Opinion – Tuesday 23 January 2024

It was a quiet start to the week ahead of a slew of key risk events, including Bank of Japan overnight (preview below), Bank of Canada, ECB, U.S. GDP, U.S. PCE and a batch of American earnings. Nonetheless, stocks opened firmer with the S&P 500 notching a fresh...

Opinion – Monday 22 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets surged on Friday helping the S&P 500 to hit a fresh record high with Technology names doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The yield curve flattened with front-end yields rising ahead of supply this week. The highlight of the session was the...

Opinion – Thursday 18 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Wednesday amid the hawkish repricing of central bank rate paths amid a slew of hawkish economic data and central bank speak. However, a late rally into the close saw earlier losses erased by 30%. Hot U.K. CPI figures and more...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Tuesday with Tech the only sector in the black amid rising yields and recurring geopolitical risk. Fed’s Waller tapered expectations for a deep cutting cycle, giving his first set of public remarks since the end of November,...

Opinion – Tuesday 16 January 2024

Former U.S. President Trump was called the clear winner of the Iowa Republican Caucuses from very early on while Edison Research later announced that Trump has 51.1%, DeSantis has 21.2% and Haley has 19.0% with 95% of estimated Iowa caucus votes in. U.S. Equity...

Opinion – Monday 15 January 2024

U.S Equity Markets were choppy on Friday and ultimately little changed after gyrating between the Middle East conflict and soft U.S. PPI data, whilst Treasuries sustained big bull-steepening. The benchmark Equity Futures saw losses accumulate in the European morning,...