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US Bond Yields continue to rise, despite the Fed being well into a rate cutting cycles, due to market uncertainty over the Fed’s commitment to cutting rates in 2025. President Trump has proposed an ‘economic emergency’ may be declared, in order to impose a raft of global tariffs, on inauguration.
Read more →US Services PMI data beat expectations, only adding to the inflationary pressures perceived in the markets. The JOLTS report showed higher than expected job openings in the US market, suggesting a softer market and adding to questions over the important Non-Farm Payroll number...
Read more →Markets opened the week strongly, with some supportive data coming from EU PMI, which showed an improvement in the services sector. Chinese Services PMI was also stronger than expected, allowing markets to rally, once again.
Read more →Stocks rallied strongly on Wall Street Friday, recovering losses from the previous day's trade. It has been a volatile holiday period on markets across Asia, Europe and North America, but trade has been extremely thin and the lack of economic data releases, has contributed to the lack of direction.
Read more →Markets opened the trading year looking for direction, ahead of the US Presidential inauguration. The Trump policies will include market friendly de-regulation and tax cuts, but trade policies hold some reservations.
Read more →Hopes of a ‘Santa Claus’ rally in equities, over the holiday season, hit the wall overnight. The DOW tumbled on very thin trade and little in the way of economic data releases. Markets are spooked by the re-emergence of inflation, in both Europe and the USA.
Read more →Friday last week took the shine off the ‘Santa Claus’ rally, as US Bond Yields spiked higher and US equities crashed. Markets are operating on skeleton crews with very low volume, over the holiday period of Christmas and New Year.
Read more →A very quiet trading period between Christmas and New Year, with skeleton crews operating across most markets. The ‘Santa Claus’ rally began just before the Christmas closure and may well continue into the New Year. There are little economic data releases and not much to spook markets.
Read more →Christmas week should welcome the ‘Santa’ rally, which usually drags through into the New Year on equity markets. The holiday week is pre-occupied and skeleton crews are in operation.
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