Opinion – Thursday 4 July 2013

The US Equity markets rose yesterday despite significant weakness in European markets caused by rising peripheral bond yields on political instability in Portugal and as Greece again struggles to meet conditions associated with its bailout. The heavy flow of US data...

Opinion – Wednesday 3 July 2013

European Equity markets fell between 0.1% and 0.9% yesterday whilst US Indices suffered smaller losses. This despite having been up earlier on solid Factory Orders data, which rose 2.1% in May, and comments from Fed President Dudley who said that the Fed may prolong...

Opinion – Tuesday 2 July 2013

The run of positive Manufacturing PMIs continued yesterday with the US Manufacturing ISM rising to a three month high of 50.9 from 49.0 in May. However investors seemed to focus on the decline in the Employment Component of the ISM which fell to 48.7 from 50.1 and is...

Opinion – Monday 1 July 2013

Month/Quarter end, portfolio rebalancing and hedge-fund related flows dominated market price action on Friday. The Dollar Index closed up another 0.3% after two Fed members, Jeremy Stain and Jeffery Lacker, both gave hints that QE tapering will commence in September....

Opinion – Friday 28 June 2013

Equity markets ended the day with strong gains, rising for the 4th day in a row, after the release of positive US Economic data and the fact that Fed officials further calmed market fears of imminent QE tapering. New York Fed President Dudley said that the timetable...

Opinion – Thursday 27 June 2013

US Equity markets rallied by 1% yesterday despite the very weak revision to GDP which came in at 1.8% from 2.4% previously. Markets took the weak GDP as a sign that the Fed will be slow to taper the asset purchase programme as the old theme of bad news is good for the...