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US equity markets closed a negative week, on a positive note, posting gains across the board. The week was dominated by urgency in global bond markets, with intervention from the US Treasury, failing to quell fears or bond yields. The underlying problem is massive deficits and debt.
Read more →Global Bond yields resumed their dangerous climb back into record territory, largely brushing off the US Treasuries new plan, to cap long-dated bond yields. Treasury plans to double buy-backs of long-dated debt, but this does not address the problem.
Read more →The big news overnight was the US Treasury Department intervening in the bond markets. Bond Yields have been reaching record highs globally, so the Treasury decided it was time to intervene, announcing a plan to more than double its ‘buy-back’ of long dated Treasury debt.
Read more →Markets remain under pressure overnight, with bond yields screaming alarm bells, especially in Japan and Europe. Japanese bond yields are trading at levels not seen in thirty years, while European yields are trading around GFC levels.
Read more →The US/Iran ceasefire expired overnight and threats of increased kinetic actions came from both sides. Oil prices spiked to US$85/barrel and markets were consumed by fears of an increasing energy crisis.
Read more →Markets closed the week on a softer note, with no resolution coming in the Middle East and energy prices remaining elevated. The lack of a solution to the Middle East crisis will add inflationary pressures to economies and strain budgets.
Read more →The US S&P rose to further record highs, as markets brush off the fears of an energy induced, inflation crisis. The US PPI, the wholesale price inflation measure, came in flat(0.0%). This was lower than expected and confirms inflation remains firmly under control.
Read more →Headline inflation, in both the US and Germany, remained contained in their respective July readings. US headline inflation fell to 3.4%, while Germany’s CPI was steady at 2.8%.
Read more →Markets await a peace agreement in the Middle East, energy prices remain elevated, while equities and bonds were static. Markets also await key readings on inflation from both Europe and the US, to evaluate the impact of high energy prices.
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