City A.M. TV: A Market Snapshot June 7, 2021 US non-farm payrolls once again demonstrated their ability to move markets.
Wall Street opens lower while FTSE plunges to snap June winning streak June 3, 2021 Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower today as investors weighed up data showing a pick up in jobs growth for cues on the trajectory of inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per cent at the open, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.3 per cent. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 dropped 0.8 per cent to [...]
City A.M. TV: A Market Snapshot June 1, 2021 Market snapshot: Many key global equity markets have been tracking sideways, consolidating their gains in recent weeks.
Sterling on track for fourth week of gains despite dip against US dollar May 28, 2021 Sterling on track for fourth week of gains despite dip against US dollar
City A.M. TV: A Market Snapshot May 24, 2021 Are markets resilient or rolling? That’s a key question currently on investors’ minds. That’s especially so given the concerns about the recent high US core CPI inflation print as well as the troubling price action in Bitcoin. In this clip, we stand back from the market noise and look at what the price action is [...]
City A.M. TV: Market Snapshot May 17, 2021 In today’s video we examine the question of whether or not Bitcoin provides any insight into the global equity market direction.
Wall Street opens higher after lacklustre jobs data May 7, 2021 Wall Street opened higher this afternoon, powered by gains for major tech stocks after new data showed US jobs growth fell well short of expectations. The Dow Jones opened 0.2 per cent higher, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were up more than 0.3 per cent and 0.7 per cent respectively. Highly valued tech stocks [...]
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot April 30, 2021 Its been a fascinating month for global equity markets in April. Three key themes have dominated: i) a weak US dollar (and strong currencies elsewhere); ii) a strong US company reporting season (with that replicated in other parts of the globe); & iii) a Fed meeting and a reiteration, once again, of the Fed’s super [...]
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) April 26, 2021 Since early April, US equity markets have been in a persistent uptrend. That’s been is aided and abetted by (i) notable US dollar weakness; (ii) lower bond yields (resulting in tech outperformance); and (iii) a strong Q1 earnings season, with most US companies surprising markets to the upside. In that respect, and while US equity indices [...]