Opinion – Monday 11 December 2023

U.S. Equity Markets made modest gains on Friday, reversing an initial hawkish reaction to the hot NFP report with participants preparing for this week’s CPI and FOMC with a hesitation to miss out on the ‘Santa Rally’ too. The 199k jobs added in...

Opinion – Thursday 7 December 2023

U.S Equity Markets closed lower on Wednesday with big tech/NDX leading the downside, while small caps (Russell 2000) saw relative outperformance despite slipping into the red in late trade as part of the broader risk souring. Treasuries continued to see...

Opinion – Wednesday 6 December 2023

U.S. Equity Markets were choppy Tuesday with the S&P and NDX little changed whilst the Russell 2000 unwound some of its recent outperformance. The Indices hit their intraday peaks after the cash open, just on the heels of the dovish reaction seen in wake of the...

Opinion – Tuesday 5 December 2023

U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Monday with gains in the small caps (Russell 2000) offset by losses in the S&P and NDX. Most of the weakness occurred around the open with the Indices paring somewhat into the New York afternoon, with little new drivers or data...

Opinion – Monday 4 December 2023

Equity Markets were largely firmer on Friday although there was particular outperformance in the Russell 2000 with regional banks and cyclicals finding a particular bid. That was a result of the yield backdrop with the Treasury curve seeing massive bull-steepening (2s...

Opinion – Thursday 30 November 2023

U.S. Equity Markets and Treasury Bonds had seen upside throughout Wednesday’s European morning after cooler-than-expected inflation prints from German states and Spain, with the later released national German CPI also much cooler than forecast. US equity futures...