{"id":293499,"date":"2021-01-18T00:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gomarketingteam.com\/articles\/week-ahead-equity-markets-take-a-breather-us-dollar-strength-and-crypto-pullback\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T12:12:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:12:59","slug":"week-ahead-equity-markets-take-a-breather-us-dollar-strength-and-crypto-pullback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/en\/weekly-summaries\/week-ahead-equity-markets-take-a-breather-us-dollar-strength-and-crypto-pullback\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Ahead: Equity markets take a breather, US dollar strength and Crypto pullback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lachlan Meakin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Major Indices took a breather last week, with US equity markets closing down more than 1% after posting record highs the week prior. In economic news, the incoming US administration announced a $1.9 USD trillion fiscal-stimulus plan that aims to counter the effects of COVID-19 and support markets as recent weak economic figures are indicating they are under some stress.<\/p>\n<h4><b>COVID-19<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With reported deaths in Norway of patients who were recently administered the Pfizer vaccine, US vaccine distribution falling well short of expectations and new coronavirus strains being detected, investors are concerned that economic lockdowns could be longer than hoped.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Equity Markets<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US markets are closed on Monday for the MLK holiday. After that, the earnings season will kick off with big names like Intel, IBM, Netflix, Intel, Goldman Sachs and Proctor and Gamble reporting this week. These bellwether companies should give an indication of how the US economy has weathered the COVID storm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cryptos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With impressive rallies the week before, Major Cryptocurrencies pulled back last week but still remained well bid on any significant drop. A strengthening US dollar and comments from ECB President Lagarde regarding the need to regulate Bitcoin could be headwinds going forward for these assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-270077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/twitter_180121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>FX Markets<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After declining for 3 months straight the US dollar Index bounced off support and rallied close to 1% for the week. This meant a decline in USD pairs with AUDUSD finishing near the 0.77 big figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This US dollar strength also weighed on USD denominated commodities, with both Oil and Gold declining for the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-270062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fxmarket_180121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Key events ahead<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p><b>Monday<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese GDP (AUDUSD, CHINA50, USDCNH)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Thursday<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank of Canada rate statement (USDCAD)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian Employment change and unemployment rate (AUDUSD, ASX200)bank of Japan Monetary policy statement (USDJPY, JP225)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ECB Monetary policy statement and press conference (EURUSD. Euro Indices)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Friday<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank of England Governor Bailey speaks (GBPUSD, UK100)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand CPI q\/q (NZDUSD)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German Manufacturing and services (EURUSD, DAX30)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Lachlan Meakin<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 171px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 75px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 728px; height: 75px;\" colspan=\"7\"><strong>Tuesday, 19 January 2021<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Indicative Index Dividends<br \/>\n<em><sup>Dividends are in Points<\/sup><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ASX200<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>WS30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>US500<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>US2000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>NDX100<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>CAC40<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>STOXX50<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">6.777<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"69\">0.143<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 24px;\" width=\"69\">0.022<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"69\">0.829<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"69\">0.257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ESP35<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ITA40<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>FTSE100<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>DAX30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>HK50<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>JP225<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>INDIA50<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 22px;\" width=\"69\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 22px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 22px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 22px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 22px;\" width=\"69\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 22px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 22px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"\/forex-education-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Next-Steps-Blog-Bottom-Banner.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer:\u00a0\u00a0The articles are from GO Markets analysts, \u00a0based on their independent analysis or personal experiences. Views or opinions or trading styles expressed are of their own; \u00a0should not be taken as either representative of or shared by GO Markets. \u00a0Advice (if any), \u00a0are of a \u2018general\u2019 nature and not based on your personal objectives, financial situation or needs.\u00a0 You should therefore consider how appropriate the advice (if any) is to your objectives, financial situation and needs, before acting on the advice. \u00a0If the advice relates to acquiring a particular financial product, you should obtain and consider the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) for that product before making any decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lachlan Meakin Major Indices took a breather last week, with US equity markets closing down more than 1% after posting record highs the week prior. 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