Opinion – Wednesday 22 January 2025

U.S. Equity Markets closed higher on Tuesday, ked by the 1.9% impressive gain in the Russell 2000 with the vast majority of sectors in the green, with only Energy in the red as President Trump’s executive orders and initial Dollar firmness weighed on the crude...

Opinion – Tuesday 21 January 2025

US equity futures were bid with outperformance in the Russell 200 while the S&P, NDX and Dow Futures all saw gains of 0.4%. T-Note futures were also bid with morning weakness pared after reports in the Wall Street Journal said US President Trump is to avoid...

Opinion – Monday 20 January 2025

Equity Markets closed higher on Friday supported by optimism on US/Sino relations after a phone call with US President-elect Trump and China President Xi, who both expressed desire for a positive start to their relationship when President Trump gets inaugurated on...

Opinion – Thursday 16 January 2025

Both Equity Markets and Treasuries saw hefty bids on Wednesday in response to the soft-leaning US CPI report which saw participants boost rate cut bets. 40bps of easing is now priced through year-end, back to around pre-NFP levels. Sectors were bid with notable...

Opinion – Wednesday 15 January 2025

U.S. Indices closed mixed yesterday ahead of this afternoon’s key CPI release (S&P +0.1%, NASDAQ 100 -0.1%, DJIA -0.5%, RUSSELL 2000 +1.1%), despite futures seeing an initial bounce on a cool US PPI print on the headline. Thereafter, stocks and Treasuries saw...

Opinion – Tuesday 14 January 2025

U.S. Indices were mixed on Monday with the S&P 500. Dow Jones and Russell 2000 paring some of the post NFP downside, although the NASDAQ added to losses in a tech-led sell off, particularly in semiconductors which are being weighed on by Biden export controls and...