tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 8, 20226 minWeek ended May 6th, 2022Although 160 S&P 500 companies reported earnings this week, all eyes were on the Fed's and BoE's rate decisions, and on the US jobs report.
tim@emorningcoffee.comApr 30, 20228 minWeek ended April 29th, 2022Sentiment started poorly, stabilised and then tanked, driven generally by earnings with Amazon being a key (negative) driver.
tim@emorningcoffee.comApr 22, 20227 minWeek ended April 22, 2022Earnings dominated the news flow, mostly goods(but not all). Still, USTs and equities continues their sell-off, down sharply on the week.
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 9, 20227 minWeek ended April 8th 2022This past week was all about the Fed and its increasingly hawkish approach, which seemed to catch investors off-guard.
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.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.