Opinion – Thursday 22 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets were choppy on Wednesday with Nvidia (NVDA) down again ahead of its much-anticipated earnings release after hours with options market implying a c. 11% move. There was no US data again to digest with muted FX volume. However, Treasuries were sold...

Opinion – Wednesday 21 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower Tuesday with Nvidia (NVDA) sold ahead of its earnings on Wednesday, although shares and Indices did pare significantly into the close. There is a growing consensus that the Company needs to print a massive beat to keep the momentum...

Opinion – Tuesday 20 February 2024

With onshore traded Chinese stocks closed last week for the Lunar New Year holiday, expectations were high that Mondays reopen would push domestic markets sharply higher if only to catch up with offshore proxies in Hong Kong and in the US, where the Nasdaq China...

Opinion – Monday 19 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Friday with a hot PPI weighing on both stocks and bonds with underperformance in the rate-sensitive Russell 2000 amid rising yields, a sharp reversal in Super Micro (SMCI) shares after its recent rally, as well as downside in the...

Opinion – Thursday 15 February 2024

U.S Equity Markets and Treasuries traversed higher throughout Wednesday’s session aside from a knock in stocks around the cash equity open. The post-CPI extremes had pared somewhat although T-Notes remained well below pre-CPI levels and E-Mini S&P futures...

Opinion – Wednesday 14 February 2024

Both U.S. Equity and Bond Markets saw heavy losses while the Dollar ripped on Tuesday after the hot US CPI report for January saw a large pullback in Fed easing expectations. The greatest selling pressure in the Indices was in the small caps Russell 2000, where many...