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The who can be the most hawkish Federal Reserve President continued overnight as James Bullard came out swinging, suggesting that Fed Funds may need to rise to a “neutral” rate of 3.50%, and suggesting a 0.75% rate hike along the way wasn’t out of ...
Highlights for this week Risk-off has been the overriding theme this week following President Trump’s threats to levy more extensive tariffs on imported goods from China. This has triggered a wave of headline risk ahead of the next round of trade ...
This holiday shortened trading week is expected to be the divide for lack of recent volatility, however, despite the scarcity of liquidity, the uptick in volatility has yet to appear. Even U.S equities mixed earnings results (Alphabet bad, Apple ...
European equities are on the back foot after a surprise drop in German factory orders this morning added to signs that the region’s strongest economy is struggling. The EUR (€1.1380) has fallen to its lowest level outright in a fortnight on the ...
Thursday September 6: Five things the markets are talking about Global equities again are on the back foot, with a number of regional bourses trading atop of their lowest close of the year, as investors consider the risk of weaker growth thanks due ...
CAD ‘bulls’ are looking to the crosses for some early week wins, especially GBP (£1.6766) and EUR (€1.4980) and will avoid the pain of the long dollar positions in this ‘risk off’ emerging market debacle. Demand for the U.S dollar does not look like ...
Global trade is again top of capital markets agenda, as dealers and investors are now officially worried about the intensifying confrontation between the U.S and China. Global equities are trading under pressure over the escalating protectionist ...
Ongoing political worries about Italy and Spain have triggered big moves in stocks, a drop in the EUR and a massive shift in bond yields in the last week in May. The contagion risks from a potential Italian implosion should concern market ...
The collapse of the Turkish lira continues, with the currency proving vulnerable again overnight in thin trading. USD/TRY has rallied around +4% to a record high of $4.8522 ahead of the open after rating agencies sounded the alarm over plans by ...
Five things the markets are talking about Markets traded mixed overnight, with global equities drifting and a number of risk currencies finding support as investors digest easing trade tensions and the latest comments from a plethora of central bank ...
Wednesday May 16: Five things the markets are talking about Investors continue to grapple with worries around global trade, growth and geopolitics. Overnight in Asia, equities dipped after N. Korea’s Pyongyang abruptly called off talks with Seoul, ...
Global markets attention now turns to the health of the U.S. economy, with wages growth and jobs data due in a few hours (08:30 am EDT). On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept rates on hold as expected, admitting inflation is near target without ...
With U.S Treasury yields backing up, fixed income dealers are pricing in the possibility that there will be four Fed rate hikes this year and not the three they signaled in March. Given U.S economic growth and signs that domestic inflation could be ...
U.S Treasuries begin the week on the back foot, trading atop of the key psychological +3% level at +2.994%, prolonging last week’s price decline as capital markets continue to evaluate the global outlook for trade and growth. Note: Trade dominated ...
Five things the markets are talking about This week, the Fed and the European Central Bank (ECB) release minutes of their latest meetings, and China reports import, export (Friday) and inflation data (Tuesday). Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell ...
Tuesday April 3: Five things the markets are talking about Regional euro bourses have reopened after the long weekend under pressure, but the declines, thus far, are muted when compared to yesterday’s U.S equity selloff, while in Asia, stocks were ...
Global equities trade on the back foot, with tech and mining names leading the charge lower. Yesterday stateside, U.S tech shares suffered their worst drop in over a month on concerns over trade tensions, motivated by President Trump’s ...
Wednesday March 21: Five things the markets are talking about Global equities have traded mixed overnight despite the U.S dollar operating under pressure as the market waits for the Federal Reserve’s first policy decision since Jerome Powell took ...
Euro stocks are better bid despite an uncertain Asian session as the market assesses the implications of the latest personnel changes at the White House. In currencies, the NOK (€9.4980) rallies +0.7% outright to a four-month high after Norges ...
Global equities have advanced overnight as ‘trade-war’ concerns take a back seat to economic optimism following last Friday’s U.S jobs report. The ‘mighty’ U.S dollar has eased a tad along with U.S treasury prices and most commodities. On Tuesday, ...