Despite the broadly disappointing Big Tech earnings, and the heavy selloff we saw in most Big Tech stocks, US equities ended last week on a positive note, thanks to record profits from US Big Oil companies, and a much better than expected reaction to Apple results.
American crude consolidates above the 50-DMA, but failed to clear the $90 offers last week, as recession fears prevent a further rally from developing.
Fed, RBA & Bank of England
This week, attention shifts to Federal Reserve (Fed), expected to raise rates by another 75bp. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Bank of England (BoE) are also expected to hike by 25bp, and 75bp respectively.
Elsewhere, news is not great. Russia decided to pull out of a deal to allow Ukrainian crop shipments; wheat futures jumped more than 5% this morning.
China
China’s manufacturing and services PMI slipped below 50, to the contraction zone in October due to Covid restrictions in major cities, and many cities are still dealing with lockdown measures, and Xi Jinping made sure to emphasize that he will continue to fight… the virus.
Brazil
In Brazil, Lula won the election bearing Bolsonaro by less than 2 percentage points. The latter said he refuses the defeat, which means that we will see some more political uncertainty in Brazil in the coming weeks.
Watch the full episode to find out more!
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:24 Big Oil earns Big
- 4:07 Big Tech disappoints
- 5:41 Don’t look at Powell to make you feel better
- 7:19 Russia scraps wheat deal, China slows, Brazil elections
- 8:32 Watch Fed, BoE, RBA decisions, US jobs & EZ inflation
- 9:30 …and some more earnings…
Ipek Ozkardeskaya
Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010 in the structured products desk of the Swiss Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. She worked at HSBC Private Bank in Geneva in relation to high and ultra-high net worth clients. In 2012, she started as FX Strategist at Swissquote Bank. She worked as a Senior Market Analyst in London Capital Group in London and in Shanghai. She returned to Swissquote Bank as Senior Analyst in 2020.
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