by Ryan Littlestone | August 21st, 2018, 08:46:24 | Central Banks, Fed, News
The Trumpster has woken up the market by targeting the Fed One way or another we’ve had an injection of volatility into the market. Trump saying that Fed chair Powell should have helped him out by staying accommodative and that he “wasn’t...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 16th, 2018, 10:46:29 | News
Sort of… Earlier today, Trump went on one of his witch hunt twitter rants and it’s found some support from the Russian foreign ministry. We agree https://t.co/7l087Qwmj3 — MFA Russia ?? (@mfa_russia) July 16, 2018 I’m not sure that’s an...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 12th, 2018, 07:22:23 | News
The US/NK meeting has concluded with everyone getting on swimmingly Well that all went well didn’t it? Trump and Kim got on great and there’s hopes for a denuclearisation deal with both sides talking about a rosy future. There’s not been much action...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 11th, 2018, 08:06:47 | BOJ, Central Banks, ECB, Fed, FOMC, News
Risk looks better as we switch from the G7 mess to the US/NK summit Trump’s a busy man and he’s probably glad to be gone from the G7 shambles. It seemed the main priority for six of the seven members was just getting any sort of statement out rather than...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 8th, 2018, 15:46:38 | News
Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) – 08 June 2018 The next eight days could prove pivotal for global markets. At the very least the G7 Leaders Summit (8-9 June) and meeting between Trump and Kim Jong un (12th June), Fed and ECB meetings and tier-1...