Asian stock markets are not doing well heading into the final session of the trading week as continued concerns over the Chinese property market spillover, with only local stocks putting on gains. The USD remains relatively strong against the other majors, with Pound Sterling still in trouble after last night’s BOE meeting while gold is
Last night saw a surprise hold in intrest rate rises by the BOE, sending Pound Sterling into the gutter and pulling other undollars down with it as the bond market translated the dovish action in lower yields across almost everything. Wall Street can’t be held back as it made yet another record high with Asian
A much better day for Asian stock markets as concerns over the US Federal Reserves long-awaited tapering of its QE program have abated, with gains across the region. The USD remains relatively strong against the other majors, with Pound Sterling in particular looking very weak going into tonight’s BOE meeting while gold is under a
Everything is awesome for stock markets at least as the FOMC meeting came and went with the expected taper in QE purchases by the Fed confirmed. This sent Wall Street to new record highs, while the USD lost ground against almost everything but gold. The bond market responded calmly with 10 year Treasury lifting towards
Outside of local stocks, its been a red day for Asian stock markets as concerns over China’s red hot property market continue to weigh across the region. The USD remains relatively strong against the other majors, with Pound Sterling in particular looking very weak here while gold remains unable to climb back above the $1800USD
Wall Street put in another record high, with European stocks dragged along for the ride in the wake of some solid start of week economic prints but risk currencies fell back as the USD gained some strength. Leading up to this weeks FOMC meeting is seeing continued bond market ructions with the 10 year Treasury
Asian stock markets have not responded in kind to the positive moves on overnight markets with all but the Hang Seng Index deeply in the red, as local shares weigh up the re-weighing of the RBA’s intentions after the release of its latest statement. The USD remains relatively strong against the other majors, although Yen
Morgan Stanley with the note: Over the past few weeks, I have been highlighting the increasing probability of a colder winter but a later start than previously expected. In other words, our ‘fire and ice’ narrative remains intact, but timing of ice has been pushed out. Having said that, with inflation running hot in both
Wall Street put in another record high, but it was European stocks that flew the highest overnight despite a fall in German retail sales, while the latest US ISM manufacturing print surprised with its robustness. Bond markets were range traded with the 10 year Treasury flopping between the 1.5% and 1.6% levels while commodity markets
Asian stock markets are starting the new calendar month in a somewhat bullish fashion, as the end of month rebalancing and resetting of daylight savings on overseas markets is not holding back risk taking in the region. A comfortable win for the ruling party in Japan over the weekend has seen local shares surge as
Friday night saw a lot of unsettled trading on stock markets as the usual end of month window dressing transpired against the backdrop of more US corporate earnings and a surprise uplift in Eurozone inflation and 3Q GDP results. While Wall Street put in a new record high, European markets were held back by these
Asian stock markets are quite mixed as tech stock concerns on Wall Street and property debt in China continue to weigh on risk sentiment, let alone all the gyrations around bond markets and growing stagflation realities. Gold has been pushed below the $1800USD per ounce level again, while Bitcoin is desperately trying to get some
Wall Street yet again reversed risk sentiment overnight with big rallies across tech stocks, the latest GDP print coming in as expected and while the ECB meeting left knobs and dials in their current settings, but it was enough to see USD sold off wildly, with the Aussie dollar pulled along for the ride. Bond
Asian stock markets are all lower on poorer risk sentiment as concerns about inflation stemming from last night’s Bank of Canada move and stirring bond markets continue to grow. This is spilling over into sour sentiment for Eureopan and US stocks heading into the London open, while the USD is remaining relatively strong against the
A very late selloff on Wall Street reversed risk sentiment overnight with European markets also pulling back, denying a follow through on a mid week surge. The bond market is where all the action is with curve flattening and the 10 year US Treasury yields pulling back firmly, this time finishing just above the 1.5%
Asian stock markets are all lower on poorer risk sentiment as concerns about China’s property sector continue to grow. This is spilling over into sour sentiment for Eureopan and US stocks heading into the London open, while the USD is remaining relatively strong against the major currency pairs. Gold has slumped again, rejecting the overhead
Morgan Stanley is still making the most sense on Wall Street with daylight second: Over the past few weeks we have discussed the increasing probability for a colder winter but a later start than previously expected. In other words, our Fire and Ice narrative remains very much intact, but timing is a bit more uncertain
Last night saw equity markets twitch moods with European bourses surging while Wall Street treaded water in the wake of more tech earnings, and while the latter did put in new nominal highs, its was literally only a handful of points. The USD remained strong against Euro and Pound Sterling while commodity currencies were a
Not much change from the smartest guys in the room this week. BofA remains committed to its stagflation blowoff and bust thesis: The Tale of the Tape: liquidity @ record high, bitcoin @ record high, stocks @ record high, labor market quits [email protected] record high, wage growth plans @ record high (Chart2)…bond allocations @ record
Last night saw Wall Street regain strength, particularly tech stocks, with the S&P500 putting in a new record high as concerns over the coming Fed taper dwindle once more. European and Asian markets were somewhat mixed, but are being dragged along for the ride with the USD keeping domestic currencies weak, with Euro dropping significantly
Asian stock markets are quite mixed with only local shares putting on any meaningful gains with Japanese shares losing ground in the face of a stronger Yen. Meanwhile the USD remains strong following Fed Chair Powell’s “time to taper” comments on Friday night with the Aussie weakening although gold is inching its way back above
Friday night saw Wall Street stand out as it fumbled over Fed Chair Powell’s hawkish comments over inflation. European and Asian markets however had solid finishes to the week, helped along by lower domestic currencies as USD strength continues to firm. Commodity markets were still rather bullish as oil prices made a new seven year
Asian stock markets are holding on to minor gains following the news of a debt payment made by Evergrande crisis with risk currencies lifting after getting pummeled by USD overnight. Japanese shares are pushing the hardest on their latest inflation print, while gold is inching its wayback to the $1800USD per ounce level. Meanwhile Bitcoin
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Another mixed night on risk markets as Wall Street hits new record highs while European bourses stumbled around with minor losses as the USD reversed course and returned to strength. Commodity currencies took a small tumble as did Euro which returned to its start of week point with 10 year Treasury yields again spiking above
Asian stock markets are being weighed down by Chinese shares selling off in the wake of the Evergrande crisis with Japanese shares also down sharply. Currency markets are seeing a modest return to strength by the USD, although gold is itching higher trying to get back above the $1800USD per ounce level. Meanwhile Bitcoin has
A relatively mixed night on risk markets and while Wall Street continued its corporate earnings inspired rally, the US Dollar Index (DXY) fell back against the majors, with the Kiwi and Australian dollar doing the most heavy lifting. Meanwhile Treasury yields pulled back from their recent near six month high with the 10 year still
Asian stock markets are relatively mixed but bullish overall in response to the continued uptrend on Wall Street overnight, although concerns over Chinese energy supply and inflation continue to weigh with the latter to be brought to the fore with tonights dual European/non-European inflation prints. Gold is trying to reclaim lost ground again, returning to
The BofA monthly fundie survey says it all this month: Bottom line: least bullish survey since Oct’20; FMS cash levels jump to 12-month high as global growth expectations turn negative 1st time since Apr’20 on inflation & China pessimism; allocation to bonds slumps to all-time low, to stocks still very high (Chart 1). FMS on
A lack of economic releases or controversial Fed opinions through a spate of speeches overnight kept risk markets in line as While Wall Street continued to rally on solid corporate earnings results. The US Dollar Index (DXY) fell back against the majors, with Euro breaking out alongside the Aussie dollar while Treasury yields rose again
