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The bond sell-off continued with a vengeance yesterday, underpinned by a weak French 30-year bond auction, comments by the Banque de France’s Villeroy and ECB Minutes which indicated the Bank was closer to removing its easing bias on its Asset Purchase Program (APP)...
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With the US market closed for the Independence Day holiday, the focus has been elsewhere and for the markets in both Asia and Europe. It has not been a big 24 hours as far as price action was concerned, the Eurostoxx 600 index off 0.29%, European bond markets with a...
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Seven of my nine market calls got hit yesterday in what turned out to be a volatile trading session as markets started Q3 in a risk positive tone supported by mostly positive data releases. Equities had a good day in Europe and a solid one in the US, although...
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A dramatic week ended without too much additional fanfare on Friday. The global yield back up extended but only slightly, the dollar finished fairly flat overall and stocks mixed (US mostly higher, Europe weaker). Neither the US core PCE deflator (1.4% from 1.5%) nor...
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The shift in tone from Central Banks in Europe and the US continued to drive financial markets, with stocks and bonds again selling off in what is turning out to be the most volatile trading week so far this year. The US Technology sector’s woes deepened as renewed...
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Central Banks set the tone on global financial markets yesterday, with the latest comments from policy officials sparking a risk-on-mood that sent US stocks to their biggest gain in two months and roiled currencies from Sterling to the Canadian Dollar. ‘’it’s time to...
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