Market Overview
Week Ahead: Risk-Off Grips Markets, Treasuries Rise As New COVID Variant Emerges
28.11.2021
Week Ahead: Risk-Off Grips Markets, Treasuries Rise As New COVID Variant Emerges
Omicron variant pressures global markets; seen as the most heavily mutated yet S&P 500 suffers worst post-Thanksgiving selloff on record…
Strained Again: New COVID Variant Causes Worst Market Sell Off In 70 Years
28.11.2021
Strained Again: New COVID Variant Causes Worst Market Sell Off In 70 Years
As we highlighted last weekend that “something stinks,” the nasty odor erupted in the form of a strong sell-off in…
Newest COVID-19 Variant: Will It Reset The Fed?
28.11.2021
Newest COVID-19 Variant: Will It Reset The Fed?
Before this week’s COVID mutant headlines served well to take more enthusiasm out of a frothy market that we have…
Trading Desk Notes: Could Be Friday Was The Start Of Something Big
28.11.2021
Trading Desk Notes: Could Be Friday Was The Start Of Something Big
Risk Happens Fast The S&P 500 hit All-Time Highs on Monday’s opening, but closed 165 points (3.5%) lower by Friday’s…
New Virus Variant Hits Riskier Assets, Revives Yen
26.11.2021
New Virus Variant Hits Riskier Assets, Revives Yen
Worries around a vaccine-resistant variant spark turmoil Stocks and commodity currencies slide, yen comes back to life We’ve seen this…
New Coronavirus Mutation Shocks Financial Markets
26.11.2021
New Coronavirus Mutation Shocks Financial Markets
The US dollar and other safe-haven currencies gained yesterday and today in Asia. In contrast, the risk-linked ones slid alongside…
Giving Me Gratitude
26.11.2021
Giving Me Gratitude
Given the construction of my portfolio, the ideal triumvirate for me would be: ONE: Equities down; TWO: Crude down; THREE:…
Zoom Stock’s 38% Plunge Makes It An Attractive Buy
26.11.2021
Zoom Stock’s 38% Plunge Makes It An Attractive Buy
Despite emerging as a pandemic-era winner, Zoom Video (NASDAQ:ZM) is finding few buyers these days. Investors are showing no love…
Wall Street Rebounds, European Morale Stays Subdued
25.11.2021
Wall Street Rebounds, European Morale Stays Subdued
The US dollar continued to gain yesterday, perhaps due to increasing expectations over a quicker removal of monetary policy stimulus…
Biden’s Billions – A Sustainable Shift?
25.11.2021
Biden’s Billions – A Sustainable Shift?
The $1.2tn infrastructure bill is a first step toward putting ambitious climate goals into policy and will accelerate the US’s…