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Zurich Weekly News – Feb 12th 2023

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…

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Zurich Weekly News 02.01.2024

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…

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Zurich Weekly News – Monday 28th of August 2023

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…

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Zurich Weekly News – 31st July 2023

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.…

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Zurich Weekly Investment News 17.07.23

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,…

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Zurich Weekly Investment News – 5th June 2023

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…

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Zurich – Weekly Update 22nd May 2023

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…

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Zurich Weekly Investment news – March 27th 2023

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.…

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Zurich Weekly Investment news – March 20th 2023

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…

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