Opinion – Tuesday 7 July 2020

A huge 5.7% rally in the Shanghai Composite Index, to close at its highest level in two years, led to a large rally in both European and U.S Indices. This move higher saw the MSCI Emerging Markets close with a gain of 4%, to its highest level since February. European...

Opinion – Monday 6 July 2020

The latest Non-Farm Payrolls Report showed that 4.8 million Jobs were added back in June, which was well above the 3.23 million estimate, while the two previous months were revised up by a total of 90,000. The bottom lime is that after losing 22.16 million jobs in...

Opinion – Thursday 2 July 2020

European Indices started July on the defensive after comments from German Chancellor that European Union Members were still far apart in agreeing a recovery fund and a budget. This changed shortly before the U.S Markets opened after Pfizer/BioNech announced a vaccine...

Opinion – Wednesday 1 July 2020

As expected, both European and U.S Indices continued their rally as the Second Quarter came to a close. As I mentioned in yesterday’s commentary that seasonally this is one of the strongest week’s of the year in this abbreviated shortened trading week due to the July...

Opinion – Tuesday 30 June 2020

Both European and U.S Indices reversed most of Friday’s losses to start the week on a positive note. Seasonally this is a strong week for the U.S Markets which are closed from 1.00 pm on Thursday until Monday morning for the July 4 Holiday Weekend. Markets gained...

Opinion – Monday 29 June 2020

U.S Indices finished the week on the lows of the Day, as a resurgence in new Coronavirus infections halted the re-opening of the American Economy. The Dow closed 2.8% lower at 25,015, which was the lowest close for the month. Both Texas and Florida announced the...