The window dressing phenomenon is expected to again influence financial market movements throughout 2025, especially as each quarter approaches its close. This strategy is generally employed by investment managers to enhance portfolio performance in periodic reports, often encouraging the strengthening of risky assets such as stocks. However, this shift in sentiment also has different implications for hedge funds, particularly gold. Quarter One (Q1): Limited Pressure for Gold At the end of March 2025, Q1 window dressing tended to be moderate. Funds began flowing into blue-chip stocks after...
Systematic hedge funds have lost money every day since October began, according to a Goldman Sachs client note. These speculators, whose algorithms ride market trends until they peter out and who use market signals rather than views on the economic aspects of the company stocks they trade, have printed negative returns each day since the start of October, the note released late on Monday showed. As of Monday, systematic or quantitative hedge funds were down around 1.8% for the month so far in one of the worst four-day trading returns in almost two years, said Goldman. Losses stemmed from...
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan struck a nervous tone on Friday, warning that despite a rapidly-weakening labor market, a lot of potential policy moves could accidentally spark another round of renewed inflationary pressures. Tariffs have been contributing to inflation.I'm worried about non-housing services inflation that's been elevated and stuck there. There are both upside and downside risks to my inflation outlook.If labor market were to slow more than anticipate, could see more disinflation than currently expect. The risks that tariff effects are more...
The so-called "neutral" stance for U.S. interest rates is likely to be closer to where the Federal Reserve has currently set borrowing costs, rather than where the central bank expects it to be in the coming years, according to analysts at Yardeni Research. In a note, the strategists argued that the neutral level -- a theoretical mark which neither helps nor hinders economic activity -- is hovering around 4%, roughly in line with where the Fed has placed rates. Fed officials, on the other hand, have estimated that neutral rate is 3% and have laid out projections to dip down to this level...
Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member and Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sarah Breeden, stated on Tuesday that she believes the recent "bump" in inflation won't lead to further, long-term inflationary pressures. However, Breeden warned that consumer-level inflation expectations have risen dramatically, and is a cause for concern.The recent "hump" in inflation is unlikely to lead to additional inflationary pressure. Underlying disinflationary process looks to be on track but policymakers face a balancing act. Significant rise in household inflation...
In a statement after the September policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia said: "With signs that private demand is recovering, indications that inflation may be persistent in some areas and labour market conditions overall remaining stable, the Board decided that it was appropriate to maintain the cash rate at its current level at this meeting. Financial conditions have eased since the beginning of the year and this seems to be having some impact, but it will take some time to see the full effects of earlier cash rate reductions. The Board judged that it was appropriate to remain...
Asian stock markets fell in unison on Thursday, following Wall Street's decline. A brief rally in tech stocks led by Nvidia quickly faded, prompting investors to turn away from riskier assets like...
Pasangan mata uang EUR/USD mengawali pekan ini dengan nada sedikit melemah di sesi Asia, diperdagangkan di sekitar 1,1730, turun kurang dari 0,10% dalam sehari. Meski terkoreksi, euro masih berada...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States may store and possibly sell oil seized off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks, as Reuters reported on Monday.
Trump added that...