Weekly Open - 16/06/2025 - DAX down 3.24%, US Indices down, War escalates. Markets looking to shrug this all off?

US 10 Year Treasury Yield at 4.41%. UK 10 Year Gilt at 4.56%. DXY hits 3-year low. Israel v Iran likely to dominate the week (and months?) ahead.

Welcome to the Weekly Open. As usual, my apologies if any data and/or information has changed as a result of Asian/early European trading.

Audio covering DXY, HYG, VIX, Market Outlooks and the week ahead

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Summary of the major indices last week

DOW JONES = DOWN -565.08 points (-1.32%)

NASDAQ = DOWN -170.36 points (-0.60%)

S & P 500 = DOWN -23.41 points (-0.39%)

DAX = DOWN -788.23 points (-3.24%)

FTSE 100 = DOWN -1.60 points (-0.02%)

NIKKEI = DOWN -66 points (-0.69%)

HANG SENG = DOWN -84.97 points (-0.59%)

Major Indices Chart Deck

DOW JONES

NASDAQ

S & P 500

DAX (Germany)

FTSE 100

NIKKEI (Japan)

HANG SENG (Hong Kong)

It would not surprise me to see the markets get back to normal in the week ahead. I am not saying that they will, but it seems to be that nothing is stopping this train at the moment.

Podcast + Posts

2 excellent podcasts will be recorded this week. They will be with Dr

Anas Alhajji

and Will Tanner.

The former will be about the current state of the Oil markets as well the outlook and what affects the recent strikes between Iran and Israel are likely to have moving forwards.

The latter will be a very open-ended conversation about all things geopolitics and whatever is happening in the world at the time. Expect a wide ranging and thought-provoking episode.

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Moving on and let’s have a look at Treasury Yields, UK Gilts, DXY, VIX and HYG……