A WEEK SPENT RECOVERING Markets mainly moved last week in response to news about the spreading coronavirus and the fallout this may have on Chinese and global economic growth. Leading [...]

EQUITY MARKETS STUTTER The impact of the coronavirus on financial marketplaces is growing all the time, leading equity indices to close sharply down at the end of last week and [...]

CORONAVIRUS SENDS A CHILL THROUGH MARKETS For now, investors are struggling to get a grip on the impact that the latest Chinese epidemic may have on global growth. The outbreak [...]

EQUITY MARKETS SET NEW RECORDS The signing of the phase-one trade deal between Beijing and Washington, though only a basic arrangement, served last week as the backdrop for the bull [...]

TENSIONS AT FEVER PITCH A string of equity indices, including the EuroStoxx 600, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, have soldiered on to new record highs. This is quite an achievement [...]

TRUMP SPOILS THE PARTY Until last Friday, markets had picked up where they had left off in 2019, continuing to appreciate after most indices had set new records in the [...]

ONLY WAY IS STILL UP FOR EQUITIES The uptrend in equity markets remains intact, helped by the deal agreed between China and the US, which for many represents a breakthrough, [...]

15 DECEMBER = POSSIBLE DAY OF RECKONING Volatility spiked intermittently in financial markets last week, in response – as usual – to news surrounding the trade war. The rally seen [...]

UNEXPECTED BOUNCE IN CHINESE MANUFACTURING OUTPUT Leading equity markets around the globe gained in November, lifted by signs of progress towards a ‘phase-one’ trade deal between the US and China [...]

NO BREAKTHROUGH IN CHINA-US TRADE TALKS A ‘phase-one’ deal between the US and China is no longer the almost-certain prospect it was not so long ago, leaving investors fearing that [...]