China Data Spooks Asia

China’s data dump today contained some unpleasant surprises as each release missed expectation, darkening the mood across Asia, already nervous after a soft close on […]
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Volatility Remains Muted

Financial markets remained eerily muted overnight, trading mostly sideways and leaving me asking myself, “is September the new May?” A lack of tier-1 data is […]
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Asia gets Ants in its Pants

Asian equity markets are starting the week on a sour note after a negative close on Wall Street. Typhoon Chanthu is bearing down on Shanghai, […]
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It’s Good to Talk

You know it’s a quiet week when the weekly US Initial Jobless Claims spurs Fed tapering fears and leads to a stock market sell-off. That’s […]
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Recovery and Taper Nerves Persist

Wall Street edged lower overnight as markets shuffled between concerns over the US recovery after a downbeat Fed Beige Book and tapering nerves after the […]
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Swimming in Potatoes

Yesterday, in the currency section of the daily missive, I said I would either look like a genius if the US Dollar fell or be […]
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Tapering Fears Recede

Tapering nerves receded further overnight after a very soft ADP Employment number and the ISM Manufacturing PMI employment sub-index contracted. That has taken the heat […]
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Lots of Noise, Not Much Substance

The overnight session was a noisy one. The heads of the Netherlands and Austrian central banks wrung their hands about runaway European inflation, briefly lifting […]
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