Markets The S&P 500 in the US had good week, also recording the highest daily increase in Feb. In spite of any specific progress in the US-China trade negotiations, investors seem to be betting on... Read MoreRead More
Markets Weakening growth worries amidst unresolved trade tensions played havoc with global equity markets last week, with most markets closing lower, including the MSCI global stock gauge which posted the first weekly drop this year.... Read MoreRead More
Markets Equity markets rose in the US, supported by the Fed’s indications of a “pause” in hiking rates as well as the strong ISM and US non-farm payrolls reports. In Europe, the FTSE and Stoxx... Read MoreRead More
Markets Most global equity markets closed slightly higher on strong earnings reports (especially from US tech firms), Trump’s short-term shutdown deal to reopen the government, and reports that the Fed was considering an early end... Read MoreRead More
Markets Hopes for resolving the US-China trade wars and China’s latest stimulus measures resulted in global stocks reporting a 4thconsecutive weekly gain; European shares jumped to their highest level in six weeks. Stock markets in... Read MoreRead More
Markets The recent partial recovery in the FTSE All-World index and the S&P 500 led to a broadly upbeat mood across markets (as US-China trade talks struck a positive tone and in spite of the... Read MoreRead More
Markets Global stocks ended last week on a positive note: S&P 500, DJIA, Europe-wide Stoxx, FTSE, Chinese stocks, Hang Seng and the Topix all gaining during the week. The VIX volatility index fell to its... Read MoreRead More
Markets The week for global equity markets started with a relief rally spurred by hopes of a truce in the trade war, but then by the end of the week the broadly negative data from... Read MoreRead More
Markets At the start of last week, the US-China trade truce reached in Buenos Aires sparked optimism throughout global equities. By midweek investors realized that the optimism was hardly justified as Trump in a tweet... Read MoreRead More
Markets The return to Wall Street’s trading floors after the Thanksgiving long weekend was quite auspicious. On Mon investors shrugged off another round of aggressive Trump’s rhetoric against China. Then, on Wed, Fed Chairman Powell... Read MoreRead More