Opinion – Tuesday 11 March 2025

U.S. Indices closed substantially lower on Monday led by the 3.8% fall in the NASDAQ 100 and 2.7% fall in both the S&P 500 and RUSSELL 2000. This move lower wiped out Friday’s late rally and hitting six-month lows on concerns over the US economy, present/incoming...

Opinion – Monday 10 March 2025

U.S. Indices closed Friday in positive territory but the steep weekly decline remained amid US growth concerns and continued tariff uncertainty. Once again, Friday was a heavy headline day with a deluge of risk events, such as the US jobs report, a load of Fed...

Opinion – Thursday 6 March 2025

U.S. Indices closed higher on Wednesday following a choppy session that saw plenty of two-way price action, but ultimately stocks ended up in the green with T-notes sold across the curve while the Dollar plummeted as the Euro rallied. The focus of the session was on...

Opinion – Wednesday 5 March 2025

U.S. Indices closed largely in the red as they saw a notable sell-off into the close amid a chunky market imbalance, in what was a very choppy day of trade. Initially, on Tuesday, there was a significant risk-off sentiment which saw US equity futures and the crude...

Opinion – Tuesday 4 March 2025

U.S. Indices closed notably in the red Monday and sold off through the duration of the US afternoon, on the broader risk-off theme amid poor US data and President Trump noting tariffs will go ahead. On the former, and potentially heightening US growth concerns, Feb...

Opinion – Monday 3 March 2025

U.S. Indices endured a choppy session but closed notably in the green, and at highs as they saw a notable bid into settlement amongst month-end, despite the initial sell-off seen post-US open. US January PCE was the scheduled data highlight, but turned out to be a...

Opinion – Thursday 27 February 2025

U.S. Equity Markets ended Wednesday mixed, enduring a choppy day, although futures attempted a rebound from overnight trade following the House passing a budget blueprint endorsing US President Trump’s USD 4.5 trillion tax cuts. However, stocks sold off through...

Opinion – Wednesday 26 February 2025

U.S. Equity Markets closed off earlier lows seen at the cash open with DJI (+0.4%) turning positive while SPX (-0.5%), NDX (-1.2%) and RUSSELL (-0.4%) remained in the red. Behind the selloff, fears resumed around the consumer with the latest US Consumer Confidence...

Opinion – Tuesday 25 February 2025

U.S. Equity Markets closed in the red on Monday, extending on Friday losses as the pullback from recent All-Time-Highs continues. There were few fresh drivers for the downside but the overhang of tariffs and uncertainty on geopolitics continues to weigh. US President...

Opinion – Monday 24 February 2025

Equity Markets tumbled on OpEx Friday while T-notes rallied across the curve. Stocks started to sell off from the U.S. morning, with the ongoing deterioration of Ukraine relations with the US and Russia and lingering tariff deadlines weighed in the background, but the...

Opinion – Thursday 20 February 2025

U.S. Indices were little changed on Wednesday while T-Notes bull steepened with upside in both assets seen in late trade after the FOMC Minutes. The Minutes were largely as expected, signalling the Fed is in no rush to adjust policy and they should be cautious with...

Opinion – Wednesday 19 February 2025

U.S. Indices closed with slight gains on Tuesday as they saw a slight bid into settlement but were still relatively rangebound in a day which was dominated by US and Russia high-level delegates holding a meeting in Riyadh regarding Ukraine. Following the gathering,...

Opinion – Tuesday 18 February 2025

U.S. Markets were closed Monday for the Presidents’ Day Holiday. Futures closed higher while in Europe the German DAX closed at a new all-time high following a gain of 1.26%. Meanwhile, the French CAC, Spain’s IBEX and the Italian FTSE MIB closed at their highest...

Opinion – Monday 17 February 2025

U.S. Indices closed mixed on Friday with outperformance in the NASDAQ 100 as Communication and Tech names outperformed, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 were little changed, and the Dow underperformed. The Dow was weighed on by retailers (WMT, PG) after a...