Market Commentary: Friday 14th June
The main news overnight was the BOJ keeping rates on hold 0.1%. There was 'No Change' to QT (i.e. they continue to buy bonds at a pace of JPY 6trn a month)...
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Market Commentary: Thursday 13th June
The Fed has been the main news story overnight, the FOMC kept rates on hold for a seventh straight meeting. However, in the Press Conference Federal Reserve,...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 12th June
It is not often that the financial markets are compared to buses, but the data has been light this week and suddenly we have the double-whammy of an US...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 11th June
Stock markets are in limbo as we await US inflation data and the Federal Reserve monetary-policy decision. However, in the FX markets USD strength is the...
Market Commentary: Monday 10th June
The euro has dropped 0.5%, falling alongside European equity futures and French bonds after Macron called a snap vote in a bid to halt gains for the far right...
Market Commentary: Friday 7th June
The main event today will be Non Farm Payrolls, to be released this afternoon at 1:30pm. Estimates suggest the economy will add 180k people to the workforce,...
Market Commentary: Thursday 6th June
Today commemorates 80 years since Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy, D Day. In the financial markets this could be remembered by an ECB Rate Cut,...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 5th June
OPEC announced this week they will gradually bring backup supply (after cutting production for the last 18 months) over the course of the next 12 months from...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 4th June
Our attention is drawn to the Oil price today. We are trading at four-month lows, as the market continues to digest the surprise move by OPEC+ to restore...
Market Commentary: Monday 3rd June
Welcome to June and the brief arrival of summer in the UK yesterday!
Market Commentary: Friday 31st May
Some weak Chinese economic data overnight has increased the expectation of the pace of fiscal and monetary policy to come. Official manufacturing and...
Market Commentary: Thursday 30th May
Stocks had a poor night, the Nikkei is down -1.6% as is the Hang Seng and there is a Risk Off atmosphere going into month end. Not even a press release from...
