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U.S. Equity Markets rallied to new closing highs on Wednesday after the Fed reaffirmed its three rate cuts in 2024 projection, despite higher longer-term dots, and as Powell played down the hot January and February inflation data. The rate-sensitive sectors...
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U.S. Equity Markets reversed earlier losses to close firmer on Tuesday after earlier, tech-led weakness reversed into the close. Nvidia (NVDA) managed to close 1% higher with some positive takeaways from its GTC event despite the lack of major surprises. Meanwhile,...
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Equity Markets rallied on Monday in a relatively quiet news flow session (from a macro perspective) with the NASDAQ leading the charge ahead of the Nvidia (NVDA) GTC event after the close. However, both the Index and Nvidia closed well off best levels as participants...
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Equity Markets were subdued on Wednesday in a quiet US session in the aftermath of Tuesday’s hot CPI figures. There was no US data to shape the narrative ahead of this afternoon’s Retail Sales and PPI figures, while the Fed remains in its FOMC blackout period....
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U.S. Equity Markets ultimately closed primarily in the green Tuesday, with lows seen after the open on the hot CPI Report was released. Equity weakness swiftly pared however with gains being seen throughout the session, led by the NASDAQ with Tech/Semi-Conductors...
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U.S. Equity Markets were predominantly lower on Monday with the Russell 2000 lagging its US peers but the NASDAQ also saw notable weakness amid a slide in semiconductors, although gains in Apple (AAPL) helped limit losses, but Trump’s dig at Meta (META) saw the...
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U.S. Equity Markets saw plenty of two-way price action on Friday with an initial rally post-NFP which ultimately was a “dovish” report, where although the headline beat, it was offset by downward revisions, soft wages and rising unemployment. The release...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed positive on Wednesday but finished well off their intra-day highs with some chunky selling seen in the New York afternoon. Fed Chair Powell gave familiar rhetoric in Congress, expressing caution on cutting rates too early, whilst also saying...
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U.S. Equity Markets saw sizeable losses on Tuesday with the losses in Big Tech extending, seeing Nasdaq underperform. The malaise was heightened with Apple (AAPL) weighed on by reports of poor China iPhone metrics, Tesla (TSLA) extending losses amid a fire and...
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U.S. Equity Markets were choppy on Monday and ultimately lower in a very quiet session as far as macro news flow is concerned. Nonetheless, price action was the story with Gold (> 2,100/oz) and Bitcoin (> 67k) both surging to new recent peaks as momentum/euphoria...
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U.S. Equity Markets surged to new all-time-highs on Friday, sustaining through the session, with AI-affiliated names leading the charge with particular strength in Dell (DELL) after its earnings report. Although, Regional Banks were a weak spot after NYCB’s...
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U.S. Equity Markets ultimately saw mild weakness yesterday but were off the European morning lows with underperformance in the Nasdaq and Russell with Communication, Health and Tech names lagging, with the former weighed on by chip names with NVDA closing in the red...
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U.S Equity Markets closed flat Tuesday in a choppy session with U.S. data largely ignored. Initial downside in the Indices in the NY morning was unwound later in the session, aided by Apple (AAPL) bouncing on reports it had abandoned its EV venture, shifting its...
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were little changed on Monday while the Russell 2000 saw gains in what was a quiet session from a catalyst perspective. Tech was mixed with the mega-cap names, including Nvidia (NVDA), generally struggling/flat-lining, specifically...
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