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New Zealand’s central bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates after it stated that its economy was contracting faster than anticipated. The Reserve Bank of...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 13th August
The Nikkei was up over 3% overnight, and all the losses from last week have been recuperated. Oil has been the other major mover in the last 24 hours, closing...
Market Commentary: Monday 12th August
The Olympics are over, hopefully extreme Summer volatility is over and now we can get back to the data. This week the focus reverts to data events in both US...
Market Commentary: Friday 9th August
Asian equities rose in early trading on Friday after stronger than expected jobs data from the US was released on Thursday, US jobless claims came in at 233k,...
Market Commentary: Thursday 8th August
The Topix index in Japan fell again last night (currently down 1.2%), as did benchmarks in Korea and Australia, while the Hang Seng and CSI 300 both gained....
Market Commentary: Wednesday 7th August
Manic Monday, Turnaround Tuesday and hopefully an ordinary Wednesday. The focus this week has been Japan and overnight that didn't change the Nikkei is up 2%...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 6th August
"Bounce Back Ability" was a term used by a South London football team but could equally be used by financial commentators. As I type, the Nikkei is up 9%,...
Market Commentary: Monday 5th August
It is time to get off the sun loungers. The Nikkei is down 12.8%, marking the worst session since 1987. The Topix bank index is down 17%, with Mizuho losing...
Market Commentary: Friday 2nd August
The Bank of England rate cut was the big headline in the UK yesterday, the MPC vote was close with a cut narrowly winning 5-4, indicating an uncertain outlook,...
Market Commentary: Thursday 1st August
Central banks are dominating the financial headlines and the subsequent market moves. USDJPY opens below 150 here in London. Hopefully, this can explain why....
Market Commentary: Wednesday 31st July
Well, well, well, the BoJ has hiked its benchmark interest rate to 0.25% and has outlined a plan to halve its monthly bond purchases in a decisive move to...
Market Commentary: Tuesday 30th July
The markets are treading water. The S&P 500 closed 0.1% higher and the Nikkei 0.02% higher. The activity warms up today in the equity world: Microsoft...
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