by Anne Bannerman | Dec 13, 2022
Last week was a relatively quieter week. The markets are still volatile with many participants looking at the last Fed rate decision of 2022. Has the moment of pivot finally arrived? We will find out in the coming days. The US Dollar stopped is move lower as the...
by Anne Bannerman | Dec 6, 2022
Last week post-thanksgiving saw Fed Chair Powell speak along with the first Friday payrolls numbers. Powell’s speech admitted that going forward rate hikes will be smaller. Although not new news the reaction was very positive and the end of week payrolls coming in...
by Anne Bannerman | Nov 29, 2022
Last week was quieter as the US celebrated Thanksgiving. FOMC release gave a glimpse that members were beginning to favour a slowing in the pace of rate rises. Powell is scheduled to speak next week and that may give more of a clue as to any slowing in rates if any at...
by Anne Bannerman | Nov 22, 2022
Last week we saw continued volatility in the crypto space as the continued fallout from the FTX collapse sent shockwaves through the market. Meanwhile the USD managed to arrest the fall of the previous week. The DXY rose 0.5% to close around the 107 level as Fed...
by Anne Bannerman | Nov 16, 2022
Last week US CPI unexpectedly fell to 7.7% YoY vs the expected 8%. Markets moved sharply higher with a strong risk on rally however any potential further upside was halted at FTX one of the largest crypto exchanges collapsed in what seems to be an emerging fraud story...