1 Minute Market Rundown – 23rd May 2022 May 23, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesGBP Squeeze Higher ContinuesS&P 500 Teeters on Verge of a Bear Market Markets that close 20% below its peak level are defined as being in a bear market. The S&P is 19% down from its peak but with the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 27% off its highs, feels safe to say we have [...]
Recession concerns vie with inflation risk for investors in unpredictable market week ahead May 23, 2022 It was aother week of declines for US markets on Friday, with the S&P500 closing lower for the seventh week in succession, making a fresh 18 month low, and briefly retracing 50 per cent of the move from its 2020 lows to its record highs late last year. The Nasdaq 100 similarly pulled off new [...]
Fund managers double down on defensive positions as inflation soars May 22, 2022 Investors are boosting cash holdings and piling into real estate this year as they look to stave off the worst impacts of soaring inflation and market volatility sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
1 Minute Market Rundown – 19th May 2022 May 19, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesUSD on the Front Foot AgainCrypto Slides We won’t lie…yesterday caught us rather off guard. Risk, for lack of a better word, capitulated. US shares plunged 4%, their biggest daily drop in almost 2 years. Earnings reports from US consumer titans (Walmart, Costco, Target) disappointed and fuelled concerns that high inflation is squeezing [...]
The TMT M&A game change: Are dealmakers ready to play? May 18, 2022 | City Talk A few months into 2022, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector is already setting the tone for an interesting year ahead, with some organizations making bold moves into the new and next. This is after a banner 2021 where the sector topped the tables in both value [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 18th May 2022 May 18, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesUSD Gives Up Some of its GainsCrypto Consolidates There is not too much to add from yesterday’s piece sadly. The main talking point was Powell reiterating the FED’s stance on inflation. Powell said the FED won’t hesitate to tighten policy beyond neutral to curb inflation. Stock’s stalled their recent rise and the USD [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 17th May 2022 May 17, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesUSD Gives Up Some of its GainsCrypto Consolidates We highlighted in yesterday’s note that risk seemed a bit stretched and pondered whether we may be in for a rally. The question we are still trying to answer is if we have seen the low yet or not. Whilst we are still unsure, although [...]
Economists hit back at Cable post-Brexit financial services regulation fears May 17, 2022 THINK TANK economists said yesterday fears that post-Brexit changes to financial services regulations could result in a ‘race to the bottom’ are “clearly nonsense.” Earlier this week former business secretary Vince Cable warned that changes to the UK regime could risk a financial crash in a letter signed by a number of other economists. But [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 16th May 2022 May 16, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesUSD on the Rise AgainCrypto Unable to Sustain a RallyDeleveraging Continues Whilst Friday the 13th is unlucky for some it wasn’t the case for equity bulls. Last week had seen markets get battered, especially crypto, as it seemed no one had a positive outlook on the economy. We have been saying for a [...]
Saudi Aramco brings in record $39.5bn income as oil prices surge May 16, 2022 Saudi Aramco generated $39.5bn (£32.3bn) in income in the first quarter of 2022, after volatile commodity prices saw its income increase by 82 per cent compared to the same time last year. The almost $40bn worth of income marks a record for Saudi Arabia’s national oil company in coming as its highest quarterly earnings since [...]