🇺🇸Apple beats expectations for quarterly snow and revenue➕#APPL In fiscal year 2026 Q3, the company earned $2.02 per share. Revenue was $109.42 billion➕Analysts expected profit of $1.89 per share➕Revenue forecast was $108.86 billion.
🇯🇵JAPAN'S CENTRAL BANK MAY HAVE INTERVENED IN THE CURRENCY MARKET.
📉The USDJPY pair has fallen from 163.6 to 157.952 in the last 6 hours, a 2.5% move.
📉Such a move does not happen without a central bank intervention.
📣The BOJ will announce its interest rate decision tomorrow.
👀If this drop is a real intervention, it would mean officials acted before the decision to prevent a much larger yen selloff if disappointing outcomes in tomorrow’s markets.
🇺🇸#Dollar Losses Are Increasing🔻 The dollar index fell below 100.7 on Thursday, bringing the previous session's 0.6% decline to about a two-week low🔻 Investors continued to assess the latest FOMC decision and the press conference by Fed Chair Warsh.
📌 Bank of England (#BOE) announced the interest rate decision!! 🇬🇧14:00 BOE Interest Rate Decision (July) 📣 📢 Announced 3,75% ⏳ Forecast: 3,75% 🔙 Previous: 3,75%
🇪🇺#Euro 6 Reached the Highest Level of the Week➕Investors are weighing stronger-than-expected economic data from the Eurozone, rising geopolitical tensions, and uncertainty about interest rates following the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s split decision, with the euro rising to $1.14830 on Thursday
📌 Robinhood's 2026 Q2 Earnings: Revenue Reaches $1.31 Billion Despite a Drop in Crypto Prices➕Robinhood's revenue in the second quarter of 2026 reached a record $1.31 billion, despite a 38% decline in cryptocurrency trading revenues and an increase in activity contracts.
✍🏻After the Fed decision, JP Morgan updated its interest rate outlook➕The bank moved back the first expected rate hike from the second half of 2027 to December 2026.
📍Shell’s strongest quarterly profit in four years➕Shell reported adjusted profit of $9.84 billion in the second quarter, supported by rising oil and natural gas prices amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
🇺🇸✍🏻 PCE (Core Personal Consumption Expenditures) Data Importance ➕Economists say that if PCE comes in low, the likelihood of easing in monetary policies may increase, and if it comes in high, expectations for interest-rate cuts could weaken➕If the PCE data comes in above or below expectations, it can have a significant impact on the stock market, bonds, gold, currency and cryptocurrency markets📊📈📉
#WHEAT⚠️Wheat prices rose by more than 3% as tensions between Russia and Ukraine increased and concerns about grain exports grew from two of the world’s biggest wheat producers, pushing the price above $6.82 per bushel