American Market Recap: Westpac trade recap: Doubling down on the antipodeans

Thursday, 29 Jan, 2026 Forex Westpac trade recap: Doubling down on the antipodeans Westpac's dealing desk is pressing three interconnected bets that all point to the same theme: the US dollar's dominance is cracking, and antipodean currencies are ready to capitalize. This is a theme Central Banks Trump says Fed chair decision coming next week We've been waiting for a decision 'next week' for several weeks now but Trump is kicking back the goalposts further: "We're going to be announcing next week ... we're going to be announcing the head o Learn more News Trump says he will work in a bipartisan way to avoid US government shutdown The prior US government shutdown was a disaster and I'm getting the sense that it didn't poll great with Republicans either because Trump is now changing up his rhetoric. He says he will work in a bip News Atlanta Fed GDPNow 4.2% vs 5.4% previously Some of the dumbest people in the world have been running around touting the 5.4% forecast from the Atlanta Fed as if it was a real economic number. Even Fed Chair Jerome Powell had to throw cold wate Commodities Gold and silver prices sharply reverse in wild volatility The gold market has never seen anything like this. The moves over the past hour or so are historic as we've seen a nearly $500 intraday swing. gold 10 mins There is no real catalyst here and that's wh Stocks It's the seventh-worst day in MSFT stock history Is OpenAI suddenly toxic? The market is sensing that ChatGPT is going to lose the generative AI race because they can't keep up with the spending of Google and others. Plus they don't have the data an Commodities The oil market is raising the risk of a US-Iran war "I think the market is underpricing the risks here," I wrote yesterday, regarding oil prices, Iran and the United States. Today, WTI crude oil is up more than 5% to $66.39 as it surges to the highest News US November factory orders +2.7% vs +1.6% expected Prior was -1.3% Ex transport +0.2% vs -0.2% prior Revisions to November durable goods orders: Durable goods +5.3% vs 5.3% prelim Non-defense capital goods orders ex-air +0.4% vs +0.7% prelim The facto Learn more Stock market update Tech takes a hit: Microsoft drops while Meta soars in mixed market Sector Overview: Mixed Signals Across Key Sectors The tech sector witnessed significant turbulence today, highlighted by Microsoft (MSFT) dropping sharply by 9.40%. This decline underscores a challe

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