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Stock markets are making decent gains on Wednesday, buoyed by the latest inflation data from the US which eased in July.While I don't think a small decline is a game changer, as far as monetary policy...
It's been a relatively calm start to trading on Tuesday and equity markets are looking a little flat once more, perhaps a sign of things to come in the weeks ahead.There's been a lot to take in these...
Asset classes are going their own ways now regarding their assessment of the risks of the Delta-variant. Oil markets continued falling overnight as energy markets fret about future consumption...
The US Dollar rose overnight once again, propelled higher by rising US yields, hawkish Fed-speak and perhaps some Delta-variant risk-hedging flows. The dollar index rose by 0.20% to 92.97 overnight,...
Wall Street had a mixed session, torn between Delta concerns and Fed tapering following a jump in the JOLTS job opening above 10 million and hawkish comments from Fed officials. In the end, Wall...
The US dollar rallies powerfullyFriday’s Non-Farm Payrolls data put Fed tapering back in the middle of the dinner table, sending US yields and the US dollar higher. The dollar index staged an...
Asian equities modestly positive despite weaker China trade dataOn Friday, blockbuster US jobs data put the economic recovery back on track with investors and saw the S&P 500 and Dow Jones finish...
Oil remains under pressureDespite impressive US employment data on Friday, oil prices fell as the US dollar rallied strongly. What are disturbing oil markets the most, though, is the Delta-variant...
This morning, a liquidity black hole, exacerbated by a Japan and Singapore holiday, saw gold plummet $87.00 to around $1680.00 an ounce in a stop-loss and algorithmic selling negative feedback...
Oil Stages A Modest RecoveryThe corrective rally that started in Asia yesterday extended through to the New York session as physical bargain hunters emerged. Brent crude was 1.30% higher at $71.30 a...
The US dollar finished little changed yesterday but is still holding on to all its gains this week. The dollar index edged 0.03% lower to 92.26, rising 0.11% to 92.36 in Asia today. The dollar...
We appear to have entered into a holding pattern following a whirlwind session on Wednesday, as conflicting data and hawkish Fed commentary created some choppy conditions.You can sense the nervousness...
Crude inventories and Clarida clatter oilVice-Chairman Clarida’s overnight comments pushed the US dollar higher, weighing on an already nervous oil market looking at the global Delta-variant...
US dollar rebounds on Clarida’s hawkish commentsThe US dollar reversed intra-day losses to finish the day higher after the Clarida comments signaling a timetable for Federal Reserve tapering and...
Hawkish Fed comments leave Asian equity markets mixedEquities were mixed in Asia after Vice-Chairman Clarida’s comments on tapering and rate hikes sent equities lower overnight on Wall Street....
China’s definition of targeted moves, and the financial markets' definition of what it thinks is China’s definition, continues to be different. That is probably because investors put lower...
Asian equities soft after mixed US sessionWall Street finished on a slightly negative note after softer than expected US PMI data. That saw some rotational flows out of cyclical, and tech with the...