Yields are up, but it was a tale of two divergent tapes in US equity markets; Oil heads lower as dollar strengthens; Gold takes the express elevator down
US stimulus passes the Senate; Data beats could relieve yield fears, Oil higher on Iran-backed Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia.
US payroll data points to an inflexion in the labour market; Is the US of A back to being the only game in town?
Ongoing rate curve repricing and risk asset reaction perfectly illustrate how worryingly reliant investors have become on easy money policies
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Equities hit with the inflation stick; Saudi assurance provides oil with shelter from the storm; USDJPY hedge plays building; Gold appears prone
Investors continue to grapple with inflation concerns; Surprise API oil build comes at a critical juncture; Even the hard-to-love EUR is trading higher
A sharp rise in global oil prices before the March OPEC meeting means the calculus for the alliance has become more complicated
With the Fed content to frame rising US treasury yields as an echo of economic optimism, bond markets take a breather while oil prices have blown off course