Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNo summer lull yet on financial markets – politics rules
Markets are trading up this morning with Chinese tech shares in the lead on better sentiment as local authorities promise to step up efforts to bolst…
3 years, 9 months ago
The US dollar on a roll and oil below the 100 US dollar mark
Stock markets recovered somewhat into the end of the US trading day. Main topics today are the US dollar’s rally, oil’s downturn, and the inverted yi…
3 years, 9 months ago
US inflation data driving markets
With US inflation hitting its highest level since November 1981 in June, markets are now speculating that the US Federal Reserve could raise interest…
3 years, 9 months ago
Much-anticipated US CPI data out today
Equity markets in the US fell yesterday but it was a mixed picture in Europe. CPI data for a number of European countries comes out this morning and …
3 years, 10 months ago
The wait for CPI data spreads risk-off mode
Global shares moved lower in anticipation of the much-feared inflation data due on Wednesday. David Meier, Macro & Next Generation Research, shares f…
3 years, 10 months ago
Risk-off this Monday morning, after a good week
Equities are mostly lower in Asian trading following a report out of Shanghai that there has been a first case of the highly infectious BA.5 omicron …
3 years, 10 months ago
Sad news rattles early trading
The shocking news of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe being shot injected uncertainty into the early trading session. Thomas Caflisch, Head …
3 years, 10 months ago
US Fed solidifies its resolve for higher interest rates
In the US, a mixed response from Bonds and Equities to the Fed’s June minutes meeting made headlines. The Euro reaches a 20-year low, sliding towards…
3 years, 10 months ago
Recession fears lead to yield curve inversion
US technology stocks ended yesterday’s session higher as the yield curve briefly inverted; Asian markets fell in today’s trading as lockdown concerns…
3 years, 10 months ago
Inflation top of mind again
While US markets were closed due to Independence Day, European markets, especially in the UK and Switzerland, staged a rally yesterday, driven by dip…
3 years, 10 months ago