Opinion – Wednesday 10 July 2019

U.S. Equities closed a whisker higher after treading water for most of the session as markets braced for an onslaught of central bank news this week. The US Dollar strengthened to its highest level since mid-June and Treasuries slipped. The S&P 500 Index perked...

Opinion – Tuesday 9 July 2019

U.S. Equities fell as investors took a cautious approach to a week full of central bank activity. Treasuries edged lower and Gold retreated. The S&P 500 slipped for a second day after Friday’s blow-out Jobs Report altered market calculus for Federal Reserve rate...

Opinion – Monday 8 July 2019

U.S. Equities fell from all-time highs, Treasuries tumbled and the US Dollar rallied after a strong jobs report clouded the Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate plans. Gold retreated. The S&P 500 Index fell in thin post-holiday trading to pare a weekly advance to...

Opinion – Friday 5 July 2019

U.S. stock futures and European shares edged higher yesterday in a lack luster session marked by thin trading volumes thanks to the American holiday. Brazilian stocks surged and the Real gained as a congressional committee voted to advance the pension-reform bill....

Opinion – Thursday 4 July 2019

Major U.S. Indexes rose to all-time highs in thin trading ahead of the Four of July holiday helped by the rally in global bonds as investors weighed the prospect of more dovish appointees to two of the world’s major central banks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Opinion – Wednesday 3 July 2019

European Union leaders last night broke a three-day summit deadlock by unexpectedly nominating Germany’s defence minister as the next European Commission president. Ursula von der Leyen, a centre-right minister and the first woman in Germany to serve in the defence...