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...

Opinion – Tuesday 13 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets were mixed Monday in choppy, Superbowl-thinned trade ahead of the January CPI report this afternoon. The major Indices initially rallied in the New York morning with Bitcoin surging towards USD 50,000 and NYCB extending its Friday recovery....

Opinion – Monday 12 February 2024

The S&P 500 Index climbed to new all-time highs above 5,000 on Friday with the bull ride continuing in lack of an obvious catalyst, gains were even more pronounced in the NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000, while Bitcoin also surged. However, it is noteworthy that the...

Opinion – Thursday 8 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets continued the 2024 upside to see the S&P 500 futures breach above 5000 while the cash index failed to rise above the level, but it did test the psychological level. The majority of sectors were green but the heavyweight sectors, Tech, Consumer...

Opinion – Wednesday 7 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets were choppy and mixed on Tuesday with the macro focus on the further plunge in New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) shares, stoking banking/CRE fears and weighing on the regional banks more broadly. Treasury Secretary Yellen was in the Senate, where...