Opinion – Friday 27 May 2016

Markets were extremely quiet yesterday as we await the final Fed speaker of the week, Fed Chair Yellen who is being eulogised on her ‘groundbreaking achievements’ at Harvard University where she will receive the Radcliffe Medal this afternoon. This event...

Opinion – Thursday 26 May 2016

Yesterday was another trading day of measured markets with both European and US Equities closing higher. US Treasury Yields also closed higher while the US Dollar is finally this morning starting to weaken as indicated in yesterday’s commentary given the fact...

Opinion – Wednesday 25 May 2016

US and European Equity Indices had a solid trading day yesterday with gains in Financial and Technology shares leading the moves higher, with the DAX, FTSE and S&P ending yesterday’s trading session with upside Key Day Reversals. The US Dollar was stronger...

Opinion – Tuesday 24 May 2016

Markets have been generally drifting with FX, Equity markets and Bond Yields trading in contained ranges. The short end of the US Treasury Curve edged a little higher while the Australian Dollar is weak trading at 0.7170 as I go to print on the back of somewhat weaker...

Opinion – Monday 23 May 2016

European and US Equities ended last week in positive territory with the mild positive tone to Friday’s session helping the S&P 500 move back into the black for 2016. In Currencies, the US Dollar had a mixed trading session making small losses against...

Opinion – Friday 20 May 2016

Yesterday we had more comments from US Fed Members with Lacker and Dudley hitting the newswires following Wednesday’s more hawkish Fed Minutes. Although such talk is significant for reinforcing the case for a June/July rate hike, markets mostly consolidated...