Market Commentary: Monday 2nd November
The week ahead brings fireworks and the U.S. election—what a combination! The result is too close to call. A poll released on Saturday by the well-regarded Des...
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Market Commentary: Friday 1st November
Welcome to November—what a month this is going to be! With a strong U.S. focus, today we have the NFP number, in a few days the U.S. election results will be...
Market Commentary: Thursday 31st October
Happy Halloween! What will spook the markets today? Overnight, the BOJ kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged after uncertainties increased over the...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 30th October
Happy Budget Day to those in the UK! This is a historic occasion: in the 800 years since the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer was established, this is the...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 29th October
Equity markets had a good night, with only the CSI 300 index in negative territory (-1.01%). HSBC Holdings Plc announced a fresh multi-billion dollar stock...
Market Commentary: Monday 28th October
"Mind the Gap" is a reference to both oil and gold this morning. Oil fell as Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend avoided the OPEC member’s oil facilities,...
Market Commentary: Friday 25th October
China and Hong Kong shares rallied, while American equities are mixed—S&P +0.21%, Dow Jones -0.33%. Elections are in focus, with Japanese by-elections set for...
Market Commentary: Thursday 24th October
Tesla is the talk of the town today, with their shares soaring 12% in post-market trading in New York. The EV maker reported its biggest quarterly profit in...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 23rd October
Markets are USD-focused, with the yield on 10-year Treasuries advancing, currently at 4.24%. We see USD/JPY open above 152, Cable open below 1.30, and EUR/USD...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 22nd October
Asian equities declined for a second day, and USD/JPY is back above the psychological 150 level. The U.S. election dominates the macro theme, favoring a...
Market Commentary: Monday 21st October
An active overnight session saw China’s banks lowering their one-year loan prime rate to 3.10% from 3.35% and reducing their five-year gauge to 3.60% from...
Market Commentary: Friday 18th October
The CSI is up 2.8% as investors digest China's Q3 GDP figures, growing +4.6% y/y. I am not as positive; this is a slowdown from 4.7% in Q2 and 5.3% in Q1,...
