Equities slipped late last week as the first quarter of 2022 closed out. The week started off on a positive note, as negotiations between Russia and Ukraine had struck an optimistic tone. However, sentiment shifted throughout the week on the…
Stocks finished higher once more and are now at their highest level since 10th February. Global stock markets have now recouped all their losses since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February. However, declines endured within sovereign fixed income…
Stocks finished the week higher as the Federal Reserve announced its new policy statement which came with a quarter-point interest rate increase, the first rate rise since 2018. This is the first of several more rate hikes expected by investors…
Global stock markets finished the week slightly higher, as the narrative continues to be dominated by the ongoing war in Ukraine. In the US, tech and consumer discretionary stocks ended the week lower but other sectors, namely energy, moved higher…
Volatility levels reached a two year high as markets digested the minute-byminute news flow in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, the NASDAQ saw an intraday swing of almost 7% - the largest since the onset of…
Stock markets finished the week lower as US inflation hit a 40 year high. Thursday’s Labor Department release showed that prices were up 7.5% in the year to the end of January. Core inflation, which excludes energy and food, rose…
Equities moved lower last week as fears over the potential for tighter US monetary policy and its subsequent impact on economic growth dominated the narrative. The tech-heavy NASDAQ saw its biggest drop since the pandemic whilst Netflix saw a fall…
Equities fell last week as markets struck a more cautious tone following the release of the minutes from the December Federal Reserve meeting. The minutes suggests that the Fed are considering letting their balance sheet reduce at a faster rate…
Most major markets saw gains in the holiday shortened week, with the rally bringing the major US markets into touching distance of an all-time high. Despite rising global COVID cases as the Omicron variant took hold, concerns about the potency…
Equity markets endured a volatile week as the Omicron variant dominated news flow and trading sentiment. Non-farm payrolls grew by 210,000, well below the 550,000 figure in October and less than half the forecast amount. However, it is worth noting…
