Bonds Take their Toll Global equities continued their retreat last week, falling around 2.5% in both local currency and sterling terms, and are now down some 4.5% from their end-July … Read More
Inflated Worries
Global equities edged lower last week, leaving markets down 2.5% in local currency terms and 1.9% in sterling terms from their highs at the end of July. Bonds also lost … Read More
Peak Rates in Sight
Global equities reversed course last week, with markets unwinding some of their recent gains. Global equities were down 2.0% and 1.4% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. Meanwhile, bond … Read More
Central Bank Fest
Global equities continued their upward path last week, gaining some 1% in both local currency and sterling terms. China was the star performer with a 6.3% increase while the UK … Read More
UK Joins The Party
UK markets gave a collective cheer to last week’s news that UK inflation had for the first time for several months surprised on the downside. Equities rose 3.1% over the … Read More
US Inflation Cheer
US Inflation Cheer Global equities rose 2.5% last week in local currency terms, more than reversing their fall the previous week and reestablishing the upward trend seen over the last … Read More
Good News Is Bad News
Against some positive economic news markets broadly fell over the week. One of the worst performing markets was the UK with the FTSE 100 declining by 3.6%. Over the pond … Read More
Recession Risk Remains
Global equities have continued their recent choppy performance, rising some 2% last week and reversing their drop the previous week. US equities fared best with a gain of 2.4% in … Read More
Mortgage Maelstrom
Global equities last week reversed most of their gains seen the previous week, falling 1.9% in local currency terms and 1.4% in sterling terms. The US held up best, benefiting … Read More
Equities Shrug Off Rising Rates
Last week was a good one for global equities. They gained 2.4% in local currency terms and a more muted 0.8% in sterling terms as the pound rallied to $1.28 … Read More