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With U.S. Markets closed for the Presidents’ Day Holiday, trading elsewhere was extremely quiet. Although European Markets closed mixed, the FTSE did close at a new all-time high at 8020. In Asia, The Bank of Japan is expected to tighten monetary policy as soon as...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed following a volatile trading session. Although the NASDAQ 100 closed lower, the Dow ended Friday with a gain of 0.39%. President Joe Biden said he expects to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon in an attempt to ease rising...
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U.S. Markets sold off aggressively into the close led by the NASDAQ which ended yesterday’s session with a loss of 2%. 10-Year Treasury Yields rising to 3.86% did not help. PPI was released rising 6% year over year versus +5.4% expected. The late equity sell-off saw...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher after an earlier dip, led by 0.77% gain in the NASDAQ 100. This move higher saw the VIX close lower by a further 3.60% at a price of 18.23. Treasury yields surged higher on expectations that the current Federal Reserve terminal rate...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed after a volatile trading session. CPI showed inflation cooled slightly in January – 6.4% year over year (“YOY”), down from 6.5% YOY in December – as higher energy and household costs prevented further declines. The NFIB...
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U.S. Markets closed higher led by the 1.60% gain in the NDX. These gains came despite higher Bond Yields as attention turns to this afternoon’s CPI release. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said that price stability is still too far away and that further...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed as the Dow finished higher by 0.50% while the NASDAQ 100 closed Friday with a loss of 0.62% following another spike in Bond Yields. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller expressed criticism for cryptocurrency, calling it “a...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower following another reversal from afternoon highs. The Treasury Yield curve inverted to its deepest level since the 1980s as the U.S. two-year Treasury yield hit 4.50%, while Initial Jobless Claims rose for the first time in six weeks...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower yesterday, led by the 1.83% fall in the NASDAQ 100. During his State of the Union speech to Congress Tuesday night, President Joe Biden called for new taxes on billionaires and to quadruple the excise tax on stock buybacks. Federal...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher following a volatile trading session. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that additional interest-rate increases will be needed to cool inflation and that peak rates may need to move higher if the strong jobs market persists....
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U.S. Equity Markets closed lower led by the 1.40% fall in the Small Cap Russell 2000. This move lower saw the VIX close higher by 6% while the McClellan Oscillator also closed lower with a -21 print last night. Political tensions with China rose to start the week...
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U.S. Markets closed lower on Friday, led by the 1.79% fall in the NASDAQ 100. The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics released January’s payroll data, which blew away expectations. Nonfarm payrolls added 517,000 and the Unemployment rate fell to a 53 year low at...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed mixed despite the huge 3.56% rally in the NASDAQ 100 as the Dow closed lower by 0.11%. Even though the McClellan Oscillator closed higher at +202 last night, the VIX also rose, closing higher by 5% at a price of 18.73. Jobless Claims fell to...
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U.S. Equity Markets closed higher across the board, led by 2% rally in the NASDAQ 100. This move higher saw the VIX get crushed falling 8%, to a new 12-month low at a price of 17.87. The Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates by 25 basis points to a target range of...
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