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Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 22/01/2025

Our daily digest of news from UK Small Caps

Mixed bag of labour market data, keeps bond yields in check, as Trump sends the dollar surging

The UK labour market has temporarily taken the limelight from the new Trump Presidency. However, make no mistake, Trump is central for financial markets right now. He got straight to work after the inauguration on Monday, and we will have to see if he will take a break from executive orders on Tuesday.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 20/01/2025

4 days ago

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Record high for the FTSE 100, as miners take centre action

7 days ago

The FTSE 100 hit an intraday record high on Friday, and the index is on track to have a 2.5% rally this week, outperforming the Nasdaq, the S&P 500, and the Dow Jones at this stage. All sectors are higher on the FTSE 100 today, but the leader of the rally is the materials sector, and the top individual stock performers include oil companies, and Glencore.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 16/01/2025

8 days ago

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US inflation cools and banks see profits surge as risk sentiment gets into recovery mode

9 days ago

US stock index futures have surged on the back of an improvement in core inflation in the US. Dow Industrial Average futures are pointing to a 580-point gain at the open, while the S&P 500 futures are suggesting that the index could open within touching distance of 6,000.

Chancellor fails to deliver knockout blow to bond market

10 days ago

In recent weeks it has felt like it is bond traders vs. the UK chancellor. As UK bond yields have risen sharply in recent weeks, calls have grown for the Chancellor to step down, with many blaming her budget for the relentless rise in UK borrowing costs and the drop in the pound

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 13/01/2025

11 days ago

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Non-Farm Payrolls preview: volatility remains high as lead indicators have been mixed

14 days ago

The December payrolls report is expected to show a sharp reduction in jobs growth at the end of 2024. Analysts are expecting a 165k increase in payrolls, this compares to a 227k increase for November. Private sector payrolls are also expected to moderate and grow by 140k, vs 194k in November.

Bond sell off eases, but the UK remains in a perilous fiscal position

15 days ago

The UK’s fiscal position continues to look perilous as we start trading on Thursday. The relentless rise in UK yields has continued but at a slower pace. UK Gilt yields have risen once more at the open, the 10-year yield opened higher by 5 bps, although yields have recovered slightly as we progress through the morning.

Trump ushers in a new era of volatility, as market loses patience with Nvidia

16 days ago

A mixture of macro fears for inflation and concerns about what the next Trump presidency may hold are dominating markets as we move to the middle of the week. The sell off in stocks in the US was driven by strong economic data, including a rise in job openings and the highest level of the ISM services prices paid index since early 2023.

Next is top of the FTSE 100, as Nvidia reaches another record and EUR/USD parity on ice for now

17 days ago

Next, the retailer is the top performer on the FTSE 100 this morning and is higher by more than 4% after it posted a strong Christmas trading update and lifted profit guidance yet again. The market was not deterred by Next’s concerns around higher costs from the Budget, which bodes well for the UK’s largest retailers.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 06/01/2025: Happy New Year

18 days ago

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The Week Ahead: Three things to watch

18 days ago

Analysts believe that American exceptionalism will persist in 2025, and the first trading week of the year would suggest that investors are also betting on another strong year for the US. American stock indices outperformed Europe in the first two trading days of 2025 last week, and S&P 500 futures are also pointing to a higher open today.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 18/12/2024

1 month ago

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ETF review: December flows so far fail to keep pace with November

1 month ago

ETFs are experiencing a quieter December compared with November. Although we are half-way through the month, ETFs have registered flows of $90bn so far this month, this means that they are not on track to meet November’s huge inflows into global ETFs of $220bn, according to Bloomberg’s ETF Flow data. November saw the highest fund flows for the year, as the election of Donald Trump triggered a stock market rally.

UK wage growth surges, as China’s growth targets leave the markets flat

1 month ago

UK Labour market data was a mixed bag, the unemployment rate remained steady at 2.4%, there was a sharp drop in payrolled employees in November, down 35k, the sharpest drop in 4 years. Added to this, the number of vacancies decreased in the three months to October, although they remain above pre-pandemic levels.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 16/12/2024

1 month ago

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All eyes on CPI

1 month ago

Today’s US CPI print for November is pivotal for markets. It is expected to show a 0.3% MoM gain for headline inflation, the annual rate is expected to rise to 2.7% from 2.6%, while the annual rate of core inflation is expected to remain at 3.3%.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast: 05/12/2024

2 months ago

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