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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

Thoughts on the USD/SGD, Cautious Broad Market Sentiment and the Weekend

USD/SGD: Currently a Hope and Prayers Barometer in Global Forex The USD/SGD is near the 1.29110 vicinity as of this writing. Financial institutions apparently have combined their cautious outlooks in the broad Forex market as USD centric strength continues to leak into sentiment, while their instincts technically demonstrate that over…

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AMT Markets
Robert Petrucci

S&P 500: Short-Term Caution and Long-Term Ambitions

Speculative Opportunities Do Not Promise Immediate Profits as Cautious Outlooks Stir The S&P went into this past weekend with slight gains made on Friday, but essentially finished where last week began. In early morning trading via the futures market the index has seen a slight decline. Retail short-term traders may…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Benefits of a Moderate Restoration While Threats of Growing Fissures are Heard

Sentiment: Financial Institutions and November Outlook Amidst Possible Gridlock The Nasdaq 100 is clearly being driven by behavioral sentiment at this time. Few investors are paying attention to corporate data, instead many financial institutions are wagering on mid-term outlooks driven by a combination of algorithmic led coding mixed with wishful…

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Behavioral Sentiment
Robert Petrucci

What Am I Missing About USD Centric Strength?

Being Wrong About USD Direction and Betting Against the Trend Help me out here folks, I am perplexed. I seem to be missing something about the USD centric strength, it looks very overbought to me. Where is all the buying sentiment coming from? The FOMC meeting outcome on the 17th…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Nvidia Suffering From the AI Cold Bothering Investors and Speculators

AI: Exuberance and Threats of Fatigue Has Nvidia now been oversold? While the Nasdaq 100 produces a casino like experience for day traders and large players, the velocity of value changes in the index should serve as a simple reminder that before stepping into traffic a speculator needs to acknowledge…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Forex and the Fed Chair: Kevin Warsh in the Spotlight Later Today

New Federal Reserve Chairman will Cause a Reaction in Forex Today I offer readers a ‘what if’ proposition ahead. These are my opinions and I am simply trying to give my perspective on what may happen in the Forex market in the coming hours.The Fed Press Conference later today will…

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AMT Markets
Robert Petrucci

Nasdaq 100: Terrible Friday Being Confronted by Manic Monday

Fear of the Middle East Not the Main Motivator for the Nasdaq 100 After Friday’s selling surge and a fall of -4.77% with a close of 28,957.60, the Nasdaq 100 futures trading this morning has actually seen an increase and is near the 29,479.00 mark as of this writing before…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Clues and Insults: Forex and Equity Indices During the Iran Saga

Profits: Optimistic Wagers and Preserving Self as the Party Rages New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh certainly doesn’t want to have problems with President Trump. On the 17th of June the FOMC meeting via the Fed will make their interest rate decision known. Who really believes that during the first…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

The USD and The Art of Not Knowing

Being Mature Enough to Know You Don’t Know as You Watch the Marketplace Ask anyone that typically knows how they gauge the state of the global marketplace for the near-term and you are likely to either get a solid, “I have no idea” now. Or a bunch of thoughts on…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

Gold: Intriguing Technical Support and Curious Sentiment Shift

Mid-Term Technical Support and Lower Price Make Gold Interesting Gold has faced difficult speculative circumstances for traders with a bullish perspective since early February, this as the price of the commodity has fallen from highs. The price of the commodity is around $4,5220.00 for the moment, with its typical fast…

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Assets
Robert Petrucci

South Africa Outsider: Thoughts on the Rand and Guest Observations

USD/ZAR Considerations as Water Flows and Political Concerns are Compared As a guest of South Africa (because of a personal relationship) and having been coming here frequently during the past four plus years it is easy to love the nation. Early last week a severe storm which brought high winds…

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