January 8, 2021

The ‘Bear Market Rally’ continues in US equities, while the US Dollar also gains ground. US share markets continue to trade strongly, banking on recent

US Share markets continued the strong rally, which began in June, this time fuelled by better than expected inflation data. Is this a full fledged

Inflation dominated European and US markets overnight. Following the better than expected US CPI number (8.5%), PPI actually contracted (0.5%) for July, which was better

US inflation missed expectations, falling to 8.5%, sending equity markets into heaven and the US Dollar lower. US CPI had hit a record 9.1% last

Markets await key inflation data, set to be released tonight, from Germany and the USA. Inflation in both jurisdictions is expected to show a decline

Markets traded the huge, blow-out Non-Farm Payrolls report, to open the new week. It was a stellar number and doubled expectations, which is a positive

The all important Non-Farm Payroll number blew away expectation of around 250,000, adding 528,000 jobs, for the month! An extraordinary blowout confirming the labour market

The Bank of England raised rates overnight by 50 basis points, the most since 1995, in an effort to arrest runaway inflation. Inflation is running

US equity markets bounced back overnight, wiping out the previous session losses. Markets have been very nervous, following the US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to

Markets turned sharply negative overnight, following the visit of US House Speaker Pelosi to Taiwan, against the explicit warnings of China. Political tensions are moving