Market Update – January 26 – BOC Pause, TESLA Beat, USD at lows
Trading Leveraged Products is risky HK markets reopened today and rallied +2.15%, other Asian markets were softer following a weak handover form Wall Street (opened -1.6% but recovered to close flat) Gold remains at 9-mth highs and USD at 8-mth lows. The Dovish 25bp hike from the BOC hit the CAD (USDCAD hit 1.3430 from 1.3340); […]
Market Update – January 25 – Asian markets return to hot AUD & NZD Inflation
Many Asian markets back (China & Taiwan remain closed all week) and higher today, NYSE suffered tech meltdown (250+ stocks paused trading on Open) US Stocks mixed following a raft of uninspiring Earnings. #MSFT had its weakest quarterly sales growth in 6-yrs but EPS beat. -0.22% on the day & -1.02% after hours. PMI data […]
Market Update – January 24 – Stocks in a Rally!
USDIndex settled at 101.50, Wall Street rallied on the back of tech amid ongoing hopes for a downshift in Fed rate hikes amid a potential moderation in inflation this week. Fears of a recession and the potential for the worst quarter of earnings in seven years were put aside for […]
Market Update – January 23 – Same story new week!
Chinese New Year celebrations – many centres are closed in Asia. Treasuries sagged to end on a bearish week. USDIndex at 101.30 low as the market continued to price out a 25 bp rate hike on February 1 & BoJ’s latest attempt to keep a lid on yields, along with […]
Market Update – January 20 – USD Wallows, Stocks Weaker, Japanese Inflation at 41-year high
Better US data (Unemployment Claims & Philly Fed Manu Index) could not lift the USD (USDIndex under 102.00) & Wall St. (-0.76% to -0.96%). US hit its latest debt ceiling ($31.4 trillion) as Republicans try to rein in Biden’s spending. Potential default postponed until June 5. More Hawkish comments from […]
Market Update – January 19 – Stocks sink, USD rises after weak data & JPY bounces back
Weak data (Retail Sales & PPI) from the US added to recession worries – More Hawkish comments from a raft of FED speakers talking 5.25-5.5% terminal rates added to a safe haven bid for the USD, caused Stock markets to collapse (-1.24% to -1.81%) under key technical levels and speculators to back the YEN and […]
Market Update – January 18 – BOJ Sticks to Accommodative Policy – YEN Dives
BOJ keeps YCC policy unchanged, Kuroda “will not hesitate to increase easing if necessary”. DOVISH !! – Downgraded economic forecasts – Growth 2023 – 1.7% vs. 1.9% & 2024 1.1% vs. 1.5%. Inflation forecast raised to 1.8% vs. 1.6%. YEN tanked (USDJPY +2.6% at one point). Bonds rallied, the 10-yr […]
Market Update – January 17 – USD Holds at 7-mth lows, Mixed data from China & UK
Trading Leveraged Products is risky Chinese GDP for 2022 at 3.0% missed expectations (5.5%) significantly and represented the slowest growth for the world’s second largest economy since 1976 and the end of the austerity of Mao Zedong. Q4 GDP beat expectations at 2.9% vs 1.8% but was still very weak. […]
Market Update – January 16 – USD at 7 mth lows as YEN takes centre stage
The BOJ meeting this week is dominating trades as the new week kicks-off. Japanese 10-yr yields trading at 0.51% above the BOJ ceiling and adding to the speculation that the ceiling could be raised to 1.0% on Wednesday. US stocks closed higher again on Friday and gained 2.3% last week. US markets are closed today […]
Market Update – January 13 – CPI as advertised, USD sank!
The December CPI report came in as advertised, indeed even better than expected for the headline. Treasuries saw strong gains, while there were more moderate gains on Wall Street. Overall inflation continues to come down & Fed Harker & Bullard comments boosted expectations the FOMC will further downshift rate hikes […]