Morning Update – 02/09/2016 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

September 2, 2016 Morning all.. After all the noise round the weak US data yesterday, Wall St closed in a muted fashion; Unchanged at the close. Bond yields fell on the news but they also turned and rallied into the late afternoon finishing a couple of basis points higher. Asia has had a very quiet session with the… View Article

Morning Update – 01/09/2016 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

September 1, 2016 Morning all..  Wall St closed quietly into month-end falling 0.24% and Asia was looking soft until stronger data from China saw a rebound in sentiment with the Nikkei closing up 0.22%. USDJPY holding recent gains helping support the Nikkei.. Markets clearly on hold waiting for US Unemployment data on Friday. China released manufacturing data for… View Article

Morning Update – 15/08/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

August 15, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St had a busy session Friday after weak Retail Sales data but ended the session down just around unchanged as stocks bounced into the close. Asia has been quiet with the Nikkei down marginally and FX markets in tight ranges. China’s blue-chip Index rose 1.3 percent to a seven-month high and Shanghai… View Article

It’s Another week -by – Michael Oyebamiji

August 15, 2016 This week seems to have started on a negative note from the Asia market. Overnight, the Japanese Second quarter GDP data missed market forecast; GDP (QoQ) 0.0% Vs 0.2%, GDP (YoY) 0.0% vs. 0.2%, GDP Capital expenditure -0.4% vs. -0.1% while Industrial production beat market forecast at 2.3% vs. 1.9%. These set of weak data… View Article

Morning Update – 12/08/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

August 12, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St set another few records last night as stocks across the board moved higher again. The S&P closed up 0.47 followed by the Dow and NASDAQ making new record highs. Japan re-opened and moved higher by over 1%. European shares erased the slump that followed Britain’s secession vote. Oil climbed, while Treasuries… View Article