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15-2-2019

Fresh threats from weak retail sales and national emergency
Asian markets followed Wall Street lower as traders digested dire US retail sales figures and reports that President Trump will declare a national emergency to get his Wall with Mexico funded. This overshadowed any optimism over US - China trade talks, althoug… Read more

14-2-2019

Germany into recession? & Brexit parliament vote 2.0
Wall Street rose for a second straight session on Wednesday as investors became increasingly hopeful that progress was being made in ongoing US - China trade talks. Asian markets continued to edge cautiously higher overnight. Trump  reportedly considering exte… Read more

13-2-2019

Hopes for trade truce extension send markets higher
The avoidance of a US government shutdown, in addition to improved prospects of a US - China trade deal boosted Wall Street overnight. The Dow surged over 370 points, whilst the S&P climbed 1.3%. Positivity spilled across to Asia where stocks edged up to a… Read more

11-2-2019

Higher start to the week before UK GDP
The risk-off trade came back with vengeance in the previous week, as trade concerns and global growth fears returned to haunt traders. More central banks turned dovish, alarming traders; growth forecasts were downwardly revised across Europe and fears that a t… Read more

8-2-2019

No Trump-Xi meeting before trade deadline hurts market sentiment
President Trump saying that he was not planning to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping before the March 1st trade truce deadline hit sentiment overnight.  Asian markets tumbled the most in over a month as fears spread that the world’s two largest economies … Read more

7-2-2019

A Wait and See Carney at BOE Meeting
The dollar has extended gains in recent sessions. It is not because of any fundamentally positive change but because the buck is the best of a bad bunch. Earlier in the week the Aussie dollar dived as the RBA opened the door to easing. Overnight the New Zeala… Read more

6-2-2019

State of Union Address Left Traders Empty Handed
Unsurprisingly we saw another muted session in Asia amid Chinese New Year celebrations. The only notable action in the region came from the Australian dollar. The Aussie dollar tumbled as the RBA opened the door to a potential rate cut going forward after mont… Read more

5-2-2019

Alphabet’s Spending Spree Unnerves Investors
Wall Street crept higher overnight as investors looked ahead to corporate results from Alphabet after the closing bell. Following Facebook’s better than expected Q4 results, optimism was running high for another set of strong figures from Alphabet. Google par… Read more