MarketPulse Analysis & Comment

A 200K Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) A Non Event By Dean Popplewell - Dec 07, 2018

Market volatility remains elevated, in part because of confusion over comments by Washington officials re-Sino/U.S trade war this week. The supposed de-escalation of trade tension coming out of the...

Does The Fed Hold The Key To This Year’s Santa Rally? By Craig Erlam - Dec 07, 2018

Markets Fed US Jobs Report Oil Bitcoin Does the Fed hold the key to this year’s Santa rally?We’re expecting a strong bounce back at the open in Europe following what was another brutal...

Markets Red; Yield Curve Concerns Weigh; Brexit Pain; OPEC Meeting By Craig Erlam - Dec 06, 2018

Markets Brexit OPEC meeting Yield curve concerns continue to weighWe’re seeing significant risk aversion in the markets again on Thursday, with Asia trading deep in the red overnight and...

Investors Fret Over Inverse Yield Curves, Global Growth By Dean Popplewell - Dec 05, 2018

Wednesday December 5: Five things the markets are talking aboutEuro and Asian equities fell overnight, following the stateside rout Tuesday, though declines were contained. Currently, U.S equity...

Markets Tumble; GBP Under Pressure; Oil Lower; Gold Bullish By Craig Erlam - Dec 05, 2018 2

Markets US yield curve Brexit Oil Gold Traders fret about yield curve ahead of market closureAnother major sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday is dragging on markets across the globe on Wednesday, as...

Sterling Rises On Get Out Of Jail Card By Dean Popplewell - Dec 04, 2018

Tuesday December 4: Five things the markets are talking about Stocks fell in Asia, are on the back foot in Europe, and looking to open in the red in North America as the market reins in its optimism...

Market Rebound Over Already? By Craig Erlam - Dec 04, 2018

Markets US yield curve Oil Brexit/GBP Markets back in the redWell that didn’t last long. Day two of the post US/China truce and markets are back in the red and the US yield curve has...

Truce: Oil Rallies 5%; Dollar Down; Yields Higher By Dean Popplewell - Dec 03, 2018

Monday December 3: Five things the markets are talking aboutGlobal equities have rallied overnight, alongside U.S Treasury yields, while the ‘big’ dollar trades under pressure after the...

Markets Soaring On U.S.-China Truce By Craig Erlam - Dec 03, 2018

US/China deal Markets Oil USD and CNY US-China truce pushes markets higherStocks markets are trading heavily in the green across the globe as a temporary truce in the trade war between the US and...

Dollar Confined To A Tight Range On Month-End Ahead Of G20 By Dean Popplewell - Nov 30, 2018

Fed Chairman Powell managed to give equities back some of their bid after fine tuning his now less ‘hawkish’ take on the proximity of the Funds rate to neutrality to “just...

FOMC Minutes To Guide Asset Classes Next Move By Dean Popplewell - Nov 29, 2018

Global equities have been better bid overnight after a surprisingly ‘dovish’ tone from Fed chairman Powell supported sentiment ahead of this weekend’s G-20 meeting in Argentina. The...

Markets Bounce Back On Powell Comments By Craig Erlam - Nov 29, 2018

Markets are trading on a more upbeat note after yesterday’s rally, although US futures are slightly in the red on the back of some early profit taking.There remains a number of very real risk...

Sterling Falls On Brexit Vote Worries; Trump Weighs In By Dean Popplewell - Nov 27, 2018

Tuesday November 27: Five things the markets are talking aboutU.S stock futures are lower; along with European shares while gains in Asian equities were capped overnight after President Trump’s...

Markets Flat As Trump Repeats Chinese Tariff Threat By Craig Erlam - Nov 27, 2018

Tariffs Brexit Oil Trump dampens the mood ahead of G20 meeting It’s been an encouraging start to the week in financial markets but we got a stark reminder of the challenges that lie ahead late...

5 Things Markets Are Talking About: Italy Budget Stance Lifts Risk Appetite By Dean Popplewell - Nov 26, 2018

Monday November 26: Five things the markets are talking aboutAside from the FAANG share liquidation to the tune of $1Trillion in face value last week, capital markets have been grappling with the...

Italy And Brexit Lift Market Sentiment By Craig Erlam - Nov 26, 2018

Markets Italy Brexit Gold Oil Italian stocks rally on reports of government deficit concessionsUS futures are pointing to a stronger open on Monday as more traders return from the Thanksgiving break,...

Europe Higher As EU27 Backs Brexit Deal By Craig Erlam - Nov 26, 2018

Brexit Oil Bitcoin May gets backing from EU27 but does she have it at home?European stock markets look set to get the week off to a more positive start on Monday, a day after leaders of the EU27 gave...