Opinion – Monday 30 May 2012

After a very nervous start to Friday on the back of the downgrade for Spain, risk appetite returned on the back of a successful Italian Bond Auction with Equities and Commodities both rallying along with a rise in Global Bond yields. US GDP came in at +2.2% versus...

Opinion – Friday 27 April 2012

The Equity markets continued their bullish run over the last three days with the US markets up 2.4% in this period. The market was helped yesterday by the continuing feel good factor from the FOMC on Wednesday and helped by better than expected Pending Home Sales. The...

Opinion – Thursday 26 April 2012

All change again as markets continue to rally from Monday’s low. They were helped initially by Apple, as discussed yesterday, and by the FOMC tweaking its outlook for the better and saying that rates will remain unchanged until at least through 2014. This...

Opinion – Wednesday 25 April 2012

The rollercoaster in markets continued yesterday as Equities rebounded from Monday’s steep selloff. This rebound was helped by better US Home Sales and better than expected results from Apple. All eyes will be on the FOMC tonight and a quiet day is expected...

Opinion – Tuesday 24 April 2012

All changed as the market swings from problems with Spain to the Dutch Government falling! It is also very nervous about the possibility that Hollande will be the next French President. The CAC was hit badly yesterday and in fact, the last time we had a socialist in...

Opinion – Monday 23 April 2012

The markets are little changed from Friday morning after rallying initially after the German LFO and Retail Sales from the US but then quickly came back to being unchanged in the late afternoon. The Euro is a little weaker after the first round of the French...