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U.S. Equity Markets finished rangebound on Friday in what turned out to be one of the quietest trading sessions of the year to date. We had no tier one economic releases and no major incremental newsflow which saw the S&P 500 traverse sideways throughout most of...
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The highlight of the day was the softer than expected US CPI report which saw markets back to fully pricing in two rate cuts this year, with the first move now fully discounted by September. Both Equity and Treasury Markets were instantly bid and despite some post...
Futures Trading Education
Markets saw two-way action on Tuesday, as the initial broad-based hawkish reaction seen post-PPI (downside in Treasuries and stocks, upside in Dollar) swiftly pared as participants digested the details and awaited remarks from Fed Chair Powell, albeit he said little...
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U.S. Equity Markets again closed flat on Monday as markets go ‘’on hold’’ ahead of this afternoon’s PPI and CPI data tomorrow. Equity futures ground higher in pre-market trade before selling off at the open with lows in stocks later seen in the US afternoon, seemingly...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Friday in a session that finally witnessed some two-way price action. Most Indices finished with mild gains but with choppy price actions amid headwinds from a plunge in the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment and a rise in...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed on Wednesday with the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 little changed while the Dow was bid and Russell 2000 lower. Futures were hit in the pre-market however after some cautious earnings from Uber (UBER), soft Intel (INTC) guidance and...
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U.S. Equity Markets were choppy on Tuesday with the Indices holding on to their recent strength with mixed performances under the surface. There were no major macro catalysts on Tuesday, with the softer Manheim used car vehicle index the data “highlight”,...
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U.S Equity Markets rallied further on Monday with continued momentum from the soft NFP data on Friday that has increased the chances of the Fed being able to cut this year. The rate-sensitive small-caps saw outperformance, indicative of the appetite for duration,...
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Overall, a dovish reaction to the FOMC and Press Conference which saw the Fed leave rates on hold as expected but it also announced it is to taper its QT run-off to just USD 25 billion a month from USD 60 billion, slightly more dovish than the expected USD 30 billion....
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Tuesday with the surprise rise in the Q1 Employment Cost Index ramping the hawkish pressure on the Fed ahead of this evening’s Fed Meeting Statement and Fed Chair Powell’s press conference at 7.30 pm. There were kneejerk losses to...
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U.S Equity Markets ended flat in choppy trade on Monday as Indices took pause from their recovery with a lack of major macro catalysts except for the Japanese Yen intervention. While there was no tier 1 data, we did get the US quarterly financing estimates ahead of...
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U.S. Equity Markets saw strong gains on Friday (SPX +1%, NDX +1.7%) although that appeared mostly a big tech earnings story (GOOGL +10%, MSFT +2%) with the equal-weight S&P flat. The macro highlight was the March Core PCE, +0.32% M/M versus 0.3% expected, which...
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U.S. Equity Markets Stocks were choppy on Wednesday with NASDAQ outperformance after a short squeeze on TSLA (+11%) post-earnings as investors await more big tech earnings reports. However, post the cash market close, META stock is down 15% post earnings send both the...
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U.S Equity Markets continued their rally after the slump seen last week. The majority of the upside was sparked after the soft US PMI data with some cautious commentary on the labour market supporting the dovish move. As a result, the Dollar sold off throughout the...
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