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Week Ahead - Bring on the Fed

Europe took centre stage last week as leaders waited nervously to see if gas would start flowing through Nord Stream 1 again following scheduled maintenance (it did) and the ECB raised its deposit rate to 0%, ending eight years of negative rates. Next week the focus switches back to the US which has a big interest rate decision of its own and a number of major earnings reports.

22-07-2022 12:22 GMT by Craig Erlam

US Close: Panic ahead of the Fed, S&P 500 back in Bear Market, King Dollar, Oil market to remain very tight, Gold weakens, Crypto crash

US stocks only had one way to go after inflation fears intensified and raised the risk of stronger tightening by the Fed and a much sooner recession. Wall Street is facing a plethora of negative headlines, but the problem is that until we see a deterioration with credit conditions and market functioning, the Fed has the greenlight to tighten as much as possible to get inflation under control. An ugly inflation report is being followed by a ‘ferocious’ COVID outbreak in Beijing that will weigh

13-06-2022 16:40 GMT by Edward Moya

US Close - S&P 500 enters bear market, Fading Rallies, Deere shares hit hard, Footlocker rallies, Oil rises, Gold steady, Bitcoin lower

At the beginning of the year, no one thought that the S&P 500 was headed to bear market territory, but persistent inflation, another Fed policy mistake, and recession fears have unnerved investors. The S&P 500 has lost over 20% of its value from the January high and it seems that that technical selling will only accelerate. The way macro backdrop is unfolding, it seems traders will continue to fade any rallies that emerge until the Fed starts to show signs that they are worried about financial

20-05-2022 15:21 GMT by Edward Moya

Equities make a U-turn, head south

New York slump sends Asian equities lower New York equity markets did a massive volte-face overnight and decided that Jerome Powell had been hawkish after all and that higher rates and recession risks were a higher possibility. The Wednesday relief rally vanished into thin air as US stock markets saw every sector in every index get thrashed.

06-05-2022 03:54 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Stocks struggle to stabilize as markets focus on Russia-Ukraine talks, Musk still hodling cryptos

Investors eye Fed tightening US stocks are trying to stabilize as investors await Fed tightening and as optimism over diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine fades. Financial markets are still expecting the US economy to be in decent shape even as the economic impact from widespread pricing pressures continue.

14-03-2022 14:32 GMT by Edward Moya

Asian equities are cautiously higher

Asian markets eye Ukraine-Russia talks Overnight, news that a second Ukraine-Russia meeting in sunny Belarus sparked a relief rally in equities markets, which was given more momentum as Jerome Powell signally the Fed would only hike 0.25% this month, instead of 0.50%. As I said previously, peak-Ukraine FOMO is strong in equity markets right now, and the outcome of today’s meeting will dictate entirely whether this is yet another sucker’s rally.

03-03-2022 04:19 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Equities stage “peak-Ukraine” rally

US equities staged an impressive rally overnight, wiping out the earlier day's losses and rallying to finish strongly in the green. Positive US data played its parts, but mostly it appears to be a relief rally sparked by the announcement of the scope of US sanctions on Russia.

25-02-2022 04:19 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Asian equities diverge

Asian markets look for direction Friday’s US data dump saw the interest rate hawks win the day, thanks to both the participation and unemployment rate tumbling lower. That saw US equities retreat once again, although a soft Non-Farm headline print took the edge of the negativity.

10-01-2022 05:07 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

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