Market Analysis

16 January 2023
Week ahead: All eyes on US PPI and Retail Sales data, BOJ Monetary Policy Statement

The market will focus on US Producer Price Index (PPI) and Retail Sales data after last week’s US Consumer Price Index (CPI) came out as forecasted.  Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will be making its Monetary Policy Statement on …

13 January 2023
US inflation is slower at 6.5%

U.S. equities continued to march higher throughout Thursday’s trading. The initial CPI release sparked a downward spike across the three major equity indices, but as the American trading session began, all equity indices turned positive and closed higher by the …

12 January 2023
US CPI to be released today

U.S. equity indices marched higher throughout Wednesday’s trading. Markets continue to expect risk-on sentiment before the release of the U.S. CPI report, which is scheduled to be released during today’s American trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8% …

11 January 2023
Market awaits US CPI report on Thursday

U.S. equities continued to march higher over the course of Tuesday’s trading. During his scheduled speech at the Swiss Riksbank, Fed chair Jerome Powell kept muted about the Fed’s upcoming monetary policy directions. Market participants thus interpreted the muted response …

10 January 2023
Volatility on the first trading day of the week

U.S. equities witnessed a volatile trading session on the first trading day of the week. The initial hours of the American trading session saw equities extend their risk rally that started last Friday, however, markets turned cautious after Atlanta’s Fed …

9 January 2023
Week ahead: Markets to focus on US CPI. Will it continue to slow down in December?

The US CPI has been slowing down over the past few months. However, it’s likely that this trend will continue into December as well. Here are market events to look out for this week: Australia Consumer Price Index (11 January) …

9 January 2023
US Employment data indicate that employment rose in December

U.S. equities scored their best trading day of the year throughout last Friday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 2.13% to close at 33630.61. The S&P 500 gained 2.28% to close at 3895.08. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite jumped 2.56% …

6 January 2023
ADP result surprised the market, all eyes switched to NFP

U.S. equities continued to fall throughout Thursday’s trading. Equities retreated due to the upside surprise from the ADP nonfarm employment change, which showed that employers added 235,000 jobs in December, and initial jobless claims, indicating 204,000 claims in December. The …

5 January 2023
FOMC minutes showed Fed would keep raising rates

The FOMC minutes reaffirmed multiple things that Chairman Jerome Powell attempted to communicate to market participants during his previous speech in December of 2022. The minutes reiterated the central bank’s determination to bring the inflation level down to the targeted …

4 January 2023
Market prefers safe-haven instruments at the start of the year

The market started the year 2023 in a safety mode, creating demand for US Dollars and Gold as safe-haven instruments while waiting for this week’s US key economic data and events. The dollar advances, the yen stabilizes and the oil …