Global Market Overview – 1st Quarter 2020 The first quarter of 2020 has been an unprecedented period in financial market history across numerous dimensions: The U.S. stock market fell into…
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Global Market Overview In February, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak replaced trade as the main focus for the markets. Fears of near-term negative effects on Chinese and global growth, together with…
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Grim warnings on Tuesday 25 February from public health officials about the spread of the coronavirus coincided with new cases appearing across Europe, sparking a sell-off in markets and stirring new worries…
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Global Market Overview Global indices started the year on a very strong footing, with almost all major equity indices delivering positive gains in the first three weeks of the year.…
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Global Market Overview Equities continued to climb the wall of worry in November – a relatively consistent feature of markets in 2019, despite the multitude of geopolitical risks that investors…
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Global Market Overview Financial markets welcomed signs of an easing in geopolitical tensions in October, with risk assets generally outperforming traditional safe havens. The US and Chinese authorities moved closer…
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Global Market Overview – 3rd Quarter 2019 The debate about where we are in the global economic cycle rages on, and the range of opinions appears to be widening not…
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Global Market Overview The mood for the month was set on its first day with a tweet from the US president announcing an intention to impose a 10% tariff on…
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Global Market Overview Global financial markets posted a mixed performance in July. Corporate earnings figures for the second quarter gave a boost to the US stock market in the beginning…
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Global Market Overview – 2nd Quarter 2019 Global equity market returns were volatile during the quarter, dropping off significantly during May, only to make a near full recovery in June.…
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