10-year bund yields rise to -0.163% at the highs today
That is the highest since March last year as yields take out the highs from last Thursday at -0.178% at the time. There is a bout of optimism starting to flow in Europe as vaccinations slowly but surely gather pace and .

European Commission announces with the proposal
The EU is proposing member states to ease non-essential travel restrictions into the region by taking into account progress of vaccination campaigns and developments abroad, notably allowing for persons residing in a country with a „good epidemiological situation“ to enter and also those who have received the final dose of

Dollar trails slightly behind the euro, pound but gains against the yen, loonie
It has been a relatively quiet start to May proceedings as holidays in Japan, China, and now UK are keeping the market more tepid so far today.

Central bank rundown continued
Prior to the latest BoE meeting on March 18 there was a tail risk of a rate hike coming into the markets. The GBP has been strongly supported over the last few weeks and the last meeting continues to provide reason for optimism regarding GBP strength.The major headlines for the Bank Of

post a summary of Buffett’s dealings via a weekend regulatory filing:
Bloomberg
More at that link above. 
The piece notes there is still a sizeable amount of cash the firm has allocated for buyback this current quarter. 

Central banks
The central banks are listed below with their current state of play. The link for each central bank is included in the title of the bank and the next scheduled meeting is in the title too

Forex news for North American trade on April 30, 2021:
Markets:
The US dollar was strong particularly against the euro, sterling and antipodeans. Consider this a bit of a ‚choose your own adventure‘. If you want a fundamental underpinning, there was a definite pickup in risk aversion immediately after a study showing that one vaccine dose isn’t

Closing changes for the main North American bourses

On the week:
On the month:
What bothers me at the moment is that there is a double doji star on the weekly chart after a long, one-way rally. That’s setting up a big

Weekly forex futures positioning data from the CFTC for the week ending April 27, 2021:
– EUR long 81K vs 81K long last week. No change
– GBP long 29K vs 25K long last week. Longs increase by 4K
The Canadian loon mates for life but the currency market has been slow to fall in love with loonie.

This trade has been at the top of the charts all year
The failure of the Canadian dollar to launch immediately after the Bank of Canada decision last week was puzzling but the market got the memo (telegram?) this week.