The Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better
President Joe Biden is planning to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including fully vaccinating 70 pe
Read More »The Market Week Podcast – June 25
The Dollar continued to gain this week, as stock markets hit new all-time highs (again), commodities cooled and a rallying Sterling, ahead of the BOE, retraced on the Dovish outcome….
Read More »Will this be another stormy Thursday?
Yields have cheapened a bit since the open. The move has come largely on the news that President Biden will propose a $6 tln budget on Friday, which has helped…
Read More »Recap May 23: Bitcoin/Dogecoin collapse, Inflation Fears (Recap Ep124)
In this week’s recap, U.S. stocks rebounded on Thursday after U.S. jobless claims data indicated that the labor market continued to recover, helping major indices break a 3-day losing streak….
Read More »WSJ op-ed: “Biden’s Vaccine Patent Theft”
The US has supported waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines. The Wall Street Journal have a piece up (editorial) opposing the stance from US President Biden.
Read More »Events to Look Out for Next Week
The BOE, RBA policy meetings and press conferences are the central bank highlights this week even though they are unlikely to offer up any surprises. But no one expected tapering…
Read More »US will urge its allies to increase pressure on China over Xinjiang at G7 meeting in June
US President Joe Biden will attend the G7 meeting in June in the UK. Its the China issue that is likely to be a focus come Monday FX markets. I…
Read More »China’s President Xi to address forum on global risks, China solutions
President Xi Jinping to speak at the Boao Forum on Asia today Speech will cover risks and challenges facing the world, what solutions China can offer
Read More »US Pres. Biden: Economy will create 19 million jobs is we pass infrastructure plan
“In the first two months of our administration, we have seen more jobs created than any in history,” US President Joe Biden said on Friday, as reporte
Read More »Events to Look Out for Next Week
Moving into the new week, trading has been choppy as a confluence of factors impact. Positioning and month-/quarter-end portfolio rebalancing may be the biggest influencers so far, while vaccine rollouts,…
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