by Warren Head | Dec 1, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
1.12.22 Optimism around an eventual shift away from the zero-Covid policy in China continues to gather momentum, says BNZ Markets. Bloomberg is reporting the health authorities are planning a fourth vaccine shot and state media appear to have subtlety shifted their...
by Warren Head | Nov 30, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
30.11.22 Market sentiment has shown signs of rebounding over the past 24 hours as the Chinese authorities signalled steps to increase vaccination of the elderly, seen as another step towards the eventual abandonment of the zero-Covid policy next year, notes BNZ...
by Warren Head | Nov 29, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
29.11.22 Risk appetite has turned more cautious to start the week, with investors focusing on the weekend protests in China against the Chinese government’s zero-Covid policy, notes BNZ Markets The market fallout from the protests has been reasonably contained so far,...
by Warren Head | Nov 28, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
28.11.22 It was a relatively quiet end to the week for markets, with US trading activity unsurprisingly much lighter than usual given Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday, notes BNZ Markets. Equity markets and currencies were little changed, the NZD ending the week at...
by Warren Head | Nov 24, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
24.11.22 Higher risk appetite has extended, with another positive session on Wall Street, lower global rates and a weaker US dollar, notes BNZ Markets. Data releases were mixed, with the market giving more weight to signs of US economic weakness than the positive...
by Warren Head | Nov 23, 2022 | Currency, Economy, Global Share Markets, Money Market
It has been an uneventful trading session overnight, on low volumes, ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday, notes BNZ Markets this morning. “Risk appetite is higher, with seemingly more weight put on the Fed dialling down its hawkish policy stance than the current...
