Opinion – Thursday 22 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets saw strength on Wednesday (SPX +0.4%, NDX +0.6%, RUT +1.3%) in what was a day of choppy price action, as most sectors settled in the green with Consumer Discretionary and Materials outperforming and only Financials in the red. The Dollar Index was...

Opinion – Wednesday 21 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets trimmed some gains seen on Monday, finishing the session marginally lower, in a day that saw few macro updates and tier 1 releases. Nonetheless, Fed’s Bowman (Voter) reiterated her past comments, as she repeated rate cuts are appropriate if...

Opinion – Tuesday 20 August 2024

U.S. Equity saw further gains to start the week, with the NASDAQ 100 (+1.3%) outperforming and buoyed by gains in Nvidia (+4.4%) in a day of very sparse newsflow and little-to-no data. Sectors are exclusively in the green, with large-cap Technology, Communication...

Opinion – Monday 19 August 2024

Following Thursday’s aggressive move higher, U.S. Equity Markets ultimately closed little changed on Friday morning weakness pared after cash equity trade opened. Sectors were mixed with outperformance in Financials, Utilities and Communications, while downside was...

Opinion – Thursday 15 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets again closed mixed on Wednesday after CPI failed to live up to the dovishness of the PPI report on Tuesday, albeit CPI on net was still in line with expectations and there were no signs of concern within the report. The report did little to alter...

Opinion – Wednesday 14 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets (SPX +1.7%, DJIA +1.0%, RUT +1.6%) saw broad-based gains on Tuesday in wake of the cooler-than-expected US PPI release, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (+2.5% ) outperforming and buoyed by notable strength in Nvidia (+6.5%) and Tesla (+5.3%), which...