Market Overview

Stocks rebounded yesterday ahead of today’s job report, with expectations for 185,000 new jobs to have been created, down from 216,000 last month.Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is expected to...

As FOMC rides into the sunset until March, the US Dollar Index is left to fend for itself amid the hawkish (or at least not yet dovish) echos of Jerome Powell’s assertion that the market should...

DXY fell:AUD dumped then pumped:North Asia helped:Oil slumped on Gaza peace hopes:Metals followed:Miners meh:EM meh:Junk meh:Treasuries do not believe Jay Powell hawkishness:Which lifted stocks:US...

Another one-two punch of an interest rate meeting and US domestic economic print overnight saw bond yields and USD lower as the BOE met and did nothing while the latest ISM Manufacturing print was...

The Fed disappointed markets yesterday, crushing March rate-cut hopes. This should have been expected as the central bank's priority is to eliminate any possibility of inflation returning. As...

By Padhraic GarveyWe are a bit surprised the market has not moved more on the Fed’s firm preference for a holding pattern on rates. Bottom line we see pressure for yields to edge higher on a...

Asian share markets are reacting to the overnight moves on Wall Street and the latest FOMC meeting with rate cut expectations dampening the mood. The USD is quite mixed as a result although the...

Bray Park, in the Moreton Bay region north of Brisbane, was one of the areas hardest hit by the flood event that followed intense rainfall this week, part of a system brought by the cyclone. Key...

DXY is sideways:AUD did better as JPY fell:Brent puked:Dirt meh:Miners meh:EM meh:Junk meh:Yields fell:Stocks corrected on Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and the Fed:The Fed pushed back on rate...

Will last week’s news of substantially stronger-than-expected growth for US economic output in 2023’s fourth quarter extend into this year’s Q1?It’s too soon to make...

The Federal Reserve is all but certain to leave rates unchanged at its January FOMC meeting. Fed Chair Powell could strike a more hawkish tone than expected in the post-meeting press conference. As...

Asian share markets are still mixed with Chinese shares heading lower again while domestic equities are loving the softer than expected CPI print which is signalling a potential rate cut from the RBA...

The much-anticipated quarterly consumer price index (CPI) shows inflation in Australia appears to be on a downward trajectory, lifting just 0.6% over the three months ended 31 December. Key...

Overnight risk markets were again contained due to some further strong US economic data which saw bond markets selloff while the USD remained sanguine. Wall Street took back its start of week gains...