The Week Ahead in the Global Financial Markets
From the desk of Joe Rios Volatility hit the risk assets with the Russell 2000 sliding -4.8% followed by Crude Oil -4.7%. Risk OFF sentiment dominated most of the week…
RiosQuant Research & Analysis – The bullish risk on sentiment that stoked more Wall Street records on Friday carried through into the new week…
From the desk of Joe Rios Volatility hit the risk assets with the Russell 2000 sliding -4.8% followed by Crude Oil -4.7%. Risk OFF sentiment dominated most of the week…
From the desk of Joe Rios It was an exciting week in the global financial markets with the three main benchmarks continuing to trade in tight correlation mode. As mentioned…
From the desk of Joe Rios The US Dollar rally continued to impress, pushing the Euro to a new 22 month low and sending the commodity currencies dramatically lower including…
From the desk of Joe Rios The FOMC statement pushed stocks higher, sending the Dow and S&P 500 to fresh record highs. The US Dollar also closed the week higher…
From the desk of Joe Rios The Grains continued to present trading opportunities to the short side led by wheat tumbling -6.1% followed by corn dropping -4.9% and soybeans -3.5%.…
From the desk of Joe Rios The US Dollar rose 1.2% closing the week stronger after the ECB cut both its main and deposit interest rates, in addition to moving…
From the desk of Joe Rios Despite rising geopolitical concerns including crisis from the Middle East to Ukraine and Russia, the stock indices closed the month of August strong. The…
The week started and finished with the ongoing geopolitical crisis dominating the global financial markets. The outperformer in the risk assets was clearly the Nasdaq 100 gaining 2.9%. The US…
Volatility continued to pick up during the week helped by geopolitical and growing military tensions in Ukraine, Gaza and Iraq. Considering all the negative news hitting the tape, the…
From the desk of Joe Rios The US dollar continued to climb higher but settled in consolidation mode towards the end of the week. In similar fashion Natural…