by Thierry Malleret | Oct 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
September 2017 There are no imminent signs that the global economic recovery is about to end. It is in fact accelerating: global growth should amount to 3.5% this year and 3.7% in 2018 (according to the OECD) – the fastest pace since 2011. The UK is the only...
by Laura Hochstetler | Oct 1, 2017 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Spanish authorities have confiscated millions of voting papers in Catalonia and stationed additional police in the region ahead of Sunday’s independence referendum, with the vote declared illegal by Madrid and Spain’s constitutional court....
by Joel Charalambakis | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
According to the Fed’s recent announcement, the US central bank will start shrinking its balance sheet shortly, while we are expecting it to raise short-term rates in December. At the same time, we are also expecting the central bank of England to also raise rates in...
by Laura Hochstetler | Sep 24, 2017 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Major stock indexes rose to records earlier this week, then decreased—closing mostly flat or slightly down for the week—while treasury yields increased, as global tension came back into the forefront with North Korea’s announcement that the country may...
by John E. Charalambakis | Sep 21, 2017 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Throughout the ages, war has been the engine of finance. The collusion between Russia and China in the last few weeks and months in order to bypass the US dollar in the international monetary system is equal to – if not more important than – the North...
by Joel Charalambakis | Sep 17, 2017 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. stocks rose to weekly gains in a stretch that included four straight records for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500, Dow industrials and Nasdaq Composite also reached fresh closing highs together on Tuesday and Wednesday. Asian stocks...