Markets:

• Gold up $7 to $1992
• US 10-year yields down 9.3 bps to 4.57%
• WTI crude oil down $1.64 to $80.83
• S&P 500 up 1.0%
• NZD leads, USD lags

This week marked a flip of the calendar and a flip in markets. Treasury yields plunged and the greenback sank together with them. In the meantime, it was the very best week for equities in a yr.

Non-farm payrolls and ISM companies have been each on the weak aspect and that helped the development to increase, resulting in one-month highs in cable, EUR/USD and AUD/USD. The strikes have been restricted to round 40 pips instantly after non-farm payrolls however later prolonged as revisions within the report and different particulars led the market to cost in 100 bps in Fed cuts subsequent yr.

Clearly momentum was a part of the equation as USD/JPY fell by 150.00 and continued to 149.17, ending close to the lows.

CAD lagged considerably together with the US greenback as Canadian employment softened and oil costs cooled. Hezbollah’s leaders spoke for the primary time and indicated there will not be a second entrance within the struggle, taking the geopolitical premium out of oil. Nonetheless it was the second day of sharp decline in USD/CAD.

General, it was a energetic week and it is now time to take two days and replicate. Keep in mind that US clocks return an hour on the weekend.