Morning Roll Call

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    Mar 13, 17 • 2465 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    The ‘inevitable’ Fed interest rate rise, the Dutch election and the UK’s Article 50 Brexit timeline, all look set to dominate the economic calendar events this week This week we potentially have an example of how political events can impact...

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    Mar 10, 17 • 2506 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Euro rises after Mario Draghi’s bullish press conference, U.S. equities remain flat, whilst unemployment claims rise Focus shifted away from the USA on Thursday to the ECB’s various interest rate decisions being published, whilst president Mario...

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    Mar 9, 17 • 3290 Views • Morning Roll Call 1 Comment

    Positive USA jobs data fails to raise equity markets, as a rout in oil causes investor jitters Wednesday morning began with (yet another) curious set of data releases from an economic superpower, this time it was China’s turn to raise analysts’...

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    Mar 8, 17 • 2861 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    U.S. equities continue to sell off, as the U.S. trade deficit widens to a five year high. Sterling continues to sell off Have we been here before? Excuse us if we sound like a broken record, but once again we experienced diverse and dislocated economic...

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    Mar 7, 17 • 2574 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Sterling slides to a seven week low as Brexit fears spook investors, USA equities retrace, whilst the dollar rises, pending the ‘inevitable’ Fed interest rate rise Analysts and investors appear certain that the Fed will engage in two interest rate...

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    Mar 6, 17 • 2469 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    The UK’s Spring Budget, the ECB’s and RBA’s interest rate decisions and NFP day form the basis of the key fundamental economic releases for the week Early Monday morning sees the release of the latest Australian retail figures; forecast to...

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    Mar 3, 17 • 2594 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    GBP/USD falls to six week low, U.S. equities retreat after record busting run, U.S. dollar rises, as bets on an interest rate hike in March rise to ninety percent USA equity markets found reverse gear during Thursday’s New York trading session....

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    Mar 2, 17 • 2775 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    DJIA smashes up through 21,000, U.S. dollar rises, whilst USA manufacturing grows at its highest rate since August 2014 Three months back, shortly before the USA November 9th election, the DJIA was at circa 18,000. This time last year (early March) the index...

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    Mar 1, 17 • 6063 Views • Morning Roll Call 9 Comments

    DJIA snaps it’s record winning streak, SPX also closes lower, U.S. dollar rises, whilst markets were primed for Trump’s address to Congress. From awaiting Trump’s tweets to move the markets, investors and traders now also have to focus on...

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    Feb 28, 17 • 7249 Views • Morning Roll Call 1 Comment

    DJIA index continues its record run, U.S. dollar rises, whilst odds on a Fed March interest rate rises to fifty percent. President Trump held court on Monday and decided to preempt his appearance before Congress on Tuesday and issue a form of forward guidance...