TOP MARKETS NEWS: Week 04/11 – 04/17

April 11, 2022
  

Weekend 04/16 & 04/17

Shanghai reports more Covid cases as China imposes new lockdowns – cnbc
Why Has Retail “YOLO” Activity Collapsed: $346BN In Capital Gains Tax Due On Monday – Zerohedge
Housing Affordability Plunges Nearly 23% In Less Than A Year – Zerohedge
Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory Remains Closed, Has Already Lost 40,000 EVs Due To COVID Lockdowns – Zerohedge
Week Ahead: What’s happening in the FX markets – nordea

Friday 04/15
China Cuts Reserve Ratio To Cushion Slowing Economy As PBOC Runs Out Of Easing Space – Zerohedge

 


Thursday 04/14

Business Live – guardian
Newsquawk US Market Wrap 14th April 2022: Yield surge and USD 2tln opex hits stocks into the long weekend – Zerohedge

China Cuts Reserve Ratio To Cushion Slowing Economy As PBOC Runs Out Of Easing Space – Zerohedge
“It’s A Shitshow Of Illiquidity Everywhere” – Market Mayhem Strikes Ahead Of Long Weekend – Zerohedge
S&P 500, Nasdaq fall Thursday, notch weekly losses as investors assess earnings, inflation – cnbc
Oil Surges To Session Highs After Report EU Drafting Ban On Russian Crude – Zerohedge
UMich Sentiment Survey Surges In April On Biggest Spike In ‘Hope’ In 16 Years – Zerohedge
ECB confirms the end of its bond buying in the third quarter as inflation surges – cnbc
Citigroup tops earnings estimates on better-than-expected trading revenue – cnbc
US Retail Sales Growth Slowest In 13 Months As Online Spending Plunged – Zerohedge
Goldman Jumps On Blowout FICC Revenue Despite “Significant Decline” In I-Banking – Zerohedge
Goldman Sachs tops analyst estimates as trading desks crush expectations amid surging volatility – cnbc
Morgan Stanley earnings top estimates fueled by trading revenue gains – cnbc
No Surprises From ECB Which Vows To Take “Whatever Action Is Needed To Fulfill Mandate” – Zerohedge
ECB firms up its normalisation path – ing
Futures Flat Ahead Of ECB And Barrage Of Bank Earnings With $2.1 Trillion In Options Expiring – Zerohedge
Wells Fargo shares fall as quarterly revenue misses estimates on weaker-than-expected mortgage lending – cnbc
Distraction Or Hostile Takeover? Here’s What Analysts Say About Elon Musk’s Offer To Buy Twitter – forbes
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, so it can be ‘transformed as private company’ – cnbc
Newsquawk US Market Open: TWTR soars on Musk’s offer, while DXY & Debt retreat further; key risk events ahead – Zerohedge
Rates Spark: The ECB remains in the passenger seat – ing
Newsquawk Euro Market Open: Futures are firmer after a similar APAC handover, ECB & earnings ahead – Zerohedge
European stocks set to nudge higher ahead of ECB meeting – cnbc
Hermes Q1 sales rise 27% at constant exchange rates – Reuters
TSMC’s Q1 profit up 45%, beats market estimates – Reuters
Asia-Pacific stocks rise as investors react to monetary tightening in South Korea, Singapore – cnbc
Singapore tightens monetary policy further as price pressures build – afr

 

Wednesday 04/13

Business Live – guardian
Newsquawk US Market Wrap 13th April 2022: Large caps lead rally as yields fall while the market looks through hot PPI – Zerohedge

Bonds, Big-Tech, Bullion, Bitcoin, & Black Gold All Bid As Dollar & Dimon Dumped – Zerohedge
Stocks rally on mostly positive earnings, snapping 3-day losing streak for S&P 500, Nasdaq – cnbc
Amazon slaps U.S. sellers with 5% fuel and inflation surcharge – cnbc
Freight Recession Confirmed? Crashing Truck Sales Show US Growth In Jeoaprdy – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: JPMorgan, Delta Air Lines, PayPal – cnbc
After Massive SPR Release, Oil Prices Signal More Balanced Supply-Demand Outlook – Zerohedge
Bank Of Canada Hikes 50bps To Stem Inflation, Launches QT On April 25 – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta, JPMorgan, BlackRock and more – cnbc
Futures Rise As Earnings Season Begins – Zerohedge
Jamie Dimon sees ‘storm clouds’ ahead for U.S. economy later this year – cnbc
“There’s Worry On The Horizon”: JPMorgan Shocks Wall Street With Huge Loss Provision, First Since COVID Crash – Zerohedge
JPMorgan Drops On Mixed Q1 Results: EPS Slides, I-Banking Revenues Disappoint; Loss Provisions Jump As Dimon Warns On “Economic Challenges” – Zerohedge
JPMorgan Chase reports $524 million hit from market dislocations caused by Russia sanctions – cnbc
Producer Prices Soar At Record Pace, ‘Pipeline’ Suggests Peak Inflation Far Off – Zerohedge
Producer prices rose 11.2% from a year ago in March, the biggest gain on record – cnbc
European stocks muted after inflation data; ECB meeting on horizon; Tesco down 6% – cnbc
PBOC Pre-Announces More Easing Measures As Xi Pledges Lockdowns Will Continue Until COVID Defeated – Zerohedge
Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as data shows China’s exports rose more than expected – cnbc
Did CPI Just Peak? – Zerohedge
Sri Lanka Warns Of Foreign Debt Default To Save Dollars Amid Socio-Economic Crisis – Zerohedge

 


Tuesday 04/12

WTO cuts global trade forecast – business live – guardian

Bonds, Bullion, & Black Gold Soar As CPI & Brainard Pump’n’Dump Stocks – Zerohedge
S&P 500, Nasdaq fall for a third day, reversing earlier gains, after report shows highest inflation since ’81 – cnbc
Another Supply Chain Shock On Deck: Cargo Backlog Ripples Beyond Shanghai As Lockdown Stops Trucks, Containerships – Zerohedge
Toyota plans 10% production cut in May on supply chain turmoil – asianikkei
Oil Soars Back Over $100 As China Lockdown Fears Fade, Ukraine Tensions Rise – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Chipotle, PG&E, Marathon Oil and CarMax – cnbc
Q1 Earnings Preview: “The Last Big Beat For A While” – Zerohedge
Retail Flows Turn Negative As Last Market Bull Capitulates – Zerohedge
Solar Overtakes Wind Energy For First Time In Global Rush For Renewables – forbes
Monthly Oil Market Report – opec
“Extraordinary” – US Consumer Prices Soar At Fastest In Over 40 Years – Zerohedge
Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March, slightly hotter than expected and the highest since 1981 – cnbc
Biden to announce plan to ease gas prices as inflationary pressures persist – wp
US Futures On Edge Ahead Of “Extraordinarily Elevated” CPI Print – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: PG&E, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CarMax and more – cnbc
Energy price jump leads to highest inflation ratein reunited Germany – destatis
European markets set to drop as investors watch inflation, central banks – cnbc
Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as investors watch China’s Covid situation, yen weakening – cnbc

 

Monday 04/11

Business Live – guardian

Bonds, Bitcoin, & Big-Tech Battered As US ‘Misery’ Reaches 40 Year Highs – Zerohedge
Nasdaq drops 2% as tech shares are slammed on higher rate fears, Dow falls 400 points – cnbc
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AT&T, Nvidia, Sailpoint Technologies and more – cnbc
Fed Losing Control As Gloom Spreads, Consumer Inflation Expectations Soar To A Mindblowing 6.6% – Zerohedge
Inflation Expectations Decline in Medium Term, Increase in Short Term – NYFED
Gordon Johnson: Tesla’s Shanghai Factory Could Be Down Until “At Least” Mid May – Zerohedge
Nine Million Americans Priced Out Of Housing Market As Affordability Crisis Worsens – Zerohedge
Will USD/JPY Hit 130? – 60secinvestor
Sony and the Lego family bet big on the ‘metaverse’ with $2 billion investment in Epic Games – cnbc
Hedge Fund CIO: “We Have Never Experienced An Economic Cycle That Looks Anything Like This” – Zerohedge
Chinese gaming stocks jump as regulator approves new titles after months-long freeze – cnbc
Bitcoin could plunge to $30,000 by June (and Ether could flop too) as they follow tech stocks down, crypto platform co-founder says – fortune
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Nio, Veru, Sailpoint Technologies and more – cnbc
Key Events This Busy, Holiday-Shortened Week: ECB Hawkish Surpise, Scorching CPI And Earnings Season Starts – Zerohedge
This isn’t a recession – it’s a ‘war-cession,’ top strategist says. Here’s why it’s different – cnbc
Oil Tumbles Near Pre-Invasion Lows As China Lockdowns Escalate – Zerohedge
European markets retreat as investors watch inflation, monetary policy; SocGen up 4% – cnbc
Chinese stocks drop more than 3% after data shows China’s producer inflation surging – cnbc
China Covid outbreak: Guangzhou closes schools, Shanghai’s new cases soar to a record – cnbc

 

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