89929 Whilst on the face of it European markets appeared to lack direction (EuroStoxx 50 +10bps) with significant moves limited to the single stock reporters and broader indices keeping to a 50bp trading range, under the surface there was plenty going on. Rotation was rife with yields and the dollar climbing and price momentum in […]

89929 Clocks went back this weekend which in theory means it gets lighter in the morning. After a gluttonous weekend I chucked on the running shoes and decided to run into the office…no evidence of this new hour of light and like always, I didn’t get the whole way in. Luckily I plan the route […]

89929 Having to dress up for a Halloween dinner tonight and that is something that comes high up in the things that I look forward to least each year. It did get me thinking however – if I needed to dress up as the scariest/most worrisome part of the market what would I dress up […]

89929 When I joined Redburn, one of the first things that caught my eye (aside from the excellent research, trading capabilities and snack fridge) was the yellow baggy hats strewn around the office. I enquired and found that they belong to a few lucky individuals that have been selected over the years to represent the […]

89929 There are various days throughout the calendar where on the surface there is a lot happening but underneath markets decide they prefer to sit back and take stock of things. Today was one of those days.  Rishi Sunak’s time to shine came and apart from planning to simplify alcohol duty, which is good news […]

89929 As a Scot, one of my earliest memories is of my father driving past petrol station after petrol station, tension running high, with the fuel tank edging further below the “empty” line as he just couldn’t quite justify paying motorway prices when we were 20 miles from home. We always managed to get home, […]

89929 My turn again, and I can assure you it is a) not back by ‘popular demand’ and b) purely a coincidence that it is the second Friday in a row. I’m off to the NFL game in London this weekend which sees the Miami Dolphins take on the Jacksonville Jaguars, hardly a heavyweight match […]

89929 Taken the reins this Friday and, after careful consideration I thought it was best to play it on the safe side rather than attempt to follow in the clever wit and humour that usually enters your inbox just after the European close. Playing it safe a theme of the market today with European indices […]