Weekly Investment News Last week US equities rallied on the back of better-than-expected inflation news. Wednesday brought about the release of the much-anticipated April CPI report, with inflation appearing to resume its trend of moderation after a string of hotter…
Markets grind higher in quiet trading week It was a relatively quiet week in the markets, with activity across the main asset classes remaining muted. The lack of macro data releases meant there was little new developments to trigger material…
Weekly Investment News As 2023 drew in to a close, most major indices were in positive territory following a holiday shortened week. As expected, trading volumes were subdued in what is traditionally a quiet week for markets. US stocks posted…
Friday closed out a mixed week for equities as investors digested comments from this year’s Jackson Hole Symposium. As markets now begin to show increased activity after the historically slow month of August, the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium…
Last week saw several major central banks deliver interest rate decisions. In the US, the Federal Reserve increased rates by 0.25% to a range of 5.25%-5.50%. This has been the 11th rate increase out of the Fed’s last 12 meetings.…
Weekly Investment News Last week saw US equities finish positively as data suggested a cooling of inflation. On Wednesday, the release of consumer price index (CPI) data, saw markets enter a ‘risk-on’ session in the US. The CPI report,…
Weekly Investment News Last week saw US stocks reach their highest level in 2023 as economic indicators surprised to the upside. On Friday, data from the US Labour Department showed that non-farm payrolls increased by 339,000 in May. This…
Weekly Investment News US stocks finished the week up 2.1% in euro terms last week as investors priced in the possibility of a deal being struck in Washington that would end the current debt ceiling impasse. On Thursday, news…
Weekly Investment News Last week saw the Federal Reserve move forward with a quarter-point (0.25%) interest rate rise, despite speculation that recent instability in the banking sector would cause the Fed to pull back on its current policy trajectory.…
Weekly Investment News US equities had an uneasy week amid speculation about global banking stability. Despite this, the US Index produced gains for investors returning 1.9% in euro terms. The nervousness was broadly contained to the US financials sector…
