When the bulls start taking victory laps 0 (0)

One of the low-lights of Donald Trump’s presidency when it came to markets was when he autographed a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and sent it to Lou Dobs, highlighting a 1985 point rise.

That was on March 13, 2020, just as the pandemic was kicking off.

The next trading day the index fell 2352 and continued to fall another 20% from there.

The market has a way of humbling even the most-powerful people.

Now it’s Biden that’s testing the market gods with a tweet touting the record highs in the stock market.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

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Crude oil futures settle at $71.43 0 (0)

Crude oil futures are settling at $71.43. That’s down -$0.15 or -0.21%.

For the trading week, the price is little change at +0.25%. The low for the week reached $67.71. The high for the week was up at $72.56.

Looking at the weekly chart below, the price traded this week above and below the 200-week moving average at $70.43 (green line in the chart below). However, momentum could not be maintained, and the price rotated back above the moving average level for the second week in a row. Of note is that the low prices did stay above the May and June lows which bottomed near $67.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

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