tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 28, 20226 min readWeek ended May 27th 2022US equities rally strongly into the close on Friday, bringing MtD returns for May into the green. Corp credit rallies too, the USD weakens.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 21, 20226 min readWeek ended May 20th 2022Poor US retail earnings and a more pessimistic outlook for FY were the catalysts driving US equities this week. EM was the best performer.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 14, 20227 min readWeek 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 min readWeek 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 min readWeek 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 min readWeek 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 min readWeek 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 min readWeek 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 min readWeek ended April 1st 2022Oil settles, inflation rages, Ukraine-Russia war drags on. The result? Equities rally, Treasuries get hammered. The yield curve inverts.