Market Overview

The rally in US bonds continued at full speed yesterday and bonds are set to record their best month since the GFC this November. The US 2-year yield tumbled to almost 4.60% yesterday from nearly 5%...

Today’s Trade IdeasGold XAU/USD beat 2018 this week for our buy signal to hit the next target of 2029/30 and even reached 2051. The outlook remains positive so on a break above 2053 we are...

The bungee jumper doesn’t just bounce once.Stated in a more high-falutin’ way, perturbed systems normally don’t converge straight back to equilibrium. Obviously, the 2020-2021...

Financial “wisdom” is said to be cyclical rather than cumulative, but that’s unfair. At least in the dominion of portfolio management and design, academics and money managers have...

“For me, context is the key – from that comes the understanding of everything.” - Abstract Artist Kenneth Noland. That holds true for us as well! Proper context is required to...

Gold Surges on the Back of Dovish Fed CommentsOn Tuesday, gold (XAU) rose towards 2,050, reaching its highest point in almost seven months. The increase happened primarily due to a significant drop in...

It was another pretty slow day on Tuesday, with most of the action in the bond market, with the 2-year falling by 15 bps, resulting in the yield curve steepening with the 10-2 Year Treasury Yield...

The US bonds extended their rally ladies and gentlemen, as one of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) most hawkish members, Christopher Waller, said in a speech named ‘Something appears to be...

The S&P 500 has gone up a lot and in a very short period of time. When this happens, there is a possibility that the index may have a correction.Correction can happen in 2 ways. A sideways...

The recession that was widely predicted when the year began has only been postponed, some forecasters warn. The US is likely to contract at some point in the new year, runs the updated outlook. Maybe,...

The US new home sales report came out weak on several key aspects. Sales fell 5.6% m/m to 679K vs 719K a month earlier (revised from 759K).The median price of a home sold in October was 409.3K, down...

Gold Continues Rising as the US Dollar WeakensThe gold (XAU) price rose for the third consecutive trading session, gaining 0.58% and reaching a six-month high. The U.S. economy continues signaling a...

Yesterday was a fairly uneventful day, with the S&P 500 falling roughly 20 bps. Meanwhile, the 2-year auction at 11:30 AM was fairly ugly, with the new issue tailing one bps, while indirect...

Monday morning’s rebound in US bond yields didn’t last long; the US sovereign bond yields fell as rapidly as they rose on Monday as a $55bn auction of 5-year US bonds saw strong demand...