Opinion – Wednesday 1 November 2017

The news on the state of the US and European economies has been good over the past 24 hours, adding more sunshine to the global growth acceleration story. It has also been a day of contained currency moves, the USD still waiting for substantial news on tax reform and...

Opinion – Tuesday 31 October 2017

Well, the big theme from yesterday’s trading overnight session was the news that President Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut plan from 35% to 20% could be phased in over 5 years. The US Dollar and US Treasury Yields were already drifting lower during the Asian session...

Opinion – Friday 27 October 2017

To borrow from Depache Mode, it seems markets Just Can’t Get Enough with a dovish ECB taper and increasing confidence in US tax reform seeing a rally in risk assets. European equities soared (Eurostoxx +1.3%), the Euro fell sharply (-1.2%), while US Dollar strength...

Opinion – Thursday 26 October 2017

After a sleepy start to the week markets have awakened over the past 24hrs. US equities are softer amid disappointing earnings results and Republican tensions threatening the prospects for tax reform. US Data has helped push US Treasury Yields higher and Interest Rate...

Opinion – Wednesday 25 October 2017

US markets right have been caught between 1) the ongoing negotiations over tax between the White House and Republicans, 2) who will be the next Fed Chair (the market seems to be positioning for a Taylor-Powell duo but there is still no news), and 3) the course of the...

Opinion – Wednesday 19 July 2017

How much a dollar cost? Is a song from American rapper Kendrick Lamar and apparently it is Barack Obama’s favourite song of 2015. Well, whichever way you measure it, a US Dollar costs less today than it did yesterday. The USD sell off that began early yesterday...