A hawkish Federal Reserve and expectations of increasing interest rates have kept major stocks pressured over the month of September. The higher rates for longer narrative from the latest Fed meeting has helped push up yields and US interest rate expectations which is naturally more challenging conditions for US companies.
The Federal Reserve is focusing very intently on the US labour market for signs that their rate hiking cycle is starting to cool demand. The way the market has been translation US economic data over the last few weeks is…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 30 large, publicly-traded companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ.
There are a few reasons cited for oil markets to gain over the medium term. Russia’s oil ban from the EU comes into place on February 05 and China’s recent PMI prints showed a surprise expansionary print indicating strength in China’s…
Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation which focuses on discount department stores mainly in the US. With the US economy showing signs of slowing down and many analysts seeing a strong chance of the US heading into a recession Walmart…
Morgan Stanley release their earnings results today and how will the stock respond? Rising interest rates are generally a positive environment for financial stock as higher rates usually mean higher profit margins for bank loans charges. This earnings seasons there…
US oil has some mixed drivers right now. The OPEC+ production cuts had been providing some support for oil alongside a weaker USD. Furthermore, the announcement of a 16 point property support plan for China could prop up more expectations…
Recently we noted that silver prices had fallen over recent weeks on aggressive Fed hiking expectations and strong USD bids. This has led to notable selling pressure in both gold and silver. The expectations for earlier this week was that…
