The USD/CAD pair trades with mild losses around 1.3855 during the early Asian session on Tuesday.

GBP/USD backslid on Monday, falling back into the 1.3450 region after global markets reconsidered their rate cut frenzy sparked by perceptions of a dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell late last week.

Booking Holdings trades near record highs with strong technical momentum, analyst optimism, and a recent revenue beat, though fundamentals remain mixed with leverage and profitability concerns.

Through this deal with Intel, the government is purchasing 433.3 million primary shares of Intel common stock at a price of $20.47 per share, which represents a 9.9% stake in the company.

If the Federal Reserve is no longer independent that could change everything.

Positioning, breadth, internals, along with our various risk measures, remain supportive of the broader uptrend in stocks, albeit with increasing volatility — the smooth bull trend is over and at risk of vol swings from data surprises.

The Dollar took back its rate cut sympathetic decline. Gold and silver gave something back as well.