The Half Full Brigade: Market Update 7th August 2021

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.

In today’s show we look across the global markets, and read the runes of what’s going on. Despite the rising Delta case load, markets are looking through this potential risk, reacting tor recent company results, and jobs growth which occurred pre-Delta. The glass is, as they say half-full!

CONTENTS
0:00 Start
0:15 Introduction
0:45 US Markets
1:20 US Jobs Strong
2:00 Will the FED Taper?
7:10 US Treasury Yields and Banks
7:50 Oil Prices
9:15 FED Balance Sheet
10:14 Tech Stocks Fall
10:49 Euro Zone and UK Markets
11:10 London Stock Exchange Booms
12:20 Bank of England Monetary Policy
14:38 Results In Europe
16:12 UK Takeovers
18:27 Asia – China
19:19 Japan
20:05 Australian Markets
22:28 Monetary Policy SMP
26:10 New Zealand Employment
27:00 Bitcoins Short Squeeze
28:34 RBA on House Prices (Not Their Problem)
30:50 Conclusion

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