Opinion – Thursday 21 August 2025

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...

Opinion – Wednesday 20 August 2025

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....

Opinion – Tuesday 19 August 2025

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...

Opinion – Monday 18 August 2025

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),...

Opinion – Thursday 14 August 2025

U.S. Indices closed higher on Wednesday, but small caps continued to surge while the NASDAQ closed marginally higher. The outperformance in the Russell was led by more dovish rate cut bets, which were bolstered by Treasury Secretary Bessent advocating for a 50bps move...

Opinion – Wednesday 13 August 2025

U.S. Indices closed at new all-time highs on Tuesday while the Dollar was sold and T-Notes steepened in response to a “not as bad as feared” CPI in the face of President Trump’s tariffs, keeping a September rate cut on the table following the weak...