The US trading day was marred by an issue with the New York Stock Exchange system that caused hundreds of securities to commence trading without an opening auction price. After-hours trading saw Microsoft rally and then fall following better-than-expected earnings but a warning regarding its cloud-computing business. Dario Messi, Fixed Income Research Analyst, joins the show to explain the rationale for his call to invest in USD investment-grade bonds.

00:14 Introduction and markets wrap-up by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)

03:58 Review & preview of central bank meetings by Markus Allenspach (Fixed Income Research)

09:08 IC update by Nicolas Jordan (CIO Strategy & Investment Analysis)

10:53 Closing remarks by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing)

Mixed corporate earnings set the tone overnight