A wobble in the risk complex overnight, put down to concerns over the out of control pandemic in the US but really due to a lack of economic events and/or news about further stimulus from the US Congress. The USD rose slightly while bond yields fell back from their recent run higher as the 10
Outside local markets its been a very poor start to the trading week with most Asian stock markets closing with solid losses, following what was a very upbeat night on Wall Street in response to the latest – and poor showing – US unemployment print. Bitcoin is still relatively steady at the $19400 level, while
Bad news is good news as Friday night’s NFP (non farm payrolls aka US unemployment print) was so bad, it was good news for stocks as Wall Street headed to record highs in the middle of a severe pandemic and growing recession. Why? Because worser jobs figures equals betterer stimulus chances coming from Congress which
Outside local markets its been a tepid end to the trading week with most Asian stock markets looking to close with minor losses going into tonight’s US unemployment print. Bitcoin is relatively steady at the $19400 level, while gold has put on more gains, slowly climbing higher to be at $1841 as it struggles to
Wall Street stalled out again with only tech stocks gaining while the USD fell back against most of the majors despite better than expected initial jobless claims in the US in a fairly tepid session that only really saw the FTSE and Pound Sterling gain on continued Brexit talks. Commodities kept pushing higher in the
The Age’s Jessica Irvine is suggesting Australia needs to avoid a Trumpian trade war with China at all costs, dumping the textbook “free trade is always good, everywhere” excuse without even considering a nuanced – or assertive – middle ground approach. To wit: Trade wars are dumb. That’s why it’s usually politicians who start them.
Macro & Markets UN: COVID-19 to worsen poverty in 47 poorest nations – DW Americas U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang ‘slave labor’ – Reuters (cue the cotton picking cartoons) Democrats took a risk to push mail-in voting. It paid off – Guardian (hasn’t paid off yet….) Hundreds of Staten Island
A small rebound in risk appetites here in Asia today despite the mixed messages overnight with most stock markets rising on the chances that more stimulus from the US Congress may actually be on the way (Mad King aside not signing it). Bitcoin is relatively steady below the $19000 level again, while gold has put
Wall Street stalled out at record highs again overnight with tech stocks retreating slightly as no news of the proposed stimulus from Congress pulled USD back again. US Treasury yields made a new monthly high as they barrel into the 1% level while commodities saw some upside action with oil gaining over 2% alongside copper
Macro & Markets Humans waging ‘suicidal war’ on nature – UN chief Antonio Guterres – BBC Warren Buffett’s favorite market indicator nears record high, signaling stocks are overvalued and a crash may be coming – BI The west must live up to its own principles on democracy – FT Americas Canada PM Trudeau indicates U.S.
The expected follow through of risk taking from Wall Street has not occured in Asia today with scratch sessions throughout the region on stock markets. Bitcoin has fallen back below the $19000 level again, while gold has stalled out above the $1800USD per ounce level following its bounce overnight: The Shanghai Composite is up only
Westpac have their latest note out on the country’s financial account: The COVID-19 pandemic sent shock waves through Australia’s financial account in the first half. The September quarter has since seen a return to more normal conditions. From the data for the nine months to September, it is evident that foreign investors’ appetite for Australian
CBA are out with their expectations for Q3 GDP, which they reckon will increase on a real basis by 2.5%, easing the 2020 COVID recession losses. Here’s the report: ■ Annual growth, revisions aside, should lift to ‑4.4%. ■ Household consumption will increase sharply while dwelling investment, public spending and inventories will add to
SQM have their latest national property figures out, with a headline decrease in listings of 4% in November and a year on year decline of nearly 13% All capital cities recorded decreases in property listings over the month with the exception of Melbourne which recorded an increase of 1.2% in listings. Darwin, Sydney and Hobart posted
Another swing back to risk sentiment overnight with stocks on both sides of the Atlantic surging while the USD fell back against the majors as gold also lifted back above $1800USD per ounce. This was mainly on the back of some possible good news around US fiscal stimulus and some progress in the EU/Brexit divorce
Macro & Markets Copper on course to notch seven-year high as Goldman calls bull market – FT The coronavirus pandemic has translated into a decade’s worth of growth for e-commerce – IBT Leaked documents reveal China severely underreported coronavirus cases as the pandemic spread – Business Insider Fears grow over mysterious, massive Chinese fishing fleet
Risk appetites are back with generally good sessions across the regions stock markets with the latest RBA meeting – a hold – not exciting animal spirits that much in currency land. Bitcoin is only $400 or so off its record high from 2017, staying well above $19000, while the weaker USD is finally helping gold
The bubble is back baby! CoreLogic’s November data shows that by early 2021, COVID losses will be filled in and its onward and upward to more housing wealth for all*. Here’s the report: Australia’s housing market continued along a recovery trend through November. CoreLogic’s national index recorded a second consecutive monthly rise in November, with dwelling
Month end selling dominated overnight markets but it was also a big bounce in USD fortune that dampened risk appetite, with European stocks off by more than 1% while Wall Street eventually stumbled to about half that loss. Pending home sales in the US surprised to the upside, while commodities were all over the place
The higher than expected PMI prints in China today and sending stock markets in the Middle Kingdom higher while other bourses across Asia are in retracement mode despite the solid lead from Wall Street from Friday. Bitcoin is bouncing back harder, now well above $18000, while the weaker USD is still not helping gold at
Is quality at the world’s safest airline about to go downhill? Probably. From The Age: Qantas has confirmed it will retrench another 2000 workers and outsource all ground handling work at major Australian airports after rejecting a bid by employees to save their jobs. The redundancies will be completed early next year and bring the
The Australian dollar has been on fire since the US presidential election and the announcement of some successful COVID vaccines, having breached 74 cents against USD and matching its August highs: This has been a long road of recovery for the Pacific Peso, having dropped from circa 70 cents to the low 50’s before matching
The Tesla bid sent Wall Street up higher on Friday night following the return on traders from the Thanksgiving holiday with European markets putting in a good show despite a big spike in Euro, as the USD went down across the board. Gold stumbled again, falling to a new monthly low while Bitcoin held off
Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Norway makes its first discovery of highly pathogenic bird flu, H5N8 – Reuters The ASX is set to close out its best month since 1988 on Monday and investors are hopeful the strong rally will continue – AFR HSBC considers exit from US retail banking – FT $15 trillion
Stock markets are stumbling along across Asia after no lead from Wall Street overnight due to the US thanksgiving holiday. Bitcoin is trying to maintain itself above $17000 after getting tripped up falling over 10% yesterday, while a weaker USD is not helping gold much, still at a monthly low as it barely hovers above
A very quite night on risk markets with most US markets closed due to Thanksgiving with an expected slow and quiet end to the trading week here in Asia. European markets followed the trend and did almost nothing, with all eyes on Bitcoin which dropped over 10% in a single session, as bond markets also
Stock markets are largely higher across Asia but there more buying exhaustion is setting in as risk takes a break tonight for the US thanksgiving holiday. Bitcoin has finally tripped up, falling 6% so far today to be well below $18000 while gold remains at its new monthly lows, barely hovering above the $1800USD per
A slew of economic releases with mixed results kept risk sentiment at bay overnight with industrial stocks on Wall Street falling back while European bourses tread water. The USD lost ground against the majors, with the Kiwi boosted to a two year high while gold stabilised, oil prices continued to spike and Bitcoin breached the
Stock markets are largely higher across Asia but there is some buying exhaustion setting in as the positive spin on the US election and vaccine news begins to wane despite the record high on the Dow Jones overnight. The USD continues to firm up against most of the majors with Bitcoin trying to pip above
Stock markets are pushing forward with gusto across Asia in the wake of the “conceding non-concession” from ex-President Trump overnight, with USD giving back some of its gains against the majors overnight, although gold is flopping to new monthly lows, now at the $1824USD per ounce level: The Shanghai Composite is meandering nowhere going
