October

UPCOMING EVENTS:Monday: Japan Industrial Production, NZ CPI, PBoC MLF.Tuesday: RBA Meeting Minutes, UK Jobs report, German ZEW, Canada CPI, US Retail Sales, US Manufacturing Production, US NAHB Housing Market Index.Wednesday:…

What a wild week in the markets with geopolitical developments dominating early and late in the week, mixed with top tier U.S. catalysts. This added a bit of a challenge for our strategists, who arguably had a net effective week despite…

Along with continued speculation of future interest rates and economic growth outlooks, traders had to balance the terrible geopolitical news of terrorist attacks and war in the Middle East, prompting unusual behavior between the FX…

Geopolitical news came to the forefront of traders’ focus, sparking big financial market moves to start the week. From there, traders had to balance geopolitical drivers with a heavy dose of central bank speak from around the globe, and…

Stock markets sold off across Asia, after a weaker close on Wall Street. Rate hike concerns picked up again in the wake of the hotter than expected US inflation…

Stock markets moved higher across Asia, with the Hang Seng outperforming again as tech stocks strengthen. China stimulus hopes are also helping, and the CSI300…

Stock markets have stabilised and mostly moved higher overnight, after a largely stronger close on Wall Street. Markets continue to assess the impact of the…

Rising geopolitical tensions fueled a rise in risk aversion at the start of the week. Oil prices spiked amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and the Dollar picked up haven demand. The surprise Hamas attack on…

The USD is moving higher on flight to safety flows after the extreme violence in Isreal on the back of the terrorist attack by Hamas militants (and Iran). Thousands of civilian deaths and injuries have occurred. Israel has responded with a…

UPCOMING EVENTS:Tuesday: US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index.Wednesday: US PPI, FOMC Minutes.Thursday: Japan PPI, UK GDP, ECB Minutes, US CPI, US Jobless Claims, NZ Manufacturing PMI.Friday: China CPI, China Trade…