Opinion – Monday 22 October 2018

The Euro and Australian Dollar this week look set to remain in the hands of broader USD and Emerging Market (EM) moves amid a sparse economic calendar. Broader USD moves in turn are likely to be heavily dependent on whether EUR/USD can build on Friday’s bounce. We...

Opinion – Friday 19 October – 2018

Equity market sentiment has turned sour again in the past 24 hours. The Shanghai stock market fell 2.94% yesterday (it is now down a cool 11.9% so far this month and 24.8% year to date), spilling over into softer European markets. The Eurostoxx Index was down 0.51%,...

Opinion – Thursday 18 October 2018

Late last night, UK PM May has been addressing EU27 leaders at a pre-dinner event on the latest Brexit developments/her proposals. Despite no clear air yet, including on the important Irish border question, the Pound has been remarkably stable. Not even comments from...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 October 2018

US stocks are back on the up, a 2.2% gain for the S&P 500 (led by the IT sector) which reduces the month-to date loss to 3.5% from 6.7% as of last Thursday and has pushed the VIX index back firmly below 20. This has done nothing for either US bond yields or the...

Opinion – Tuesday 16 October 2018

European equities did open weaker on the back of sizeable losses in Asia-Pacific equities, but managed to rally as the morning session progressed to close up for the day, the E600 European index up 0.1%, the FTSE by 0.48% and the DAX by 0.78%. It has been a choppier...

Opinion – Monday 15 October 2018

US equities rallied at the New York open on Friday, aided by JP Morgan’s pre-open earnings beat, but never really managed to build on opening gains. It turned out to be an up, down, up session with the S&P 500 ending 1.4% higher, so recovering a little of...