{"id":13812,"date":"2024-07-09T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.net\/?p=13812"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:58:18","slug":"forex-market-analysis-aussie-dollar-holds-near-2024-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/analysis\/13812\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Market Analysis: Aussie Dollar Holds Near 2024 High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">CURRENCIES<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Market summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Australian Dollar was slightly lower on Monday but remains near its 2024 peak due to solid and enduring monetary policy support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike most major central banks cutting rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to maintain or even increase rates due to high inflation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May\u2019s inflation numbers showed a surprising rise in consumer prices, reaching a six-month high above 4%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even if rates stay unchanged through year-end, Australian yields and the Dollar remain attractive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Economic data:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday: Sparse but notable data with a decline in home loans and investment lending for homes in May.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday: Westpac\u2019s monthly consumer confidence snapshot; June\u2019s data showed slight improvement in consumer sentiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focus shifts to the US for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell\u2019s Congressional testimony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Technical analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Aussie has surpassed its previous range top in the last three sessions but remains unstable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bulls pushed through key resistance at the first Fibonacci retracement of AUD\/USD\u2019s rise (December 28, 2023, peak to October 25, low).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Near-term support is at 0.67419; if this fails, a drop below 0.67133 into the previous range is likely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further retracement support at 0.65704 appears solid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long-term uptrends since mid-April remain intact, with little expectation of significant declines while fundamentals are supportive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">STOCK MARKET<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Influence of top stocks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A small group of high-performing stocks, including &#8220;Magnificent Seven&#8221; tech names like Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Apple (AAPL), and Tesla (TSLA), heavily influence market activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The top 10 stocks contributed 75% of the index\u2019s year-to-date returns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nvidia (NVDA) alone accounted for nearly one-third of the S&amp;P 500\u2019s gains by late June.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Focus on quality at a reasonable price:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kantrowitz recommends prioritizing companies that outperform peers in earnings growth but are not the most expensive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He advises sacrificing some growth for quality to find reasonably priced names.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are 50 S&amp;P 500 names that have beaten the index this year, not solely reliant on AI or tech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diverse performance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large-cap and small-cap stocks are viewed differently due to their varying performances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite the S&amp;P 500 reaching all-time highs in Q2, the average stock\u2019s value declined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year to date, the S&amp;P 500 is up nearly 17%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Industry shift:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multiple strategists raised their S&amp;P 500 targets earlier this year due to a strong rally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s becoming challenging to keep up with the market trends, prompting more firms to reconsider their focus on the index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.net\/trade-now\/\" title=\"\">here<\/a> to open account and start trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURRENCIES &nbsp;Market summary: &nbsp;Economic data: &nbsp;Upcoming Events: &nbsp;Technical analysis: STOCK MARKET Influence of top stocks: Focus on quality at a reasonable price: Diverse performance: Industry shift: Click here to open account and start trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"luna","author_link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/author\/luna\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}