by Thierry Malleret | Jun 1, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
On all fronts, global economic growth remains soft: facing headwinds in the US, tepid in the Eurozone, underwhelming in Japan and decelerating across emerging markets (with exceptions, such as India). For reasons expanded below, and barring a productivity miracle...
by Joel Charalambakis | May 29, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. stocks performed poorly this week as all sectors sustained losses. Poor economic data, led by a revision for Q1 GDP to -0.7%, contributed to the selloff on Friday but equities still remain within a tight range. Japan’s Nikkei hit a 15-year high on...
by Joel Charalambakis | May 22, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action Equity markets in the U.S. remained subdued again this week in light of little economic data. Earnings reported this week, most notably from the retail sector, were mixed as expected. Stocks remain in a tight trading range while long-term bonds go...
by Joel Charalambakis | May 15, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action While equity markets in the U.S. pulled out small gains fixed income movements dominated discussion during this past week. Considerable moves in longer term bonds in the U.S. and Europe captured attention with benchmark rates hitting their highs...
by Joel Charalambakis | May 8, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action Thanks to a strong rally following the April jobs report U.S. markets were able to recover from their grizzly performance earlier in the week. Bonds also sold off, pushing yields higher and fueling the Financials sector’s leadership for the week. The...
by Thierry Malleret | May 4, 2015 | Weekly Market Update
Many pundits and investors are coming to the realization that we live in a world in which there is too much of too many things. There is too much debt of course, but also too much labour (as paradoxical as it may seem in an ageing world) and too much capital. This...