Weekly Summaries
Week Ahead: Equity markets take a breather, US dollar strength and Crypto pullback
By Lachlan Meakin Major Indices took a breather last week, with US equity markets closing down more than 1% after posting record highs the week prior. In economic news, the incoming US administration announced a $1.9 USD trillion fiscal-stimulus p...
Read MoreFOMC meeting, Brexit and PMIs
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Global equities swung between losses and gains last week as investors digested contradictory headlines on key themes like Brexit negotiations, vaccine updates, stimulus talks and EU budget deal driving the pric...
Read MoreVaccine distribution, ECB, EU Summit, Brexit, and US stimulus talks
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Amid the optimism related to vaccine approvals and distributions, Europe will stand out this week with a busy economic calendar - ZEW surveys, ECB interest rate decision and the EU Summit. Equity markets Inve...
Read MoreFirst vaccine approval, OPEC deal , Brexit & US stimulus hopes
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets After a month-long rally in November which drove major equity indexes to record-highs, investors started the last month of the year with controversial vaccine approval and supply-chain issues. Stock marke...
Read MoreNPF Week, Vaccine Updates, Brexit Deadline Looms and OPEC Meeting
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets As investors are about to enter the final month of the pandemic year 2020, the attention will remain on the vaccine updates, Brexit and the global economic data to gauge the recovery which has the potential to ...
Read MoreCOVID-19 Cases, Flash PMIs, Central Bank Minutes, and US Consumer Confidence & Black Friday Sales
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets As the world is heading into a holiday season still rattled by the widespread pandemic in major economies, it will be a shortened week for investors in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The imme...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – Vaccine Updates and Rising Covid-19 Cases
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Investors welcomed the series of positive vaccine updates across the week against the backdrop of the rapid global surge in the number of coronavirus cases. The sentiment in the financial markets swayed between...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: US Election Aftershocks, UK GDP, Jobless Claims and RBNZ Rate Decision
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The incumbent President Donald Trump is yet to concede, but former Vice-President is already preparing for his presidency. It is rare for an incumbent President to lose re-election given their ability to influe...
Read MoreWeekly Summary – A Biden Presidency and A Republican Senate?
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets As widely expected, the focus was on the most-awaited political event of the year - US Presidential Election. It is the global event that may potentially affect the global economy, alliances and trade agreement...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: US Election Week
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Without any doubt, the event of the week will be the US election which will take place on Tuesday, the 3rd of November 2020. Amid a busy economic calendar, we will also see more central banks holding their poli...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: US Election Polls, Brexit, ECB Meeting, Q3 GDP, and Tech Giants Earnings Results
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Investors are gearing up for an eventful week with plenty of economic data, big tech earnings and geopolitical events. The predominant themes remain the US election, Brexit negotiations, central banks guidance ...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: US Election Polls, Central Bank Speeches, and Flash PMIs
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Risk sentiment remained dampened last week following the chaotic US stimulus negotiations, Brexit woes and the resurgence of coronavirus cases in some parts of the world while vaccine trials suffered major setb...
Read MoreWeek Summary – US Stimulus & Politics, Brexit and COVID-19
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets It was another wild week driven by geopolitics and COVID-19 updates. Risk sentiment remains fragile dragged by the chaotic US stimulus negotiations, Brexit woes and the resurgence of coronavirus cases in some p...
Read MoreWeek Ahead: 2020 US Election Remains the Key Market Theme
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets After a wild last week where markets swung from risk-on to risk-off sentiment following the back and forth chaos on stimulus, the attention is expected to remain highly geared towards the US election outcome. ...
Read MoreWeek Summary – Back-and-Forth on Stimulus
By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The week kickstarted with the concerns over the health of the US President to progress with conflicting signs on stimulus negotiations. It was another volatile week as markets sentiment flip flop back and forth...
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