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Robert Petrucci

Robert Petrucci brings over 30 years of experience in the financial markets and has been writing about them for nearly two decades. He specializes in risk management and delivers insightful analysis across Forex, equities, indices, and commodities. Beyond markets, Robert is also known to explore politics and sports, and he is a co-host of The Risk Reward Show, a podcast available on all major platforms.
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Robert Petrucci

Nvidia: Short-Term Speculative Reactions Versus Investing

Nvidia: Short-Term Speculative Reactions Versus Investing Nvidia is near 181.60 as of this writing, this after the company issued a quarterly report that beat expectations, but also pointed out that mid-term concerns may slow down the pace of some of its data driven business, and that China enterprise complications remain

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Economic Calendar
Robert Petrucci

China’s Economic Future: Speculation & Transparency Question

China’s Economic Future: Speculation & Transparency Question China’s economy has been underperforming for a handful of years. Growth has not only stagnated but has experienced a downturn, deflation has been experienced. Strong leadership from Xi Jinping has led to a firm approach regarding the management of China’s political and economic

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AMT Markets
Robert Petrucci

Hard Truth: No Secret Sauce, A Possibly Unfriendly Reminder

Hard Truth: No Secret Sauce, A Possibly Unfriendly Reminder Day traders face constant battles. Choppy conditions in markets lead many salespeople within brokerage firms to proclaim the ability to take advantage of technical shifts to their clients, but it is much easier to demonstrate what has taken place before compared

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Robert Petrucci

Trading Thud Ending Last Week and Early August Insights

Trading Thud Ending Last Week and Early August Insights The EUR/USD is near 1.15650 early this morning. The USD/JPY around 147.850. Forex has provided fast reversals and most major currency pairs are within well established known realms, but caution prevails. Friday’s U.S jobs numbers before going into weekend provided additional

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Robert Petrucci

Unpredictability of President Trump and the Markets

Unpredictability of President Trump and the Markets Everyone wants to know what will happen in the future in the financial world. Most everyone also knows that this is impossible. However, clarity about the mid-term is a legitimate focal point that financial institutions strive. Risk managers define their considerations on assorted

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Robert Petrucci

Risk Events Horizon, Fireworks and a Tranquil Marketplace

Risk Events Horizon, Fireworks and a Tranquil Marketplace Financial narrative as always remains important and depends on who is sharing their viewpoints. As of today the U.S Senate is still discussing spending legislation which President Trump is selling as the Big Beautiful Bill. Even some Republicans don’t quite agree and

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Robert Petrucci

The Fed: Beating a Dead Horse as the Bulls want to Run

The Fed: Beating a Dead Horse as the Bulls want to Run Yesterday’s lackluster and underperforming GDP results from the U.S highlights our often discussed doubts surrounding the Federal Reserve. While Jerome Powell definitely has a right to be ‘uncertain’ and express his concerns regarding sudden inflation emerging, he has

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Crude Oil: A Guess from the Underbelly On What Happens Next

Crude Oil: A Guess from the Underbelly On What Happens Next Why has the WTI Crude Oil Spot price remained relatively calm? The war between Israel and Iran has been going on per this latest violent phase since Friday the 13th. While tensions have been high between the two nations

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Robert Petrucci

Quick Hits: Inflation, USD, China and U.S Trade and WTI

Quick Hits: Inflation, USD, China and U.S Trade and WTI Yesterday’s weaker than anticipated CPI data from the U.S cements the realization that inflation is eroding in the States statistically in a rather consistent fashion. Today’s PPI numbers will be watched, but yesterday’s results clearly show the Federal Reserve has

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Robert Petrucci

No Chance of a Nimble U.S Fed as Entitled Investors Served

No Chance of a Nimble U.S Fed as Entitled Investors Served On Wednesday of this week Consumer Price Index numbers will be published, followed by Producer Price Index data on Thursday. Inflation statistics from the U.S for several months have been coming in rather tame and sometimes below forecasted results.

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Robert Petrucci

Taco Trade Consideration: All about Accumulation Not Ego

Taco Trade Consideration: All about Accumulation Not Ego Taco Friday is upon us. Fair or not the newly coined expression TACO – Trump always chickens out – is a rather savvy way of looking at current market perspectives. Day traders have run into a buzzsaw trying to speculate on daily

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Robert Petrucci

Why No Major Panic in U.S Stock via Moody’s Downgrade?

Why No Major Panic in U.S Stock via Moody’s Downgrade? While Asian equity markets opened with initial nervousness yesterday after Friday’s late downgrade of U.S debt by Moody’s to Aa1. The U.S major indices did not respond with panic selling, By the end of yesterday’s trading the Dow30, Nasdaq100 and

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