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Nike celebrate as Tiger Triumphs - EMEA Brief 15 April
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Activity lifts to end last week: APAC brief - 21 Mar
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Uber files for IPO ahead of corporate earnings season today - EMEA Brief 12 Apr
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APAC brief - April 12
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
Market fundamentals take priority: Hence, we meander into this Friday having acquired some useful information about the world, but little in market pricing to show for it. It’s been said before (in fact, it’s been said a lot this week): market participants have developed a singular fixation on upcoming US earnings. And perhaps rightly, and comfortingly so: in a world where markets are dominated, even distorted, by macro-drivers and central bank policy, right now, company fundamentals matter more. It may seem trite to suggest so; however, it would be imprudent to underestimate how overwhelmed fundamentals become in a market dominated experimental monetary policy.
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UK economy grows amid Brexit stockpiling - EMEA Brief 11 Apr
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Event risk passes with no surprises: APAC brief 11 Apr
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
Fed the highlight overnight: Nevertheless, the knowledge that monetary policy from the world’s largest central banks will remain supportive is a necessary precondition to any rally in equity-markets. Last night’s trade, and the data that was released and monitored within it, spoke of such a necessity. Naturally, it was the words of the Fed that held the greatest weight – this time, contained within their latest monetary-policy minutes. The information contained within them wasn’t new; however, it did confirm the stance makes have recently savoured. The majority of the Fed saw the need to remain qualifiedly “patient” in the face of “significant uncertainties”.
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MaxIG,Platinum under pressure as workers prepare to strike - EMEA Brief 10 Apr
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APAC brief - 10 April
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Trump Threatens Tariffs on EU Goods; Oil Continues to Rise - EMEA Brief 09 Apr
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APAC brief - 9 April
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
A backloaded economic calendar: The reasoning behind the lukewarm day on Wall Street overnight, aside from just being a Monday, is the economic calendar is backloaded this week. There seems to be a reluctance to get ahead of the data; with the preference being to position for it and react to it as it comes. US CPI data and FOMC Minutes will be the releases for US markets, and will, for the bulls, ideally confirm without qualification the Fed’s need to stay-put on interest rates. But Brexit-drama will also be closely monitored, as we creep ever-closer to the April 12 Brexit-deadline; as will the IMF’s economic updates due mid-week, and the ECB’s Monetary Policy meeting, for insights into the global growth outlook.
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Asian Markets Off 7-Month Peak - EMEA Brief 08 Apr
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A “Goldilocks” end to the week: APAC brief - 8 Arpil
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
Risk appetite climbs: Equities and other risk barometers were the major beneficiaries of the "goldilocks" US labour market data. Cyclicals performed well on Wall Street, as the S&P500 sustained its focused climb towards record-highs. Credit spreads narrowed too, as yield was sort out in fixed income markets. The VIX fell into the 12 handle, as fears of a sharp and imminent economic slow-down abated. And US Treasury yields remained quite steady, as the likelihood of a Fed rate cut before the end of 2019 were unwound slightly. The dynamic has led to a great deal of positivity across global equities to begin the new week, with futures markets ubiquitously in the green.
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"Flexible" Brexit proposed by Tusk - EMEA Brief 05 April
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Positioning for the week’s climax - APAC brief 4 April
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
Stocks trade on low activity: With some crucial information promising to be revealed relating to these questions out of these events, financial markets in the last 24 hours have traded on a let’s wait and see mentality. Wall Street traded mixed: the S&P500 hovered in and out of “the green”, as the momentum in US tech stocks stalls. European equities, on balance, pulled back throughout the day, unaided by some weak German economic data. Asian trade was also lacklustre, with the Nikkei trading flat, the Hang Seng down, but Chinese indices generally clocking gains. Despite the mixture of results, the constant was generally a lack of volume in stock-markets, likely symptomatic of a market watching vigilantly for its next cue.
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Palladium is one of the most searched assets on the IG platform this week
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JamesIG-inactive,A new Bitcoin April Short Squeeze- EMEA Brief 04 Apr
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Growth fears ease; risk taking subdued - APAC brief 4 April
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
More good news than bad: It would be wrong to suggest it was a bad day for equity markets. More, that given some of the news in the market, and the cross-asset price action, a stronger move higher might have been expected. The macro-development that captured most attention was news of "new progress" in the US-China trade-war, that boosted hopes of a breakthrough in upcoming trade-negotiations in Washington. In a muted response, Wall Street has edged a trifle higher last night, with the S&P hovering around the 2870 mark. European indices performed a little better, following some strong Services PMI numbers, while Asian indices probably led the pack in the last 24-hours.
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Bitcoin rally pushes other digital currencies higher - EMEA Brief 03 Apr
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The biggest day of the (economic) year - APAC brief - 3 Apr
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
But yesterday it did: the RBA delivered their monthly decision on Australian interest rates; and the Federal Government handed down its latest budget. The price action in financial markets has thus far been limited – though, granted, we wait for the ASX to open this morning to witness the stock market response to the budget. At least from a purely intellectual standpoint though, both events have given market-buffs enough to chew on, and potentially frame future trading opportunities.
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Golden Cross v Inverted Yield Curve
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Lyft Fails to Lift-off on Second Day of Trading - EMEA Brief 02 Apr
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APAC brief 2 April
MaxIG posted a blog entry in Market News,
The story has changed (for now): It’s probably a part of that compulsion market participants have – pundits especially – to infer a trend from a tiny-bit of information. The justification is reasonable enough: most people understand the world through stories, rather than hard-data and analysis. To take a piece of information, infer a trend, and then tell a story with it is far more comprehensive (and saleable) than just enumerating some soul-less facts. It’s with this (partial) assumption in mind, the first day of the new week, month and quarter can be viewed. For all its intricacies, complexities and ambiguities, it was the most “risk-on” day we’ve seen in a short-while; and the hope is now that this is the beginning of a significant reversal in trend.
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