tim@emorningcoffee.comFeb 19, 20226 minWeek ended February 18th 2022This week was dominated by geopolitical news around Ukraine and Russia. Uncertainty led to a flow out of risk assets and into safe havens.
tim@emorningcoffee.comFeb 12, 20227 minWeek Ended February 11th 2022A week of two halves. Equities performed well for 3 days and then high CPI and hawkish Fed comments clobbered stocks & bonds.
tim@emorningcoffee.comFeb 5, 20228 minWeek ended February 4th 2022Equities ended up thanks to GOOG and AMZN, and to a strong jobs report on Friday. The BoE raised its Bank Rate, and the ECB stood still.
tim@emorningcoffee.comJan 1, 20225 minWeek ended December 31, 2021This is the year-end weekly update, and what a year it was! Nearly everything worked as far as risk assets. But what does 2022 bestow?
tim@emorningcoffee.comDec 18, 20217 minWeek ended December 17th, 2021Focus this past week was on four of the world's major central banks, which provided the latest glimpse into the path of monetary policy.
tim@emorningcoffee.comDec 11, 20217 minWeek ended December 10th 2021What a difference a few days make! We are solidly risk-on now, as conviction increased throughout the week. Equities had strong returns.
tim@emorningcoffee.comNov 30, 202110 minThree books worth readingOne of the many things that I have enjoyed doing since I left the grind of working at large financial institutions is reading things...
tim@emorningcoffee.comNov 6, 20216 minWeek Ended November 5th, 2021The Fed and BoE play along, with their dovish policies pushing USTs and Gilt prices higher and causing global equities to rock!
tim@emorningcoffee.comOct 22, 20216 minWeek Ended October 22, 2021This week did not have a lot of economic news, but a combination of earnings, the first Bitcoin ETF and two interesting SPACs featured.