tim@emorningcoffee.com17 hours ago6 minWeek ended Sept 13, 2024: it was an "everything up" weekIt was one of those weeks that if you didn't chalk up portfolio gains, it would be difficult to figure out why. Bonds and stocks rallied.
tim@emorningcoffee.comSep 76 minWeek ended Sept 6, 2024: sentiment deterioratesUS Labor Day holiday marked the unofficial end of summer, and also a demarcation for risk sentiment. Bonds rallied and stocks got hammered.
tim@emorningcoffee.comSep 16 minWeek ended August 30, 2024Earnings and economic data (especially inflation data) continued to improve risk sentiment. The yield curve inversion ended. Dollar better
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 243 minWeek ended August 23, 2024: Fed "pencils in" first rate reductionA confluence of economic data, punctuated by a speech by Fed Chair Powell on Friday in Jackson Hole, suggests rate cuts are coming soon.
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 174 minWeek ended Aug 16, 2024: "everything up" week!It was an "everything up" week, with global equities, US Treasuries, corporate bonds and gold all registering gains. Happy summer!
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 105 minWeek ended August 9, 2024: back where we startedIt was a highly volatile week in bond and risk markets, which makes it hard to believe that we ended the week about where we started.
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 311 minWeek ended Aug 2, 2024 (and emails during week to subs)Last week was brilliant for UST investors in duration, and horrible for investors in global equities. Culprits: Mag & and US economic data.
tim@emorningcoffee.comJul 275 minWeek ended July 26, 2024: mixed week, earnings and dataMarkets mixed, with FTSE 100 leading the charge and Nikkei 225 getting hammered. Tech bellwethers set tone, economic data mixed.
tim@emorningcoffee.comDec 31, 20223 minWEEKLY: Damn glad that's over!It was a holiday shortened, rather lacklustre week in markets. Good that 2022 is over. FY returns were poor across equities and bonds.