Morning update – 17/03/16 by Michela Jaccarini

March 17, 2016 Good morning! Yesterday the FED left interest rates unchanged at 0.5%. All further interest rate hikes have been put on hold for the time being after fears of a slowdown in China and falling oil prices affected investors. The global economic situation continues to pose risks which results in inflation expected to remain low for… View Article

Morning Update – 17/03/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

March 17, 2016 Morning all.. Quite a session after the Fed left rates unchanged and in fact came across surprisingly dovish. US stocks liked it with the S&P closing up 0.56% but the dollar didn’t and it fell sharply. However Asian stocks were mixed with the Nikkei down 0.22% and some suggesting the steep fall in Toshiba the… View Article

Morning Update – 16/03/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

March 16, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St was on hold as we wait for the FOMC meeting tonight and the S&P closed marginally lower. Asia was a little weaker with the Nikkei down 0.8% and HK down 0.4% but China up 0.5%. Oil is almost 1% higher and US yields marginally lower in Asia so a relatively quiet… View Article

Morning Update – 14/03/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

March 14, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St had a solid close Friday with the S&P up 1.6% and Asia also nudged higher with the Nikkei up 1.74% HK up 0.8% and China up 1.5% at present. WTI is slightly lower and US 10yr yields about unchanged. Gold a little higher. Central banks dominated the week last week and… View Article

Decision week! – 11/03/2016 by Michela Jaccarini

March 11, 2016 What a week it has been! On Wednesday the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)  cut its interest rates for the fifth time since June last year by 25 basis points to a record low of 2.25%. The reason for this surprise move was due to the global growth slowdown and weaker demand from China, one… View Article