Zero Equilibrium Q1 Financial Markets Review and Q2 Expectations
Summary: The financial markets have had an exciting Q1 that with asset classes reacting to economic data and political concerns around trade and government policy round the globe. Equities were more volatile than expected, with China and Japan moving in the opposite direction we assumed in Zero Equilibrium Q1 Financial Markets Outlook. Commodities on our watchlist have moved as expected given the conditions surrounding the predictions made in the outlook. Crypto has been as volatile as expected, save for gold backed cryptos, and fixed income has been mixed with the US 10yr and EM proxy Bloomberg SPDR® Local EM Bonds ETF recording gains, and European Sovereigns moving in an opposite direction with rising yeikds. 1.0 Commodities : Since crude prices per our Q1 2025 outlook hinged in the strenght of the consumer, and supply dynamics. Given the supply increases announced by OPEC+ and the prospects of US Crude supply increases m, oil retreated f...