World Market Summary
December is typically a mixed month for market performance and 2024 was no different, but the notorious ‘Santa rally’ failed to materialise. Bond yields rose and stocks…
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World Market Summary
In fitting fashion, firework season went off with a bang as Donald Trump resoundingly saw off Kamala Harris to secure his second term in office. In doing,…
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World Market Summary
October was most notably characterised by a spooked bond market, with the fear gauge soaring as Halloween neared. The cause was a broad-based bond sell-off ahead of…
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Macro
Quarter three has been encapsulated by slowing global economic data with all of the US, China and Europe participating. Even the UK, which had been experiencing the best momentum…
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World Market Summary
The Federal Reserve commenced its interest rate cutting cycle with a pre-emptive 0.5% move after declaring its war on inflation over, whilst the real wars in Europe…
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World Market Summary
Markets were unsettled at the start of the month leading to the volatility index, the VIX, having its largest ever intraday increase on the day coined “Black…
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World Market Summary
In most respects for investors, July was the polar opposite of June in that small-caps led, the dollar weakened and mega-cap technology lagged. The yen wiping out…
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Macro
Quarter 2 started with US employment numbers, retail sales and Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data coming in higher than expected. However, all abated as the quarter progressed. As…
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World Market Summary
US equities, Asian equities (excluding China) and government bonds all delivered positive returns in the month whilst political concerns contributed to a fall in UK and continental…
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World Market Summary
In May, generally weaker data on US economic growth and inflation enabled financial markets in the west to bounce back strongly from the April sell off, with…
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