Opinion – Thursday 11 April 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower yesterday following the release of the latest inflation report from Uncle Sam which came in “hotter than expected”. The March consumer price index (“CPI”) rose 0.4% for the month, making for a 3.5%...

Opinion – Wednesday 10 April 2024

U.S. Equity Markets ultimately saw slight gains despite a choppy session yesterday, that witnessed plenty of two-way price action. Strength in the futures was seen pre-market after reports Google (GOOGL) is expanding its in-house chip efforts and a slew of cloud deals...

Opinion – Tuesday 9 April 2024

It was calm before the storm on Monday as participants await key risk events, namely U.S. CPI on Wednesday, but also several Central Bank decisions, including from the ECB, BoC and RBNZ, while the FOMC Minutes will also be released post-CPI. Earnings season also...

Opinion – Monday 8 April 2024

Equity Markets rallied Friday after shaking off a knee-jerk sell-off to the hot U.S. jobs report. The 303K jobs added (exp. +200K; prev. +270K), just in line AHE (+0.347% M/M) and fall in U rate 3.8% (exp. unchanged. at +3.9%) saw big selling in Treasuries as part of...

Opinion – Thursday 4 April 2024

Equity and Bond Markets were choppy while the Dollar took a hit on the soft ISM services PMI. Stocks started the session on the front foot in wake of the ISM data while T-Notes pared the earlier ADP-induced weakness. Fed Chair Powell largely stuck to the script which...

Opinion – Wednesday 3 April 2024

U.S. Equity Markets saw notable selling on Tuesday, extending the April rot, amid various micro factors in the backdrop of an aggressive Treasury bear-steepener. Treasuries saw large bear-steepening on Europe’s return, despite soft German inflation figures, as...