Market Commentary: Wednesday 15th May
Equities Globally are set for a fresh record after tech-led rallies in US indices. The S&P, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq were all up at the close of play...
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Market Commentary: Tuesday 14th May
Rangebound markets overnight, Nikkei +0.39%, CSI 300 -0.23% but all eyes are on this 'Yen Story'. GS released a piece about Tourism in Japan and how the weaker...
Market Commentary: Monday 13th May
A volatile opening Monday session, markets initially fell in response to data showing Chinese credit shrank for the first time in April and that US President...
Market Commentary: Friday 10th May
US initial jobless claims numbers yesterday surged by 22000 to 231000 on the week ending 4th May, sharply above market expectations of 210000. This high...
Market Commentary: Thursday 9th May
Asian bonds fell overnight, mirroring the selling of Treasuries in the earlier US session. 10y benchmark yields in Australia, New Zealand and Japan all...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 8th May
Asian stocks fell for the first time in a week, the Nikkei was down -1.48% as Nintendo tumbled on a weak outlook. Shares in Hong Kong (-0.73%) and mainland...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 7th May
Over the long UK weekend, the equity markets have buoyed optimism that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates this year, both the Fed Bank of...
Market Commentary: Monday 6th May
A Bank Holiday here in the UK, but with China trading for the first time post their May Day celebration the activity overnight has been positive, the CSI 300...
Market Commentary: Friday 3rd May
Overnight we have seen Apple shares and the Yen rally. The yen touched a three-week high (152.75) against the dollar and is heading for its best week since...
Market Commentary: Thursday 2nd May
The Fed have opted to hold interest rates at their 23-year high and have announced plans to slow down their quantitative tightening programme. The Federal Open...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 1st May
Mayday, Mayday, don't be alarmed but there is a Fed Meeting today. Europe and China have public holidays and liquidity will be thin so what are we expecting?...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 30th April
Asian shares have done well overnight - indexes in Japan and HK climbing, while China onshore stocks reacted in a mixed fashion to data showing that the...
