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Chart of the day: Is the Nasdaq breakout retesting or failing?

  • From this perspective, how the market develops through the end of the week will be key in determining whether bulls or bears gain control. Bulls want to see a retest of a breakout and more up. Bears want to see a failed breakout. See the simple yet powerful chart. 
Itai Levitan
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Nasdaq chart of the day at investingLive.com retest or breakout
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Gold moves to test the next key threshold after US Treasury surprises with bond buybacks

  • The precious metal climbs to the highest since early June in testing the $4,500 mark
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Why gold and Bitcoin surged together: What Treasury buybacks teach investors about dollar debasement

  • Gold’s unusually large 3% rally and Bitcoin’s surge toward $70,000 suggest markets saw the Treasury’s expanded bond buybacks as more than a technical adjustment. Investors may be increasingly seeking scarce assets that could retain value if US debt, inflation and policy intervention gradually weaken the dollar’s purchasing power.
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investingLive Asia-Pacific market news: Trump vows sweeping new Iran sanctions

  • Market moving news for Asian trading on Thursday, August 20, 2026   Asian equities rallied and gold surged after the US Treasury's bond buyback shock hit yields and the dollar. Trump unveiled sweeping new economic measures against Iran as Axios revealed a covert US-run Hormuz oil corridor, while a vessel fire near the strait remains unconfirmed.
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Crypto market update as Bitcoin surges to 70k USD and ETHUSD goes up by massive 18 per cent within 8 hours
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Bitcoin nears $70K, but Ethereum’s eight-hour breakout reveals the bigger crypto shift

  • ETH rapidly crossed its six-month high-volume range as institutional flows and altcoin breadth improved, suggesting crypto risk appetite is expanding beyond Bitcoin. Traders are increasingly worried that the US dollar will lose purchasing power, making assets such as gold and Bitcoin more attractive places to protect their money.
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SK Hynix swap costs, which spiked to 1000bp in June, now said to halve

  • Banks including Citigroup, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs raised SK Hynix swap financing costs to as much as 1000 basis points over SOFR in June. Reports now say those costs have since more than halved to 150-300 basis points.
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Run on banks feared as concern rises over government seizing deposits to fund war

  • Russians withdrew around 24 billion euros from the banking system in the first seven months of the year, Euronews reports, as fears grow that the Kremlin could freeze or nationalise deposits to help fund the war in Ukraine.
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Australia's jobless rate climbs to a near four year high in July

  • Australian employment unexpectedly fell 15.8k in July after June's bumper gain, with June's print revised up sharply to 80.2k.The unemployment rate rising to 4.5%, its highest since late 2021.
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Chart of the day: Is the Nasdaq breakout retesting or failing?

  • From this perspective, how the market develops through the end of the week will be key in determining whether bulls or bears gain control. Bulls want to see a retest of a breakout and more up. Bears want to see a failed breakout. See the simple yet powerful chart. 
Itai Levitan
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Nasdaq chart of the day at investingLive.com retest or breakout
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US stock indices closed lower on the day. Declines are led by the S&P/Dow

  • The NASDAQ composite index falls by -0.32%. The Dow and S&P fell around -0.50% to start the week.
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17/08/2026 | 20:20 GMT
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Australian July 2026 jobs report: Unemployment rate 4.5% (expected 4.4%, prior 4.4%)

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PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.7808 (vs. estimate at 6.7196)

  • PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead, strongest level for onshore yuan since 8 February 2023.
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China's 5 year and 1 year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) remain at 3.5% and 3% respectively

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Gold's oversized reaction to Treasury buyback reflects debasement trade

  • Gold's outsized 3% jump on a technically modest Treasury buyback increase suggests investors are reading the move through the lens of dollar debasement, a narrative already gaining traction on record deficits and a softening dollar index.
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PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7196 – Reuters estimate

  • PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead. 
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