Date: 30th October 2023. Market Update – October 30. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/yield_1200x628.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky Stock markets struggled overnight. Mainland China bourses found buyers, but JPN225 and ASX declined, as markets watched developments in the...

Date: 27th October 2023. Market Update – October 27 – Investors poised for weekly profits. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eu_update_pic_nov18-1.jpg Trading Leveraged Products is risky Stock market sentiment improved, and Asian equities bounced, alongside gains in European and U...

Date: 25th October 2023. Market Update – October 25 – Stocks in Red; Dollar recovers. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/eu_update_1200x628-e1567669197104.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky Investors cheered the approval of a trillion-yuan sovereign issue as a harbinger of sti...

Date: 24th October 2023. Market Update – October 24. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky The sell off in Treasuries abated in the later part of Monday as low prices attracted buyers. Stock markets are also looking somewhat ...

Date: 23rd October 2023. Market Update – October 23 – A suspiciously calm day. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eu_update_pic_nov18-1.jpg Trading Leveraged Products is risky Asian markets sold off after a weaker close on Wall Street on Friday. Mainland China bourses underperforme...

Date: 19th October 2023. Market Update – October 19 – Stock markets pressured, as bond yields rise. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eu_update_pic_nov18-1.jpg Trading Leveraged Products is risky Stock markets have remained underwater through the Asian part of the session, and Eur...

Date: 18th October 2023. Market Update – October 18 – Data Fuels Higher-for-Longer Bets. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky Asian equities followed US stocks lower after strong retail data. Treasury yields continued to sho...

Date: 17th October 2023. Market Update – October 17 – Could Conflict be Contained? https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/currencies_1200x628.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky The focus remained on the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas war. Attempts to contain the hostilities and ...

Date: 16th October 2023. Market Update – October 16 – Stocks Sideways, Bonds Drift & Middle East in Focus. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/eu_update_1200x628-e1567669197104.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky Stock markets sold off across Asia, with the JPN225 underperfo...

Date: 13th October 2023. Market Update – October 13 – OIl & Gold rise, USD falls. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Copy-of-TELEGRAM-MARKET-UPDATE-7.png Stock markets sold off across Asia, after a weaker close on Wall Street. Rate hike concerns picked up again in the wake of t...

Date: 12th October 2023. Market Update – October 12 – The key US Inflation. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/inflation_1200x628_2.png Stock markets moved higher across Asia, with the Hang Seng outperforming again as tech stocks strengthen. China stimulus hopes are also helping, a...

Date: 11th October 2023. Market Update – Asia stocks hit 2-week high as Fed talk turns dovish. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Stock markets moved higher overnight, as jitters over the Israel-Hamas war continued to ease and traders trimmed expectations fo...

Date: 10th October 2023. Market Update – October 10. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-10_09-47-45.jpg Stock markets have stabilised and mostly moved higher overnight, after a largely stronger close on Wall Street. Markets continue to assess the impact of the Israel-Hamas ...

Date: 9th October 2023. Market Update – October 09 – “Long and Difficult war”. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Rising geopolitical tensions fueled a rise in risk aversion at the start of the week. Oil prices spiked amid escalating tensions in the Middle E...

Date: 6th October 2023. Market Update – October 6- Wait and see: NFP ahead. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png It has been a quiet day in the markets with subdued volumes and small changes: in America US30 ticked down 0.03% while both US500 & US100 lost ...

Date: 5th October 2023. Market Update – October 5 – Markets try to take a breather, oil slumps. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Rebounding from some pivotal, psychological levels, the vast majority of world equity indices rose yesterday, helped by a decre...

Date: 4th October 2023. Market Update – October 4 – On the way to old normal. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/daily-market-update.png Yesterday at 08:30 am ET (New York Time), JOLTS job openings for August again showed an incredibly buoyant labour market with 9.61m new available...

Date: 3rd October 2023. Market Update – October 3 – Risk off bites across asset classes. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Starting with APAC, the RBA has just unsurprisingly kept rates steady in Governor Bullock’s inaugural meeting with the statement large...

Date: 2nd October 2023. Market Update – October 2 – Shutdown postponed as Q4 kicks off. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Just a few hours before the Saturday midnight deadline, Democrats and Republicans passed a short term bill (45 days) to keep the govern...

Date: 29th September 2023. Market Update – September 29 – Dollar off 10-months high; Yen regains ground. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Stock as well as bond market are moving higher at the end of the quarter. GER30 and UK100 are up 0.7% and 0.8% respect...

Date: 26th September 2023. Market Update – September 26 – Bears in control! https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dollar.png Asian stock markets sold off, with Hang Seng and CSI 300 extending yesterday’s slide, as concern about China’s property sector deepened. Evergrande Group’s main...

Date: 25th September 2023. Market Update – September 25 – Yen breached 11-month low. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eu_update_pic_nov18-1.jpg Stock markets traded mixed across Asia, with China bourses underperforming as concern over the health of the property sector resurfaced....

Date: 22nd September 2023. Market Update – September 22 – A Sideways Friday? https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/daily-market-update.png Wall Street closed with broad losses, but sentiment stabilised somewhat overnight, with China bourses outperforming. Japanese markets didn’t benef...

Date: 21st September 2023. Market Update – September 21 – Stocks fade, USD up as CBs spring on. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MAP_1200x628_jun19.png It was Fed Day and it did not disappoint. As universally expected, the result of the FOMC was a “hawkish hold.” But we and the m...

Date: 20th September 2023. Market Update – September 20 – FED will stay on hold; Dot Plot, SEP are key. https://analysis.hfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/daily-market-update.png Trading Leveraged Products is risky In a day that will be centred around the Fed’s deliberations this evening, and abov...