Recent content by HFM.

Date: 19th April 2024. Weekly Commodity Market Update: Oil Prices Correct and Supply Concerns Persist. The ongoing developments in the Middle East sparked a wave of risk aversion and fueled supply concerns and investors headed for safety. Hopes for imminent rate cuts from the Federal Reserve...

Date: 18th April 2024. Market News – Stock markets benefit from Dollar correction. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Technical buying, bargain hunting, and risk aversion helped Treasuries rally and unwind recent losses. Yields dropped from the recent 2024 highs. Asian stock markets...

Date: 17th April 2024. Market News – Appetite for risk-taking remains weak. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Stocks, Treasury yields and US Dollar stay firmed. Fed Chair Powell added to the recent sell off. His slightly more hawkish tone further priced out chances for any imminent...

Date: 16th April 2024. Market News – Stocks and currencies sell off; USD up. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Stocks and currencies sell off, while the US Dollar picks up haven flows. Treasuries yields spiked again to fresh 2024 peaks before paring losses into the close, post, the...

Date: 15th April 2024. Market News – Negative Reversion; Safe Havens Rally. Trading Leveraged Products is risky Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Markets weigh risk of retaliation cycle in Middle East. Initially the retaliatory strike from Iran on Israel fostered a haven bid, into...

Date: 12th April 2024. Producer Inflation On The Rise, But Will Earnings Hold Demand Steady? Producer inflation rose slightly less than previous expectations, but the annual figure continues to rise. The annual PPI rose to 2.1% and the Core PPI rose to 2.4%. The NASDAQ and SNP500 end the day...

Date: 10th April 2024. The Fed Is Willing To Lower Expectations To Only 1 Cut In 2024! European defence stocks tumble and see the largest decline in 18 months as Goldman Sachs analyst warns the category is trading above its true value. US Treasuries Yields and the US Dollar Index remain...

Date: 9th April 2024. Gold Renews Its All-Time Highs, But Oscillators Point to Caution! US indices underperform compared to global stocks as investors await the latest US inflation data. Oil is trading almost 22% higher in 2024 applying upward pressure on inflation and triggering a more...

Date: 8th April 2024. Treasury Yields Climb and Investors Anxiously Await March’s Inflation Reading! Economists expect inflation to rise from 3.2% to 3.4%, but the monthly incline to be lower than the previous month. The Dow Jones sees its worst week of 2024, but stocks rebound on positive...

Date: 5th April 2024. Market News – NFP day; Geopolitics triggering a flight to safety! Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Global Stocks fell ahead of today’s jobs report, which coupled with the rising geopolitical risks and the angst over the FOMC’s rate trajectory triggered a flight to...

Date: 4th April 2024. Market News – USD continues to decline; stock markets mixed. Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Powell wants to keep inflation expectations anchored at 2%. – Recent data have not “materially” changed the overall picture. Nothing new is added to the outlook, keeping...

Date: 3rd April 2024. Market Recap – ‘Good News is Bad News’ Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Rate cut hopes for the US are fading, which is weighing on stock markets. Bonds have found a footing, at least outside of the US, and the 10-year Bund yield is down -1.4 bp, after the 10-year...

Date: 2nd April 2024. Market Recap – Inflation: Will be back? Economic Indicators & Central Banks: Treasuries were hit by stronger than expected ISM data and yields climbed sharply in a bear steepener. – US manufacturing unexpectedly expanded for the first time since September 2022 & input...

Date: 1st April 2024. Strong Chinese Economic Data Prompts Demand for US Stocks! Trading Leveraged Products is Risky Trading Leveraged Products is Risky The Chinese economy and sentiment improve for the first time since September 2023. Chinese Manufacturing PMI rose to 50.8, beating...

Date: 29th March 2024. GBPUSD Analysis: The Pound Trades Higher But For How Long? The global Stocks Markets are closed due to Easter Friday (Good Friday). The NASDAQ continued to follow the sideways trend while other indices again rose. The SNP500 reaches an all-time high, but the NASDAQ...