tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 14, 20227 minWeek ended May 13th 2022This past week was a downer for equities, saved only by a late-session recovery on Thursday with the rally extending into Friday.
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 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.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.