Macroeconomic Environment Review The US Dollar rallied across the board in September, gaining 1.7% versus the rest of the major currencies and 2.9% versus the Emerging Market currencies. The main reas...
Macroeconomic Environment Review Currency markets continued to struggle for direction over the last month. The spread of the Delta variant plus disappointing economic data releases around the world le...
Macroeconomic Environment Review Currency markets have struggled for a clear direction so far this year. The Dollar rebounded in Q1 on the vaccination advantage in the US and fell back in April and M...
Macroeconomic Environment Review During June the Dollar bounced on the back of the Fed meeting. The Dollar Index rose 2.7% with the hardest hit being the Swedish Korona (-4.4%) and the least affected...
Macroeconomic Environment Review Last month proved to be another poor month for the US Dollar, following on the back of April’s decline. The US Dollar Index, a basket of several of the buck’s major pe...
Macroeconomic Environment Review April was a rather disappointing month for the US Dollar, with losses against its peers that drove the benchmark US Dollar Index lower by 2.1%. The rise in the US inte...
Macroeconomic Environment Review Last month was a strong one for the traditional asset classes on the back of the positive bias we discussed in our previous monthly communication. Led by the massive s...
Over the past month, news headlines revolved around the upbeat global growth prospects in tandem with the improved geopolitical and macro sentiment. Investors grew optimistic as there’s progress, albe...
The greenback started 2021 on a strong footing amid a prolonged state of uncertainty and continued financial markets’ volatility. The question, from a macro perspective, remains “will this be a strong...
During the final weeks of 2020, investors were focused on the positive news coming from the pandemic’s front. Headlines that vaccinations have started taking place around the world are spreading optim...
After the clear result in the US elections in favor of the Democratic Party, the US stock markets posted handsome gains during November. Even though the Trump administration attempted to challenge the...
Following September’s decline, the S&P 500 retreated further during October as the run-up to the US elections was filled with controversy while the Covid-19 cases started picking up pace again. Howeve...
