Central Banks Dilemmas
It has been a rough road for the markets so far in Q4. The final quarter of the year has proven to be a challenging period for global financial markets….
Read More »Pause Brings Optimism!
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) are both expected to maintain their current interest rates without any significant changes. ECB officials are generally leaning towards…
Read More »Market Update – October 16 – Stocks Sideways, Bonds Drift & Middle East in Focus
Stock markets sold off across Asia, with the JPN225 underperforming and losing more than -2%. US futures are higher, as are European futures, as markets watch efforts to prevent a…
Read More »Market Update – October 5 – Markets try to take a breather, oil slumps
Rebounding from some pivotal, psychological levels, the vast majority of world equity indices rose yesterday, helped by a decrease in yields. Buying in the US intensified in the last minutes…
Read More »EURJPY: Euro Weakness and Yen Powerlessness
The US Dollar is weaker, after the ADP employment data report lowered the odds of the Fed raising interest rates later in the year. This favoured the Japanese Yen temporarily,…
Read More »Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 6 Oct. Stronger nonfarm payroll shrugged off by the market
US major indices close higher for the day. S&P snaps four week losing streak WTI crude futures settle at $82.79 UAW Pres Fain: UAW strike is working but not there…
Read More »ECB speaker for Friday, 6 October 2023 is Cyprus Central Bank Governor Herodotou
Cyprus Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou will be speaking Friday. He is a member of the ECB Governing Council, and will be speaking at the Limassol Economic Forum. His is…
Read More »Market Update – October 3 – Risk off bites across asset classes
Starting with APAC, the RBA has just unsurprisingly kept rates steady in Governor Bullock’s inaugural meeting with the statement largely a carbon copy from the Lowe era (”inflation is coming…
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