tim@emorningcoffee.comApr 16, 20227 minWeek ended April 15th 2022CPI and PPI were red hot, UK CPI too. Neither the equity nor bond market much liked this one bit. Gold, oil, USD better, rest pretty poor.
tim@emorningcoffee.comApr 3, 20228 minWeek ended April 1st 2022Oil settles, inflation rages, Ukraine-Russia war drags on. The result? Equities rally, Treasuries get hammered. The yield curve inverts.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMar 20, 20227 minWeek ended March 18th 2022There were no massive surprises this past week as the Fed and BoE did just as expected, and the war in Ukraine unfortunately ground on.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMar 12, 20226 minWeek ended March 11, 2022It was another volatile week although the direction was fairly clear as investors continued to exit equities and bonds. Inflation is back!
tim@emorningcoffee.comMar 6, 20225 minWeek Ended March 4th 2022Ukraine-Russia conflict dominates news, although inflation data in the Eurozone and US continues to be red hot. Investors don't care!
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 9, 20225 minWeek Ended January 7th 2022It was a shaky start to 2022, with both equities and bonds getting hammered as sentiment soured and the Fed's hawkish tilt gained momentum.