Stocks edge higher, Better Retail Earnings, Claims improves, Oil higher, Gold softens, Crypto bearish sentiment remains – OANDA____ US stocks are rallying as investors viewed both the Fed’s Minutes as a commitment to only gradual tighten policy to fight inflation and after a few retailers provided optimistic outlooks. The Fed locked itself into delivering a couple half-point rate increases until the Jackson Hole Symposium and that has removed the risk of aggressive tightening in the short-term. For some traders, having a strong idea on when the Fed will end its hiking cycle is the key for givi…