Henry Aquilina
๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ: ๐™…๐™ค๐™—๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ US markets had a rough week, largely driven by AI disruption fears and stronger-than-expected jobs data. ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: โ€ข $NSDQ100 Composite fell 2.10% โ€ข $SPX500 dropped 1.39% โ€ข $DJ30 slid 1.23% ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ: โ€ข January added 130,000 jobs โ€” the highest monthly gain in over a year โ€ข This pushed the probability of unchanged Fed rates through June from 25% TO OVER 40% โ€ข Inflation cooled to 2.4% annually, offering some relief โ€ข Retail sales were flat in December, missing expectations ๐™€๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. โ€ข $EUSTX50 edged up just 0.09% โ€ข $GER40 gained 0.78%, France's CAC 40 rose 0.46% โ€ข Eurozone GDP grew 0.3% in Q4 2025, with Spain leading the way at 0.8% โ€ข UK GDP grew a modest 0.1% in Q4, clouded by political uncertainty around PM Starmer ๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–: ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐˜ผ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‡๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค. โ€ข $ASHR rose 0.39%, Shanghai Composite gained 0.43% โ€ข Consumer inflation slowed sharply to 0.2% โ€ข Producer prices remained in deflation for the 40th consecutive month โ€ข Property markets showed tentative signs of stabilisation โ€ข The PBOC reaffirmed a "moderately loose" policy stance, hinting at further rate cuts ahead
Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.
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