Bassanese Bites: Oil prices surge – October 10 2022
Week in review Last week can be divided into two halves. In the first half, weaker than expected US economic manufacturing data saw Wall Street bond and equity traders get excited about yet another potential ‘pivot’ by the Federal Reserve. Alas, the week ended with still …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – October 03 2022
In this week's Weekly Insights: -Hope Beyond The Macro-Burden -Conviction Calls -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Hope Beyond The Macro-Burden The fortunes of bonds and equities remain closely intertwined as inflation remains higher-for-longer while central banks continue tightening. Year-to-date the S&P500 is down close to -23% but what is rather …
Bassanese Bites: Is something breaking? – October 04 2022
Week in review It was another down week for global equities as the unrelenting hawkishness of Fed speakers continued to weigh on sentiment. That said, bond yields have attempted to rally at various points over the past week on financial stability concerns – first with concerns …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 26 2022
In this week's Weekly Insights: -Good News -PEs - The Tool That Both Enlightens And Confuses -Conviction Calls -Research To Download -FNArena Talks (3x) By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Good News A brutal September has pushed the market indicator that used to be known as Citi's Panic/Euphoria Index into Panic mode territory. The good news …
Bassanese Bites: Bond bloodbath – September 26 2022
Week in review Continued hawkish actions from the US Federal Reserve again weighed on global equity and bond markets last week, with an ill-judged very stimulatory UK budget also not helping fragile global sentiment on Friday. The result is that US stocks are almost back to …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 19 2022
In this week's Weekly Insights: -Are We There Yet? (Fat Chance!) -Conviction Calls -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Are We There Yet? (Fat Chance!) As is often the case, the most important developments across financial markets this month is what is not shown through share price movements. On Monday morning …
Bassanese Bites: Time for shock and awe? – September 19 2022
Week in review Without doubt the highlight of the past week was the higher than expected US CPI result, with both headline and core inflation worse than market expectations. The big shock was core inflation (excluding food and energy) which rose 0.6% compared to a market …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 12 2022
In this week's Weekly Insights: -Inflation & House Prices -Conviction Calls -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Inflation & House Prices One of the more eye-catching forecasts made recently is that persistent inflation in Australia will prevent local house prices from experiencing a true crash a la Spain, Ireland or …
Bassanese Bites: Consumer price index (CPI) watch – September 12 2022
Week in review After several weeks of losses, global stocks bounced back last week on little new fundamental news, likely reflecting end-of-month rebalancing and profit taking from short sellers. If there was one possible fundamental reason, it was a couple of Fed speakers (Brainard and Mester) acknowledging …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 05 2022
In this week's Weekly Insights: -August Reports: Closing Remarks -Conviction Calls -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor August Reports: Closing Remarks The key attraction for investing in small and micro cap companies is the ability to generate oversized gains when things fall into place at the right time. But just about …
