Sunset Monday, February 28, 2022 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Russia is hurrying to defend its tanking currency in the wake of new sanctions announced by Europe and the US. By cutting the Bank of Russia’s access to its international reserves, they prevent the Read more…
Monday, 28 February 2022 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • In the past, the impact of (geo)political tensions on global markets often tended the be relatively short-lived. End last week, it looked that global markets again were inclined to embrace a similar scenario. Investors apparently assumed Read more…
Sunset Friday, February 25, 2022 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets: • Yesterday’s US price action already suggested that markets were preparing for some kind of ‘post-Ukraine normalcy’. US equities more than reversed initial losses. Yields returned to well-known territory. Fed officials held the line Read more…
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Friday, 25 February 2022 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • European stocks suffered losses of almost 4% after Putin shocked by attacking Ukraine in places beyond the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The EuroStoxx50 closed below the pre-pandemic high of 3867. The US opened with similar losses Read more…
Sunset Thursday, February 24, 2022 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Financial markets were more or less prepared for Russian military presence in the Donbas region earlier this week, but not so much for the current demilitarization on the rest of Ukrainian soil, probably Read more…
Thursday, 24 February 2022 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • The cautious détente during the European session yesterday was short-lived. Sentiment soured as the US joined with president Biden announcing additional sanctions on Russia. Ukraine government and bank websites were targeted in cyberattacks and added to Read more…
Sunset Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Bank of England officials, including Haskel, Broadbent, Tenreyro and governor Bailey, appeared before parliament today to brief MP’s on monetary policy. The overall tone was balanced and the key takeaway is that “moderate” Read more…
Wednesday, 23 February 2022 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • Yesterday’s lackluster Bund performance during Asian dealings even as geopolitical tensions intensified dramatically was the writing on the wall. German yields gapped lower at the European open but almost immediately started recovering afterwards. Support in the Read more…
Sunset Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Markets have been preparing for the worst case scenario in the Ukrainian conflict and remarkably breathed a sigh of (short term) relief as it played out. The Russian “peace-keeping” mission in the self-declared separatist Read more…