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Weekly Market Recap: W/E October 2nd 2015
Market Recap After a mixed week in global equity markets, the major US equity indices staged a rebound on Friday following a weaker than expected employment situation report, feeding expectations that the Fed will push out their rate hike till March 2016.
Weekly Market Recap: W/E September 25th 2015
Market Recap A strong rally in equity markets on Friday helped brighten up what was otherwise a miserable week for equity investors. Against an uncertain backdrop, the confession from Volkswagen that they had used software to cheat US emission standards, heaped further pressure on…
Weekly Market Recap: W/E September 18th 2015
Market Recap Global equity investors suffered another challenging week. Most of the major indices had notched up strong gains in the early part of the week, ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s all-important monetary policy meeting on Thursday. However, accompanying their decision not to…
Weekly Market Recap: W/E September 11th 2015
Market Recap Global equity markets ended the week in positive territory, albeit with continued volatility as uncertainty reigns. Talk of fiscal stimulus from the Chinese authorities was the main catalyst for markets to move higher in the early part of the week.
Weekly Market Recap: W/E Ending September 4th 2015
Market Recap Eurofirst 300 Index -2.86% German 10-Year Yield 0.67%; EUR/USD $1.112; Brent Oil $49.41 Global equity markets sold off sharply on Friday, to close out another miserable week for equity market investors. Fears over a steeper downturn in China and the spillover effects…
Weekly Market Recap: W/E August 28th 2015
Market Recap Eurofirst 300 Index +0.49% German 10-Year Yield 0.73%; EUR/USD $1.117; Brent Oil $50.05 Global equity markets ended the week marginally higher, masking the stomach churning volatility across all asset classes which provided flashbacks of 2008.
Weekly Market Recap: W/E August 21st 2015
Market Recap Eurofirst 300 Index -6.61%; German 10-Year Yield 0.57%; EUR/USD $1.131; Brent Oil $44.73 Global equity markets sold off sharply last week, with many of the major equity indices experiencing the worst weekly declines since 2011. A plethora of factors are being blamed,…
Weekly Market Recap August 17th 2015
Market Recap Global equity markets were mixed last week, with the major indices in Europe sharply lower following the surprise move by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, to devalue their currency. Starting Tuesday, over the next three days the PBOC…
Market Recap: Week of August 10th 2015
Market Recap Global equity markets were mixed last week, with the major indices in Europe and Asia outperforming their US peers. Bond yields edged up slightly in Europe while the UK 10-year yield dropped 4bps to 1.97%, as the Bank of England’s Mark Carney…
Market Recap: Week of August 3rd 2015
Market Recap Global equity markets were mixed last week against a backdrop of falling commodity prices and global growth concerns. Much of the focus remains on the timing of US interest rate hikes, with investors meticulously analysing each piece of economic data for clues…
