Amanda Cooper
@acoops.bsky.social
Reuters journo and markets geek🤓 Running🏃♀️ books📚puzzles 📝dogs 🐕assorted random stuff. Live in London with husband and kids.
🥵Morning! I don't know about any of you, but my head is spinning!
📉Germany reforms debt limit/unveils E500-bln fund - 30-year German debt savaged, yields +25bps at one point
💶Euro, STOXX ripping higher
🚧Canada, China clap back on tariffs
🐲China keeps 5% growth target
🛢️Oil at 6m lows on tariff
📉Germany reforms debt limit/unveils E500-bln fund - 30-year German debt savaged, yields +25bps at one point
💶Euro, STOXX ripping higher
🚧Canada, China clap back on tariffs
🐲China keeps 5% growth target
🛢️Oil at 6m lows on tariff
March 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🥵Morning! I don't know about any of you, but my head is spinning!
📉Germany reforms debt limit/unveils E500-bln fund - 30-year German debt savaged, yields +25bps at one point
💶Euro, STOXX ripping higher
🚧Canada, China clap back on tariffs
🐲China keeps 5% growth target
🛢️Oil at 6m lows on tariff
📉Germany reforms debt limit/unveils E500-bln fund - 30-year German debt savaged, yields +25bps at one point
💶Euro, STOXX ripping higher
🚧Canada, China clap back on tariffs
🐲China keeps 5% growth target
🛢️Oil at 6m lows on tariff
Some random currency (index) heading for its biggest two-day drop since last August.... 😼
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some random currency (index) heading for its biggest two-day drop since last August.... 😼
🌞Morning! Another fraught day on markets - let the trade wars begin
🤪US slaps tariffs on Mexico/China/Canada. China slaps tariffs on US.
🌍Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine
🔫Europe defence stocks surge
💸Dollars/UST yields fall
😱Atlanta Fed GDPNow at -2.8%. "Trumpcession" anyone?
🤪US slaps tariffs on Mexico/China/Canada. China slaps tariffs on US.
🌍Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine
🔫Europe defence stocks surge
💸Dollars/UST yields fall
😱Atlanta Fed GDPNow at -2.8%. "Trumpcession" anyone?
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🌞Morning! Another fraught day on markets - let the trade wars begin
🤪US slaps tariffs on Mexico/China/Canada. China slaps tariffs on US.
🌍Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine
🔫Europe defence stocks surge
💸Dollars/UST yields fall
😱Atlanta Fed GDPNow at -2.8%. "Trumpcession" anyone?
🤪US slaps tariffs on Mexico/China/Canada. China slaps tariffs on US.
🌍Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine
🔫Europe defence stocks surge
💸Dollars/UST yields fall
😱Atlanta Fed GDPNow at -2.8%. "Trumpcession" anyone?
This was a bit like the Cybertruck launch for me... as in: "surely.... SURELY this is ... satire? Or a joke?"😱 Turns out, no. Someone, somewhere thought this was great.
February 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This was a bit like the Cybertruck launch for me... as in: "surely.... SURELY this is ... satire? Or a joke?"😱 Turns out, no. Someone, somewhere thought this was great.
💶The bounce in the euro looks like it's losing steam. Germany's Merz & Co. will still struggle to overhaul fiscal policy. Also the market was pretty short euros going into the election so an initial "buy the election result" rally wouldn't have been an unreasonable assumption.
CFTC figs 👇
CFTC figs 👇
February 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
💶The bounce in the euro looks like it's losing steam. Germany's Merz & Co. will still struggle to overhaul fiscal policy. Also the market was pretty short euros going into the election so an initial "buy the election result" rally wouldn't have been an unreasonable assumption.
CFTC figs 👇
CFTC figs 👇
It's coming....I'm going to leave this here as a handy guide
February 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's coming....I'm going to leave this here as a handy guide
📈UK regular wages rose by 5.9% in the three months to December - probably not what the Bank of England wants to see - but, speaking as a "haver of wages", I am very on board with this development 😅
💷GBP: pared some losses, -0.16%
📈FTSE flat on the day so far
💷GBP: pared some losses, -0.16%
📈FTSE flat on the day so far
February 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📈UK regular wages rose by 5.9% in the three months to December - probably not what the Bank of England wants to see - but, speaking as a "haver of wages", I am very on board with this development 😅
💷GBP: pared some losses, -0.16%
📈FTSE flat on the day so far
💷GBP: pared some losses, -0.16%
📈FTSE flat on the day so far
A propos of nothing, apparently it's Gromit's birthday today...😍🎂
February 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A propos of nothing, apparently it's Gromit's birthday today...😍🎂
🌞Morning! Another shot in #Trump's trade war as he slaps 25% duties on US imports of #steel and #aluminium AAAAAND something about him looking into Treasury debt payments for possible fraud 😶🌫️
💵DLR: flat after Friday's jobs rpt
🏗️Steelmaker stocks ⬇️ in Asia
📈Stocks shrugging off Trump stuff (for now)
💵DLR: flat after Friday's jobs rpt
🏗️Steelmaker stocks ⬇️ in Asia
📈Stocks shrugging off Trump stuff (for now)
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🌞Morning! Another shot in #Trump's trade war as he slaps 25% duties on US imports of #steel and #aluminium AAAAAND something about him looking into Treasury debt payments for possible fraud 😶🌫️
💵DLR: flat after Friday's jobs rpt
🏗️Steelmaker stocks ⬇️ in Asia
📈Stocks shrugging off Trump stuff (for now)
💵DLR: flat after Friday's jobs rpt
🏗️Steelmaker stocks ⬇️ in Asia
📈Stocks shrugging off Trump stuff (for now)
💷BANK OF ENGLAND: cuts rates, sees higher inflation and slower growth (great combo.. 😒 Sterling has taken a dive, while the FTSE hits record highs)
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
💷BANK OF ENGLAND: cuts rates, sees higher inflation and slower growth (great combo.. 😒 Sterling has taken a dive, while the FTSE hits record highs)
👀 Is it just me or are the reports of a bunch of youngsters roving the hallways of govt dpmnts apparently upending things giving off VERY strong "Stygian Triplets in the 1999 movie Dogma" vibes?
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Musk says USAID to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Musk says USAID to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
👀 Is it just me or are the reports of a bunch of youngsters roving the hallways of govt dpmnts apparently upending things giving off VERY strong "Stygian Triplets in the 1999 movie Dogma" vibes?
👇🏻
Musk says USAID to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Musk says USAID to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
📊TRADE: A reminder of the heft of the United States' major trading partners
February 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📊TRADE: A reminder of the heft of the United States' major trading partners
😱Morning! If you're wondering how #Trump's tariff announcements at the weekend are going, here's a brief look:
💶EUR -1.1%
📉MXN -2%
📉 CAD -1.2%
💶EUR -1.1%
📉MXN -2%
📉 CAD -1.2%
February 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
😱Morning! If you're wondering how #Trump's tariff announcements at the weekend are going, here's a brief look:
💶EUR -1.1%
📉MXN -2%
📉 CAD -1.2%
💶EUR -1.1%
📉MXN -2%
📉 CAD -1.2%
☔Morning! The clock is ticking down to #Trump's Feb 1 deadline for Mexico and Canada to stop illegal migrants and fentanyl crossing the border or face 25% tariffs. Stocks in Europe recovered from the #DeepSeek rout & set for 6th wkly rise as Q4 earnings roll in.
Meanwhile... 🍁CAD 1w options vol ⬇️😱
Meanwhile... 🍁CAD 1w options vol ⬇️😱
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🥵 Another busy day!
🤖 Tech stocks rally; ASML surges after Q4 orders, #Nvidia lifts "galaxy" of chip stocks hit by #DeepSeek
📊 #Meta #Microsoft #Tesla after the bell may have more market clout than the #Fed today (and almost DEFINITELY more than the #ECB tomorrow)
🍷 So I feel this is deserved... 👇🏻
🤖 Tech stocks rally; ASML surges after Q4 orders, #Nvidia lifts "galaxy" of chip stocks hit by #DeepSeek
📊 #Meta #Microsoft #Tesla after the bell may have more market clout than the #Fed today (and almost DEFINITELY more than the #ECB tomorrow)
🍷 So I feel this is deserved... 👇🏻
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That's my day ruined now too... May I suggest you get your news from www.reuters.com in future? 😜
January 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
That's my day ruined now too... May I suggest you get your news from www.reuters.com in future? 😜
🌞 And just like that, we're off!
💵 Dollar ahead of the Fed 💲MXN & CAD ⬇️, White Hs reiterates Feb 1 tariffs
📈 Europe futures up after sizzling rally on Wall St (DeepSeek, DeepSchmeek it seems 🤷♀️)
⚡️ASML Q4 bookings 🔥 on demand for chipmaking tools
🛢Oil holds at $77.40
💵 Dollar ahead of the Fed 💲MXN & CAD ⬇️, White Hs reiterates Feb 1 tariffs
📈 Europe futures up after sizzling rally on Wall St (DeepSeek, DeepSchmeek it seems 🤷♀️)
⚡️ASML Q4 bookings 🔥 on demand for chipmaking tools
🛢Oil holds at $77.40
January 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🌞 And just like that, we're off!
💵 Dollar ahead of the Fed 💲MXN & CAD ⬇️, White Hs reiterates Feb 1 tariffs
📈 Europe futures up after sizzling rally on Wall St (DeepSeek, DeepSchmeek it seems 🤷♀️)
⚡️ASML Q4 bookings 🔥 on demand for chipmaking tools
🛢Oil holds at $77.40
💵 Dollar ahead of the Fed 💲MXN & CAD ⬇️, White Hs reiterates Feb 1 tariffs
📈 Europe futures up after sizzling rally on Wall St (DeepSeek, DeepSchmeek it seems 🤷♀️)
⚡️ASML Q4 bookings 🔥 on demand for chipmaking tools
🛢Oil holds at $77.40
🤖📈Morning! Tech selloff enters 2nd day - Japan tech getting hit after record ~$600 bln wiped off NVDA in a day after #DeepSeek surprise. NVDA had risen 230% since May 2023. Call me cynical, but when anything goes up that much, eventually Mr Gravity will come to collect the rent...
January 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🤖📈Morning! Tech selloff enters 2nd day - Japan tech getting hit after record ~$600 bln wiped off NVDA in a day after #DeepSeek surprise. NVDA had risen 230% since May 2023. Call me cynical, but when anything goes up that much, eventually Mr Gravity will come to collect the rent...
😳DEEPSEEK - Currently limiting registrations due to "large-scale malicious attacks" on its services
January 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
😳DEEPSEEK - Currently limiting registrations due to "large-scale malicious attacks" on its services
