Opinion – Tuesday 6 February 2024

U.S. Stocks were lower on Monday but recovered gradually, albeit significantly, from the lows earlier in the session that were seen as part of the broader hawkish reaction to the hot ISM Services. In stocks, Caterpillar (CAT) was firmer despite mixed results and...

Opinion – Thursday 1 February 2024

U.S. Equity Markets were sold throughout the session with underperformance in the NASDAQ after disappointing Microsoft and Google earnings while a dismal NYCB report saw the stock, KRE, and Russell 2000 Index tumble, igniting some fears on the regional banking sector,...

Opinion – Wednesday 31 January 2024

U.S Equity Markets were choppy on Tuesday with the S&P 500 closing little changed. However both the Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 closed lower. Futures Markets are lower after the close following weaker than expected earnings from both Microsoft and Google. U.S....

Opinion – Tuesday 30 January 2024

Both U.S. Equity Markets and Treasuries were firmer on Monday in a quiet US session, with the Russell 2000 and Nasdaq 100 outperforming the S&P 500 – gains accelerated in late trade after the Treasury financing estimates for the quarter ahead were reduced....

Opinion – Monday 29 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets were relatively flat on Friday aside from the NASDAQ 100 which saw notable underperformance due to tech weakness after weak earnings reports from INTC, KLAC and FICO. The Treasury curve bear flattened after the PCE report, which on the face of it...

Opinion – Thursday 25 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets pushed higher on Wednesday with record highs being made once again in both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100. The NDX outperformed led by gains in big tech with Microsoft (MSFT) crossing the USD 3 trillion market cap and Meta (META) rising above...

Opinion – Wednesday 24 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed were mixed on Tuesday with the NASDAQ 100 outperforming and Russell 2000 lagging. The S&P 500 and NDX gradually gained throughout the US session while the Dow Jones and Russell 2000 sold off after the open before paring somewhat...

Opinion – Tuesday 23 January 2024

It was a quiet start to the week ahead of a slew of key risk events, including Bank of Japan overnight (preview below), Bank of Canada, ECB, U.S. GDP, U.S. PCE and a batch of American earnings. Nonetheless, stocks opened firmer with the S&P 500 notching a fresh...

Opinion – Monday 22 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets surged on Friday helping the S&P 500 to hit a fresh record high with Technology names doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The yield curve flattened with front-end yields rising ahead of supply this week. The highlight of the session was the...

Opinion – Thursday 18 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Wednesday amid the hawkish repricing of central bank rate paths amid a slew of hawkish economic data and central bank speak. However, a late rally into the close saw earlier losses erased by 30%. Hot U.K. CPI figures and more...

Opinion – Wednesday 17 January 2024

U.S. Equity Markets closed lower on Tuesday with Tech the only sector in the black amid rising yields and recurring geopolitical risk. Fed’s Waller tapered expectations for a deep cutting cycle, giving his first set of public remarks since the end of November,...

Opinion – Tuesday 16 January 2024

Former U.S. President Trump was called the clear winner of the Iowa Republican Caucuses from very early on while Edison Research later announced that Trump has 51.1%, DeSantis has 21.2% and Haley has 19.0% with 95% of estimated Iowa caucus votes in. U.S. Equity...

Opinion – Monday 15 January 2024

U.S Equity Markets were choppy on Friday and ultimately little changed after gyrating between the Middle East conflict and soft U.S. PPI data, whilst Treasuries sustained big bull-steepening. The benchmark Equity Futures saw losses accumulate in the European morning,...

Opinion – Thursday 11 January 2024.

U.S Equity Markets closed higher on Wednesday with a lack of major news or data to go off ahead of this afternoon’s key CPI data. Tech was an outperforming sector with the NDX outperforming the SPX. All three main Indexes closed higher, led by the 0.69% gain in the...