Tipping point

Slipping out on the wires this week, to apparent little fanfare, was the Redbook retail sales data which depicted an…

Crude

With crude oil pummelled to 52-week lows, catcalls ring the ears. Smashed. Bullish sentiment as thin as a carpet in…

BOO!

Given all the bank runs and fur and intervention from wet-lipped policy makers who appear to be playing a high…

Capital

Bank runs don’t tend to happen in bull markets. Nor large banks clubbing together to prop up small banks. Or…

Snow

In a week bookended by the customary fixation with the Fed Chair’s tone and tie choice in front of a…

Complicated

Is that Boris Johnson in a dressing gown in Windsor Great Park shouting at the squirrels? Or Graham Potter with…

Cheese

Eyes grew wide this week as once again the Bank of Japan was forced to wade into the soft play…

Energy

As the confetti settled on last week’s blockbuster jobs number, the fizz and pop have given way to some murmurings…

FOMO

Given the glare and focus and all round wet lips this week, the money mandarins didn’t disappoint with words and…

Labour

All eyes on the data, is a phrase that is thrown around a fair deal. Trust the data. Numbers purporting…