Thursday 3rd March 2022
It almost seemed like business as usual for markets overnight. Equities rebounded strongly and demand dipped for bonds, pushing yields higher. As NAB’s David de Garis remarks, it all seems a little topsy turvey. Investing in shares doesn’t seem a logical choice as the Fed chairman indicated that the path of rate rises in the US will continue unabated, just as the Bank of Canada lifted its rates for the first time since the pandemic. But away from equities, there are still clear signs of disruption from Ukraine, with oil prices continuing to increase, coal rising higher and wheat prices soaring.
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Freedom for Fleetwood
Balls Radio is back! Today it’s Brexit, plus could HS2 be canned in favour of a neew rail link to Fleetwood?
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A properly punctuated Brexit
Two big controversies of the day – the Huawei decision, and the missing comma on the Brexit coin. Balls Radio has it all covered.
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Trumps talks about more talk – enough for the markets to go on?
The G20 providing some relief that things won’t get worse between the US and China but, as NAB’s Tapas Strickland describes, there won’t be any sharp market reaction and a Fed rate cut still looks likely for this month.
