton's management strategy and risk profile are key considerations for SCD's forward outlook.
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Tesco Sales Bolstered by Online Growth
The company reported online growth of 8.9% in the U.K and of 17% in Central Europe.
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Gold: Higher yields and stronger Dollar weigh – Deutsche Bank
Gold: Higher yields and stronger Dollar weigh – Deutsche Bank
Salesforce Can't Catch A Break - M&A Driven Growth Strategy Pays Off
CRM announces 13 acquisitions over the past twelve months, with it building upon their historical growth-by-acquisition strategy albeit triggering a deteriorating balance sheet health. Otherwise, the strong free cash flow generation and the expanding multi-year backlog mitigate risks, significantly aided by the adj EPS accretion from the accelerated share repurchase cadence. Agentic AI integration and strategic acquisitions like Slack/Informatica drive accelerating workflow and ARR growth, lending credibility to CRM's AI beneficiary status and reiterated FY2030 guidance.
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U.K. Unemployment Falls Below 5%
The unemployment rate unexpectedly inched down while wage growth remained flat, ahead of a BOE meeting in which it is expected to keep interest rates on hold.
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Grayscale says AAVE fair value could reach $175 in one year
Grayscale says AAVE may be undervalued, with fair value at $80-$100 now and near $175 in a year if tokenized assets enter DeFi lending soon.
Sandisk's Rally May Be Far From Over
Sandisk reported $5.95 billion revenue, up 97% sequentially, while gross margins expanded to an exceptional 78.4%. Five multiyear agreements secure over one-third of FY2027 output and include more than $11 billion of guarantees. Data center revenue surged 233% quarter-over-quarter as AI workloads increasingly require larger and more storage-intensive architectures.
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John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Q1 2026 Commentary
John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF underperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. MBS Index, during the first quarter period. In March, bond yields soared and prices fell in response to escalating conflict in the Middle East and stoking concerns about rising inflation. Investors began pricing in an interest rate increase before year-end as geopolitical uncertainty led to dramatic changes in expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate policy.
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Bitcoin Whale Wallets See Major Rebound
According to on-chain data, Bitcoin's largest holders are currently in the middle of a massive accumulation campaign.
Algorand Price Up 9% This Week: 3 Bullish Signals Traders Can't Ignore
Algorand (ALGO) quietly staged a comeback after gaining nearly 9% this week, as a series of bullish developments began reshaping sentiment around the Layer-1 blockchain. While Algorand price remains far below its previous cycle highs, recent developments suggest the token may be witnessing early stages of a broader recovery rally.
Live markets: Bitcoin and ether ETFs lost $111 million combined as rate-cut hopes died
Total market value has held flat near $2.26 trillion since Tuesday, with the recovery losing momentum after the Fed killed rate-cut hopes and spot ETFs swung back to outflows.
Pound to Dollar Forecast: GBP Drops to 1.33 After Hawkish Fed Hold
The Pound to Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate came under renewed pressure on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled that US interest rates are likely to remain higher for longer, boosting the US Dollar across the board. At the time of writing, GBP/USD was trading at $1.3300, down almost 1% on the day as investors reacted to the.
Pound to Canadian Dollar Price News, Forecast: Falling Oil Prices Cushion GBP Weakness
The Pound to Canadian Dollar (GBP/CAD) exchange rate traded in a narrow range on Wednesday as softer-than-expected UK inflation data weighed on Sterling while falling oil prices limited support for the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar. At the time of writing, GBP/CAD was trading at CA$1.8782, little changed on the day.
The New York Knicks Championship and the End of the ‘Dolan Discount'
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shares are up nearly 100% in the past year, nearing a record high.
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