Opinion – Thursday 19 June 2025

U.S. Indices ended Wednesday’s session with marginal gains, albeit with outperformance in the RUSSELL 2000, while geopolitics, Fed, and President Trump dominated the tape. The FOMC left rates unchanged, as expected, and left the 2025 dot plot unchanged, which saw...

Opinion – Wednesday 18 June 2025

Tuesday was another session dominated by geopolitics, with tensions rising over fears the US is getting ready to join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities. Reports via CNN said that US President Trump’s desire to handle the conflict diplomatically is...

Opinion – Tuesday 17 June 2025

U.S. Indexes closed higher in what was a risk-on session with equities bid across the board, with notable outperformance in the NASDAQ. The majority of sectors were green, although Energy, Health Care and Utilities were hit with energy stocks tracking crude prices...

Opinion – Monday 16 June 2025

Geopolitics largely dominated the tape on Friday, as Israel’s attack on Iran took all the headlines and the fallout thereafter. As such, US indices saw heavy selling pressure before closing around lows of Friday’s session, while the Dollar gained to the...

Opinion – Thursday 12 June 2025

There were three key main events on Wednesday. US CPI was cooler than expected, US/China agreed on a deal, while Middle East concerns escalated. The US CPI came in softer than analyst expectations in May, despite the imposition of tariffs in April, showing that...

Opinion – Wednesday 11 June 2025

U.S. Indices closed at session highs on Tuesday (SPX +0.6%, NDX +0.5%, RUT +0.6%) as comments from US Commerce Secretary Lutnick offer optimism over the US-China trade talks. While US-China trade talks have yet to conclude, session highs in stocks were seen on...