Opinion – Tuesday 23 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Monday. The trading day was quiet, but stocks trended higher throughout Europe and the US sessions before paring slightly into the close – the Russell led the gains. Materials, Financials and Energy outperformed sector wise with...

Opinion – Monday 22 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed higher on Friday, with Tech leading the gains, and as such the NASDAQ outperformance, which saw tailwinds from Oracle (ORCL) after reports TikTok is to sell its US entity. The haven sectors were lagging with Consumer Staples, Discretionary and...

Opinion – Thursday 18 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Wednesday, with the NASDAQ underperforming as the tech sector was sold. The sector was hit by reports by the FT that Oracle’s (ORCL) USD 190 billion Michigan data centre deal is in limbo after funding talks with Blue Owl (OWL)...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Tuesday, in a choppy session, beginning in the US morning in futures after delayed US data. Recapping, the US November payrolls report headline came in at above expected, with the Unemployment Rate jumping to 4.6% from 4.4%, with some of...

Opinion – Tuesday 16 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Monday with the Russell and NASDAQ lagging while sectors were predominantly firmer with Health Care, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary outperforming, but Tech, Energy and Communication lagged with tech still pressured after the ORCL and...

Opinion – Monday 15 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Friday, paring some of the strength seen last week post-Fed. Pressure was largely observed since the opening bell, with the Nasdaq underperforming as Broadcom’s (AVGO, -11.4%) Q4 earnings showed its AI order backlog fell short of...

Opinion – Thursday 11 December 2025

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Both U.S. Indices and Treasuries ended Wednesday with gains, while the Dollar was sold after a surprisingly dovish FOMC and Powell press conference (summary below). Briefly recapping, the Fed cut rates by 25bps to 3.5-3.75%, as expected, but in a dovish 9-3 vote split...

Opinion – Wednesday 10 December 2025

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U.S. Indices chopped on Tuesday as eyes turn to the FOMC on Wednesday but the Russell outperformed while Dow Jones lagged. Dow weakness ensued after JPM’s Lake gave some Q4 guidance – IB revenue up low-single digits, and markets revenue up low teens. This...

Opinion – Tuesday 9 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed lower on Monday, with all sectors but Technology in the red. Communications and Consumer Discretionary were the worst performers, the former weighed by downside in Alphabet (GOOGL, -2.3%) and Netflix (NFLX, -3.4% due to an attractive all-cash PSKY...

Opinion – Monday 8 December 2025

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U.S. Indices ultimately finished Friday’s session with an upward bias, with SPX, NDX and DJI closing green, but the Russell 2000 lagged and closed lower. Sectors were also mixed. Communication, Tech and Consumer Discretionary led the gains, while Utilities, Health...

Opinion – Thursday 4 December 2025

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U.S. Indices trended higher throughout Wednesday’s session, but Futures were knocked on reports in the Information that Microsoft (MSFT) is lowering AI software quotas as multiple sales teams failed to hit quotas for AI product sales last year, which hit MSFT and...

Opinion – Wednesday 3 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed the day in the green with outperformance in the NASDAQ, while Industrials, Tech and Communications outperformed. There were several developments on AI, with OpenAI declaring a “code red” for workers to shift focus to improve ChatGPT in...

Opinion – Tuesday 2 December 2025

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U.S. Indices ultimately finished the first session of December trading lower. The session was choppy with Equity F.utures sold overnight alongside caution in APAC trade in response to soft China PMIs. Pressure extended once Europe arrived, with the DAX lagging amid a...

Opinion – Monday 1 December 2025

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U.S. Indices closed firmer on Friday following a holiday shortened half-day session that witnessed little or no two-way price action. Earlier Futures Markets were halted by a CME ‘’Cooling Issue’’ glitch. The major averages have cleared their 50-Day Trendlines in this...