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U.S. Indices closed lower as the moves on Monday were largely an unwind of the post-dovish Powell moves on Friday. Stocks and bonds were sold while the Dollar was stronger. Stocks were lower with all Indices in the red, while small caps took the largest hit after...
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U.S. Indices closed at record highs on Friday. Fed Chair Powell set the tone of trade for Friday after he alluded to a September rate cut (more below), despite many expecting the Fed Chair to signal a wait-and-see approach given data is due between now and September...
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U.S. Indices saw two-way action on Wednesday but ultimately closed mixed with a downward bias. The big-tech weakness continued to weigh on Indices, while the equal-weight S&P was marginally lower. Elsewhere, T-notes were firmer for a lot of the session but...
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U.S. Indices sold off on Tuesday, with weakness led by the mega-cap tech stocks, seeing the NASDAQ underperform, with the Financial Times citing the tech weakness to a MIT paper questioning returns from new technology, which has punctured Wall Street enthusiasm....
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U.S. Indices were rangebound to start the week, while the Russell 2000 (+0.4%) outperformed in thin newsflow and typical summer trading conditions as focus resided around US/Ukraine/Russia updates. On Friday, after the close, Trump and Putin held a summit, whereby...
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U.S. Indices traded mostly in the red on Friday as tentativeness was present across markets ahead of the Trump/Putin meeting. Despite US Retail Sales matching expectations in July alongside a stronger-than-expected control figure (a better gauge of core spending),...
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