Market Commentary: Monday 29 April
A quick recap from last week and you will understand why the weekend press used the word Stagflation. In the US GDP for Q1 was +1.6%, well below the 2.5%...
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Market Commentary: Thursday 25th April
Meta’s revenues jumped over 25% in Q1 and beat expectations, but shares dropped by 15% yesterday after they announced that they will spend more this year than...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 24th April
Some positivity overnight, stocks have bounced back and in Asia, the Nikkei was +2.8%. In the US, Nvidia, the poster child of the artificial-intelligence boom,...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 23rd April
The FTSE 100 closed above 8000, a new all time high and we should be full of cheer but, sadly, it is the 'Cheap Britain' story with Cable at 1.2340 that are...
Market Commentary: Monday 22nd April
Whilst the risks of one war subsides, another picks up! Over the weekend the risks of all-out war between Israel and Iran seem to have dissipated. Israel on...
Market Commentary: Friday 19th April
Tensions rise in the Middle East as US officials have confirmed that Israel carried out a military operation against Iran, while state media reports air...
Market Commentary: Thursday 18th April
Overnight Asian currencies have strengthened after the finance ministers of Japan, South Korea and the US released a joint statement addressing concerns over a...
Market Commentary: Monday 8th April
Overnight the Nikkei followed the US equity markets Friday performance and rose 0.8%. US equity markets rose following the better than expected payrolls...
Market Commentary: Friday 5th April
NFPs is the main event today with payroll job growth expected to slow, albeit with a solid 200k jobs added in March. One of the main themes going forward will...
Market Commentary: Thursday 4th April
2024 is looking like it could be the Year of the 'Cs'. Cocoa and Crypto markets have been out performers and now Coffee is joining this collection. Arabica...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 3rd April
Did anyone notice Oil yesterday? It broke above a key resistance at $85 a barrel in the front month. We are over a quarter into a 2024 and we were promised...
Market Commentary: Thursday 28th March
Global stock markets continue their strong performance into quarter end and the Easter break - S&P +10%, Nasdaq +9.25%, DAX +10.3%. Data wise today we saw...
