PERFORMANCE SLIPPAGE IN JOB MARKET Equities continued appreciating last week in response to the steady slowdown in inflation and lower hiring in the US job market. Bond yields were stable, [...]
TARGETING INFLATION AT 2% The mood of risk aversion continued to fade last week. The prospect of a Fed rate cut as early as March next year sustained appreciation in [...]
SLOWING INFLATION REASSURES MARKETS Equity markets continued making gains last week, their nerves calmed by the continued slowdown in inflation in the US and Europe. As a result, bond yields [...]
MARKETS CONTINUE ON A STEADY COURSE The recovery in equities continued last week, carried along by a slow deterioration in macroeconomic data suggesting lower interest rates going forward. Corporate earnings [...]
DOWNTREND FUELLED BY EARNINGS REPORTS AND GEOPOLITICS Equity markets continued consolidating last week as the US economy showed further resilience despite the effects of Fed monetary tightening. Added to that, [...]
RISK AVERSION REAPPEARS Last week, the markets experienced an intensified downward trajectory, influenced by the robustness of US macroeconomic data, which led to continued rising bond yields. Moreover, the brief [...]
US MONETARY TIGHTENING MAY HAVE RUN ITS COURSE Equity markets witnessed a modest uptick last week, prompted by the Fed’s somewhat mollifying remarks concerning its monetary policy. Nevertheless, the renewed [...]
US EQUITY MARKETS BOUNCE BACK US equity markets bounced back last week, triggered by evident signals of an economic deceleration amid a vibrant jobs market. In stark contrast, European stocks [...]
US ECONOMY PROVING RESILIENT Equity markets have experienced modest consolidation in the past week. Despite worse-than-expected US macroeconomic data that had the potential to dampen investor sentiment in light of [...]
EQUITY MARKETS IN CONSOLIDATION MODE Last week witnessed a continuation of the consolidation trend in equity markets, driven by the aftermath of central bank monetary policy announcements. The sentiments expressed [...]
