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Weekly Summaries
Weekly Summary -Sluggish Global Growth
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The economic data releases this week brought back the fears of slowing global growth. The central banks’ statements were also turned around the growth concerns. After two months of rally, investors had little to maintain the bullish momentum. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Trade Balance Australia We ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Central Banks and NFP
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Geopolitics and Hanoi Summit was the main focus last week which mostly drove the financial markets. Most importantly, the trade deadline has been delayed which brought some relief in the markets. The comments during the weekend from President Trump grasped attention and set an interesting start ...
Read MoreThe Month of February
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The different looming deadlines were hovering over the financial markets throughout the month of February. US-China trade and Brexit negotiations were therefore high on the agenda. There were a few meetings between Beijing and Washington, and the news that emerged were relatively positive. Brexit headlines were...
Read MoreWeek Ahead -The Looming Deadlines
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Investors had much information to digest across the week, but towards the end of the week, they hung on to signs of trade progress that kept the risk sentiment afloat. The equity markets were mostly in the green for the week even though in some cases, the weekly advance was not impressive. In th...
Read MoreWeekly Summary -Another Week of Geopolitics
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The week was predominantly on trade issues, Brexit, China’s coal ban, and the minutes of the Federal Reserve. Geopolitics Remain At The Forefront The geopolitical headlines largely drove risk sentiment in the financial markets again this week. Investors were cautiously optimistic about the dominant geopolitica...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Central Banks Minutes
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview The week had ended on a positive note lifted by the trade headlines on Friday. The US Congress also voted on a spending bill which brought some relief despite the declaration of a national emergency. Risk sentiment buoyed on Friday as investors found some comfort on the trade front and the avoid...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – A Week of Geopolitics
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The week was primarily dominated by trade talks, Brexit, the news on the declaration of the national emergency in the US amid a slew of economic data releases and the earnings season. Geopolitics at the forefront The geopolitical headlines largely drove risk sentiment in the financial markets. Confidence was s...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Looming deadlines – Trade Talks, Border Wall and Brexit
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Risk sentiment soured towards the end of the week as fears of global growth resurfaced. There were more downgrades from central banks- the Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. Week Ahead - Looming deadlines: Trade Talks, Border Wall and Brexit Trade Talk...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – More downgrades forecasts
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Amid holiday closures in Asia and subdued price action in the financial markets, it was a busy week on the economic calendar and attention was mainly on Australia, the US and the UK. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Royal Commission Australia stands out this week with a series of economic data releases across...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Central Banks and Earnings
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview It was an interesting week on the geopolitical and economic front. Investors were busy with the earnings season, trade talks, Brexit and the Fed. It ended on a big beat on the Nonfarm payrolls. Week Ahead - Central Banks and Earnings Central Banks The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Bank ...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – An eventful end of the Month
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets It was an interesting week on the geopolitical and economic front. Investors were busy with the earnings season, trade talks, Brexit and the Fed. Earnings Season We started the week with profit warnings from Caterpillar and Nvidia. Caterpillar missed revenue expectations for the first time in a decade and exacer...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – IMF Warnings and Conflicting Trade News
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Amid a busy calendar, the IMF growth warnings have been the primary driver of risk sentiment during the course of the week. Towards the second half of the week, investors seem to be driven and supported by the earnings season and a deluge of conflicting trade news which were more on the positive side on Friday. ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead -Brexit Plan B and Central Banks
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview It was a hectic week of messy politics with Brexit, the US government shutdown and political challenges in Europe. However, towards the end of last week, trade news stole the show and bolstered the optimism in the financial markets. Week Ahead Markets participants are now gearing up for another b...
Read MoreWeekly Summary -Trade News Stole the Show
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets After a hectic week of messy politics, trade news stole the show and helped the markets to extend gains. Overall, there was a positive sentiment in the markets despite the bearish factors that are hovering over investors’ risk sentiment. China’s Stimulus Program Fears of slowing growth and weak Chinese dat...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – Brexit – A Big Week for the UK
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Trade Talks and FOMC Minutes The first two weeks of the year was filled with information that is enough to steer investors on the two most severe risks that have created fears in the financial markets. The trade talks between Washington and Beijing went for three consecutive days and drove the pr...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – A “Patient” and “Flexible” Fed
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The dynamics in the markets progressed in two different phases. The first half of the week was mostly driven by trade talks whereas the Fed steered up the second half of the week. Trade talks The positive comments that have emerged from the US and China officials during the negotiations period brought more optim...
Read MoreWeek Ahead – NFP Sets a Positive Tone!
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview It was all about the NFP! It was an impressive turnaround to what was a very volatile first few days of the new year. The Non-farm payrolls surpassed expectations and surged to 312k instead of 177k forecasted. The robust figures reassured investors on the near-term economic outlook. On Friday, ...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – Apple the Bellwether
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The start of a new trading year was rough. Investors were probably hoping that the first week of the new year would be less dramatic than 2018, but they must have been so disappointed. Amid such thin markets, any good or bad news can bring more substantial volatility than usual, but this kind of flash crashes or...
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