Yen ended the week broadly lower, as the worst performing one, on return of risk appetite. That came with S&P 500 and NASDAQ closing at record highs. Dollar ended as the second weakest one as it’s firstly talked down by Trump. Secondly, markets took Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole rather negatively. Australian…
Much volatility was seen in the markets last week with a lot of themes developed. Canadian Dollar ended as the strongest one as strong data boosted chance of August BoC hike. Swiss Franc followed as the second strongest on risk aversion in Europe. Dollar was original set to perform better as trade tension escalated again.…
The US Dollar advanced on Powell’s hawkishness but fell on Trump’s criticism of this policy. What’s next? The ECB decision and the first release of US GDP stand out. Here are the highlights for the next week. US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in a meeting that resulted in…
Yen and Swiss Franc ended as the weakest ones last week as global stock markets ended higher. There were some jitters in risk sentiments after US announced to move on with tariffs on additional USD 200B in China imports, which come effective as soon as in September. But investors were quickly relieved after China’s refrained…
The global markets reacted rather differently as the US-China trade war formally started while there were only signs of further escalations. Over the week, NASDAQ was a star performer and rose 2.37% to 7510.30. S&P 500 rose in tandem by 1.52% to 2759.82. DOW lagged behind but also managed to gain 0.76% to 24456.48. Over…
While trade tension between the US and its allies dominated the headlines last week, Euro emerged as the strongest major currency. Receding Eurozone internal political risks was a key factor. German 10 year bund yield hit as high as 0.52, comparing to 0.186 low just two weeks ago, before closing at 0.45. Expectation of a…
It was a roller coaster week with political turmoil in Italy dominated the first half of the week. The formation of the populist Italian government after acceptance by President Sergio Mattarella marked the end of the episode. Trade war then took over as US President Donald Trump decided to let the temporary exemptions of Canada,…
Yen ended as the strongest one last week followed by Swiss Franc. Meanwhile Sterling was the weakest one, followed by Euro, Canadian and then US Dollar. A number of factors were behind such development and they’re all inter-related. The most direct one is decline in major European and US treasury yields. Concerns on the new…
Swiss Franc ended last week as the strongest one, very much thanks to the selloff in EUR/CHF. Uncertainty over the EU policy of the new Italian government sent Euro broadly lower, which ended as the weakest. Despite surge in 10 year yield to 7-year high, Dollar could only extend recent rally against Euro and Yen.…
Dollar’s late pull back last week suggested that it has turned into consolidation phase, after long-stretched rally. Retail sales, housing, regional Fed surveys and industrial production will be released from the US this week. But we don’t expect them to be too market moving. Instead, Eurozone data like German ZEW could move the greenback more.…
