Market Insights Whilst first-quarter global growth will be at best sluggish, reflecting the recent wave of the virus in the US and Europe, market participants are looking ahead to a…
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Global Market Overview – 4th Quarter 2020 So, it’s finally over... 2020 will likely go down in the history books as one not to be repeated. It started with the…
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Global Market Overview A look back at markets in November, in which stocks made record gains amid a decisive outcome in the US election and several successful Covid-19 vaccine trials.…
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Global Market Overview During October financial markets were fairly unrewarding for investors, with equities, in particular, coming under pressure towards the latter stages of the month. Fixed income returns were…
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Summary Global markets, as represented by MSCI All-Country World Index, or ACWI, were up 6.1% in USD for August led by Japan (catch-up performance after having lagged in July) and…
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Stocks continued their march higher in July, adding a fourth consecutive monthly gain. Despite renewed COVID-19 concerns, rising tensions with China , and signs of stalling economic recovery , the…
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Global Market Overview The rebound in equity markets extended into May. A cross-sectional review of asset class returns shows that asset prices have moved on from pricing in reflation to…
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Global Market Overview After the severe shock in March, markets rebounded strongly in April. COVID-19 continued to spread globally, but some countries saw daily new infection rates start to fall…
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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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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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