February 2, 2015
Monday 2nd February 2015 – 10.15 Many asset classes ended the first month of 2015 on the back foot and February starts with a feeling of apprehension. The dollar strength seems to have halted and risk in equities is being called into question especially since January saw the S&P 500 close in negative territory, historically… View Article
January 29, 2015
Thursday 29th January 2015 – 12:50 The announcement of statement from the Federal Reserve suggests that the US remains the last man standing in terms of its path towards rate tightening. Investors drew differing conclusions from last night’s decision and subsequent statement and it is most certainly true that the Fed did sound more upbeat… View Article
January 28, 2015
Wednesday 28thJanuary 2015 – 13:00 A multitude of disappointing earnings and weak economic data hurt US markets yesterday but Apple has come to the rescue on Wednesday announcing the biggest corporate quarterly profit ever made which is setting up US markets for a higher open ahead of the latest Fed meeting.There is an expectation of… View Article
January 27, 2015
US Durable goods come in at -3.4% after 0.3% expected and ex-transport comes in at -0.8% after 0.6% expected. A big miss…USD a lot weaker and US yields fall again after weak US data.. 117.50 in USDJPY seen as a big level..A weak USD across the board and weak stocks too..Dow futures down over 300… View Article
January 27, 2015
Tuesday 27th January 2015 – 11.55 The election of the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece has failed to dampen the spirits of investors still rising on the ECB’s QE wave. Sentiment does not appear to have been too significantly impacted either by the credit downgrade of Russia by ratings agency S&P which now places it… View Article
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