Market Commentary: Monday 18th November
Overnight, Samsung Electronics’ shares jumped after South Korea’s largest company announced a surprise stock buyback plan. In Japan, Bank of Japan Governor...
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Market Commentary: Friday 15th November
The dollar had another strong performance overnight, outperforming all G10 currencies. This time, the boost came from Chair Powell’s comments suggesting the...
Market Commentary: Thursday 14th November
"Mega" seems to be the new financial buzzword. Domestically, Rachel Reeves will announce plans to merge local government retirement schemes into “Megafunds” at...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 13th November
In the U.S., the new Department of Government Efficiency will be headed by Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. This is not a surprise, as they are...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 12th November
Trump trades dominate proceedings; the Hang Seng is down 3% as speculation builds that President Trump is poised to pick two individuals, Marco Rubio and Mike...
Market Commentary: Monday 11th November
Veterans Day – Lest We Forget. Overnight, Beijing unveiled a 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) program to defuse local governments’ debt risk but stopped short...
Market Commentary: Friday 8th November
What a week! The Fed cut rates by 0.25 bps yesterday, as did the BoE, and Trump won with 295 seats to Harris's 226. Inauguration Day is set for Jan. 20. So,...
Market Commentary: Wednesday 6th November
The "Trump Trades" are on: Bitcoin has broken $75,000, 10-year yields rose by as much as 19 basis points to a four-month high of 4.47%, DJT - Trump Media and...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 5th November
There is only one focus today: the U.S. Election. It’s a close race, with polls showing a narrow split between Trump and Harris. The potential for a disputed...
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...
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...
