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Market Talk- January 8, 2019

As the market waits for any headline materialising from the US/China trade talks, most Asian equity indices tread water. We did hear positive rhetoric from US...

Market Talk- January 7, 2019

Asia was just playing catch-up this morning from Fridays after hours news. The US/China meeting finally started today, but news is yet to be heard of any...

Market Talk- January 4, 2019

The initial headline that US and China plan to reconvene talks next week, was all it took to start the stock market bounce. However, added to this was that China...

Market Talk- January 3, 2019

The USD was the figure of attention overnight for Asia as it surged against the Turkish Lira, Euro, Sterling and the A$, but saw short-covering stops taken on the...

Market Talk- January 2, 2018

In early 2019 trading, it looked as though we were set to resume the ‘sell at any price’ trend. However, US markets managed to turn that around, but lets...

Market Talk- December 27, 2018

Although dealing desk will still be on skeleton staff until January 2nd, all will be receiving calls and checking levels today after the scare following the...

Market Talk- December 21, 2018

Another weak close for US markets and again, that sentiment just rolled into Asia and the mood was set for the day. Japan took the brunt as stocks lost another 1%...

Market Talk- December 20, 2018

The Federal Reserve raising the 25bp was pretty much expected throughout, with a few possible outlier exceptions. However, it was not really the hike that spooked...

Market Talk- December 19, 2018

Another volatile session for US markets, but then we should expect it now that there are fewer and fewer houses running positions. The break of the psychological...

Market Talk- December 18, 2018

The afternoon sell-odd seen in the states, has had further negative influence on Asian markets at a time when nerves are present everywhere. Markets look tp be...