Opinion – Wednesday 5 October 2025

U.S. Indices ultimately closed in the green on Tuesday with both the RUSSELL 2000 and NASDAQ 100 leading the gains, although sectors were mixed. Defensives lagged with Utilities, Staples and Health Care all red, while Energy, Communications and Tech were bid. Market...

Opinion – Tuesday 4 February 2025

U.S. Indices closed in the red, albeit well off worst levels, as Trump tariff talk dominated markets to start the week. The Dollar saw Index hefty gains to the detriment of G10 FX (with the exception of both Sterling and the Japanese Yen) but saw a large range...

Opinion – Monday 3 February 2025

Stocks and bonds ended the Friday session lower with focus on tariffs. Sentiment was initially boosted on reports that President Trump was set to postpone the tariffs by one month to March 1st, however the White House Press Secretary announced this was false and that...

Opinion – Thursday 30 January 2025

U.S. Equity Markets were choppy on Wednesday and ultimately saw two-way action on the Federal Reserve meeting. In an immediate reaction to the Fed holding rates at 4.25-4.50%, as expected, there was a hawkish reaction to the accompanying statement whereby it removed...

Opinion – Wednesday 29 January 2025

Tuesday’s trading session was largely a reversal of the Monday DeepSeek reaction. US equity futures were bid throughout the majority of the session led by upside in tech with Nvidia (NVDA) regaining some of the Monday losses, albeit still having some ground to...

Opinion – Tuesday 28 January 2025

U.S. Equity Markets were broadly hit on Monday with steep losses in AI and tech names leading the downside with NVDA closing down 17%. The weakness was observed with questions now hanging over the AI dominance in the US after China’s DeepSeek (an openAI rival)...