Opinion – Wednesday 7 August 2024

U.S. Equity rebounded from the recent bloodbath with slight outperformance in the NASDAQ 100 for the majority of the session although gains were broad based, with the S&P, RUSSELL 2000 and RSP (equal weighted S&P) not far behind. The sectoral outperformance...

Opinion – Tuesday 6 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets plunged on Monday with all the main Indices closing lower by 3% as the rout from Friday’s NFP-induced weakness amid fears regarding US growth and a possible recession. Whilst risk averse sentiment and flight-to-quality was somewhat present to start...

Opinion – Thursday 1 August 2024

U.S. Equity Markets saw notable strength on Wednesday (S&P +1.6%, RUSSELL 2000 +0.5%) led by significant outperformance in the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 (+3%) amid a myriad of positive semi-conductor news, such as AMD’s (AMD +4%) solid report and raising FY...

Opinion – Wednesday 31 July 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Tuesday with underperformance in the NASDAQ with Tech and Consumer Discretionary sectors weighing while the Russell 2000 and Dow Jones outperformed. The S&P closed red with the tech downside hitting the index, while the equal...

Opinion – Tuesday 30 July 2024

U.S Equity Markets saw mild gains on Monday with outperformance in the NASDAQ as gains in Consumer Discretionary and Communication names, like AMZN, TSLA, META, GOOGL, supported the move higher. It appeared to be an unwind of the short NASDAQ/long RUSSELL 2000 trade...

Opinion – Monday 29 July 2024

U.S. Equity Markets finished the week in the green (SPX +1.1%, NDX +1%, RUT +1.7%, DJIA +1.6%), while Treasuries were bid across the curve despite initial two-way action on US PCE, but eventually saw strength in wake of US PCE. The data itself saw core slightly above...