The World In A Week – Media narrative vs market reality
Written by Ashwin Gurung Following last week’s victory in the US presidential election for Donald Trump, US equities, as measured by the S&P 500, rallied +4.8% in GBP terms. The impact of this…
The World In A Week – Seeking perfection
Written by Chris Ayton Equity and fixed income markets fell over the week. The MSCI All Country World Index fell -1.0% and, in fixed income markets, the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index was -0.5% in…
The World In A Week – “Trump Trades” and other Lazy Labels
Written by Chris Ayton Last week fixed income markets witnessed a continuation of the selloff we have seen over the course of this month, with this sell-down largely focused on high-quality…
The World In A Week – A Weakening Backdrop
Written by Dominic Williams In the US, markets had a positive week, with the S&P 500 index returning +1.4% in GBP terms. The latest US jobless claims data, which tracks the number of individuals…
The World In A Week – Fear of retaliation
Written by Shane Balkham Iran launched the biggest attack on Israel in over 50 years, coinciding with the eve of the Jewish New Year. This rapid escalation of geopolitical risks in the Middle East…
The World In A Week – Stimulus in China
Written by Millan Chauhan The People’s Bank of China announced a series of measures to support the economy, including cutting a key lending rate by 0.3%, the biggest reduction since 2016. The goal is…
The World In A Week – The time has come
Written by Ilaria Massei Last week, the Federal Reserve (Fed) implemented a 0.5 percentage point rate cut, effectively settling the debate over whether a 0.25 or 0.5 percentage point reduction was…
The World In A Week – Markets shrug off cold winds from the East
Written by Chris Ayton Last week was a positive one for global equities with the MSCI All Country World Index retracing most of its losses suffered earlier in the month, and ending the week up +3.3%…
The World In A Week – Sahm Rules are meant to be broken
Written by Cormac Nevin Last week was a challenging one for global equity markets. The MSCI All Country World Index fell -4.0% in GBP terms, and while all equity markets found themselves in negative…
The World In A Week – Have we gone full circle?
Written by Shane Balkham Last week seemed to be very much the calm after a short-lived storm. Not wanting to tempt fate, the dust seems to have settled again with financial markets back to almost…
The World In A Week – Economic data in the driving seat
Written by Millan Chauhan Last week, we saw some extended moves across global equities and the return of volatility to markets. Global equities, as measured by the MSCI All-Country World Index ended…
The World In A Week – Diversification is your friend
Written by Chris Ayton Last week was an extremely volatile one for many global equity markets. The MSCI All Country World Index fell -1.6% over the week in Sterling terms. Global fixed income markets…