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Not a huge amount of price action across currencies, equities or bonds over the past 24 hours with most price movement such as there is consistent with the significantly better than expected Non-Manufacturing ISM release. Together with stronger than expected New Home...
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After a quiet February, Volatility picked up in the US stock market with the Indices reversing all of Friday’s gains and then some, the S&P and NASDAQ closing down 0.4% and the Dow by 0.8% (albeit losses for the former were closer to 1% at 5.00 pm). Friday’s...
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Softer US data releases had a short – lived downward impact on US equities, US Treasury yields and the USD, with all three asset classes closing higher on Friday. It was a good day for risk assets with all major equity indices closing higher. The USD was broadly...
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Equity Markets have rebounded this morning despite the evident failure of The Trump-Kim bromance and the US President’s previous declaration that he had fallen in love with the North Korean dictator, to yield progress in the US’s efforts to get N. Korea to...
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Risk assets remain in a cautious mood not helped by an escalation in tension between India and Pakistan while overnight US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, tempered expectations of an imminent US-China trade deal following earlier suggestion by President Trump...
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The only price action of particular note since I posted yesterday morning has been in Sterling, which jumped by over a cent against the US dollar after UK Prime Minister May told parliament that if they rejected her Withdrawal Agreement on March 12th, they would in...
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President Trump has stolen the show yet again with his tweeter account and commentary largely responsible for most of the main market moves over the past 24 hours. Major equity Indices have had a solid start to the new week after a twitter posting yesterday morning by...
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US stock market Indices went out on a strong footing Friday, recovering from intra-day weakness in the last ‘’hour of power’’ to close near the highs, despite a 20%+ drop in the shares of Kraft-Heinz, the latter after announcing downgraded earnings estimates,...
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Trade remains the central theme both in terms of news and data reports over the past 24 hours with the Australian Dollar right at the centre of attention, yesterday seeing violent moves in both directions. The AUD sits lower this morning than where it was this time...
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After being moribund for much of the past 24 hours, markets have displayed a somewhat stronger pulse in the hour or so following publication of the January FOMC meeting Minutes, with a weakening of both the US Dollar and US Indices before reversing these losses in the...
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News that US trade negotiators have asked for a stable Yuan policy as part of the China trade talks and a tentative agreement by China has triggered a broad US Dollar sell off with Euro and Sterling both benefiting from the move. US equities closed a bit higher on...
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Risk sentiment was kicked off Friday by the President averting another government shutdown, even if by declaring a national emergency to procure his Wall funding. He was then briefed on Saturday by his key economic and trade officials on the trade talks at his...
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Just before the New York close, US Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced that President Trump plans to sign a bipartisan spending deal and then declare a national emergency to fund his border wall, averting another government shutdown Friday. “He is...
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Global equities have remained buoyant reflecting rising optimism of an ease in US China trade tensions and the avoidance of another US government shutdown with news reports suggesting President Trump will sign the border security deal while China confirmed President...
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