Pre-Market Pulse 13th August – Investors take a welcome breather ahead of inflation data
Investors took a welcome breather to start the week as key inflation data is due over the next few days
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Pre-Market Pulse 12th August – Both Bulls and Bears battered this week as stocks finish close to unchanged
Both bearish and bullish Investors were battered and bruised this week as the recovery in stocks continued following a major selloff earlier this week when concerns about an incoming recession took center stage and a recovery in the latter half of the week left us largely unchanged
Pre-Market Pulse 9th August – Better than expected Labour data hoses down recession fears
Investors breathed a sigh of relief as better-than-feared labor market data cooled worries that a recession may be on the horizon.
Pre-Market Pulse 8th August – “Buy the dip” sentiment fades fast as risks weigh on markets
Investors enthusiasm to “buy the dip” faded within one session as equites turned lower mid-session in the US on a slump in Super Micro Computer pressured chips stocks, weighing on the broader market.
Pre-Market Pulse 7th August – Investors “Buy the Dip” as global markets stabilise
Global equites stabilized overnight as dip buyers piled into beaten down tech stocks following a rout a day earlier, though gains were limited amid lingers concerns about an economic slowdown.
Pre-Market Pulse 6th August – Equities implode as Japan stocks eclipse the ’87 Black Monday crash
In one of the scariest sessions I’ve seen since the GFC, global equities imploded overnight, led by a 13.5% fall in Japan’s Nikkei, the largest fall since the Black Monday crash back in 1987
Pre-Market Pulse 5th August – Weak jobs number triggers “hard landing” fears
Investors abandoned growth stocks as a much weaker-than-expected jobs report triggered fears the US economy could be heading for recession and sparked a sharp jump in volatility.
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Pre-Market Pulse 2nd August – Weak economic data rattles equities
Weaker economic data rattled investors overnight as jobless claims rose and US manufacturing data notched its 16th straight contraction, the longest streak in a quarter of a century
Pre-Market Pulse 1st August – Tech stocks bounce as Powell opens the door to Sept rate cuts
Stocks notched one of their biggest gains since February overnight, as the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged, though signaled that it that potential cut in September was on the table.
Pre-Market Pulse 31st July – Microsoft and Nvidia crushed as AI revenue doesn’t materialise
Stocks headed lower led by tech amid cautious trading as the Fed kicked off its two-day meeting and investors awaited further earnings from big tech.
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Pre-Market Pulse 30th July – Market mixed as investors wait on earnings and Central Banks
Equities closed slightly higher as investors kept their powder dry ahead of tech earnings and the Federal Reserve meeting due this week
Pre-Market Pulse 29th July – Investors buy the dip in Tech on rate cut hopes
Equities closed the week higher as investors flocked back to tech megacaps that had triggered broad sell-offs earlier in the week, and inflation data boosted optimism that the Federal Reserve will soon commence cutting interest rates.