Markets At the beginning of last week a negative mood lingered in global equity markets but then the positive earning results in the US gave a boost to Wall Street (US stocks jumped the most... Read MoreRead More
Markets Last week global equity markets were hit by a selloff which was particularly intense in the tech sector (where careless or reckless investors have inflated a bubble for years). US equities on Wed had... Read MoreRead More
Markets Last week Canada’s decision to sign up to the USMCA, the revamped NAFTA deal with the US and Mexico initially propped up US stock markets and put the S&P 500 within striking distance of... Read MoreRead More
Markets Concerns over trade tensions resurfaced at the beginning of last week due to China’s retaliatory tariffs, and lingered even after the Fed announced its largely expected rate hike; ultimately Wall Street ended on a... Read MoreRead More
Markets Last week equity markets shrugged off the concerns about the trade wars, which has come to be perceived as a sort of soap opera. Wall Street saw a rebound of tech stocks and the... Read MoreRead More
Markets The week started on a weak note on Wall Street, but then broadly positive US macro data and news of a trip by US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to China for trade policy negotiations lifted... Read MoreRead More
Markets The return to the trading floors of Wall Street after the Labour Day weekend has not been particularly cheerful. Concerns over the trade tensions were re-ignited by Trump’s announcement of additional duties on a... Read MoreRead More
Markets Another week of fireworks on Wall Street with the S&P 500 closing at an all-time high for four sessions in a row. The rally was interrupted on Thursday by concerns over Trump’s threats to... Read MoreRead More
Markets Trade policy and uncertainty over the fragility of large emerging markets continued to keep uncertainty elevated on global equity markets at the beginning of the week. However, Wall Street rose after digesting the Fed’s... Read MoreRead More
Markets The summer lull on equity markets is a thing of the past. At the beginning of the week sentiment seemed to favor the positive aspects over the ongoing trade policy tensions and doubts on... Read MoreRead More
