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The US Equity markets made New and all-time closing highs for both the Dow and S&P 500, following upbeat comments from Fed Member Dudley who noted that financial conditions remain easy and that there is a need ‘’to tighten monetary policy very judiciously’’. His...
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Friday’s markets were not just about more weak data – important as that was with US Housing Starts, Housing Permits and Consumer Sentiment all much weaker than expected and driving the US dollar and US bond yields lower. Amazon’s $13.7bn bid for Whole Foods sent...
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A split Bank of England (BoE) decision to keep Interest Rates unchanged and another fall in oil prices were the two big events over the past 24 hours. In terms of market moves, equities were slightly lower (S&P500 – 0.2%), the US dollar was stronger (+0.6%)...
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The Fed last night announced its fourth Rate hike in the Fed Funds rate by ¼%, as entirely expected, lifting the Federal funds rate to 1.00-1.25%. But we walk in this morning with the US dollar having been pressured and the US Treasury curve lower. Another case of the...
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The top performer among major currencies has been the Canadian dollar where recent strong hints from Senior Deputy BoC Governor Carolyn Wilkins that the Bank of Canada is shifting to a ‘tightening bias’ given signs of an improving economy continues to resonate with...
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Yesterday the main market price action has been the continued sharp fall it the NASDAQ of some 2.0%, seemingly driven by a succession of negative analyst reports on valuations, renewed selling of Sterling on Monday after a reprieve when markets opened in Asia on...
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