by Joel Charalambakis | Sep 12, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action Equities markets posted poor performance this week in the US and Asia. Little new economic data was released but the momentum for Scottish independence and news of additional military ventures in Iraq weighed on markets. Japan has intensified its easing...
by Joel Charalambakis | Sep 5, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action Mario Draghi poured fuel onto the fire that has been lifting European equities. His announcement of further reductions in interest rates, including an even further negative deposit rate, along with a new program to purchase assets from banks directly...
by Thierry Malleret | Sep 2, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
Recent economic developments give credence to the idea that the world has entered an era of slower growth and higher unemployment. Surprisingly, this remains a minority view at a time when the US economy might stall, the Eurozone and Japan are struggling with barely...
by Joel Charalambakis | Aug 29, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action Stocks posted their fourth consecutive week of gains in the United States this week, marked with the S&P’s milestone in crossing 2,000. While data released this week was mixed the markets continue to build momentum off of positive sentiment for the...
by Joel Charalambakis | Aug 27, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Jim O’Neill, “Will the Calm in Global Markets Last?” (Bloomberg View, August 19, 2014) Goldman’s Sachs former chief economist thinks that the current “peculiar calm” that prevails in the markets...
by Joel Charalambakis | Aug 22, 2014 | Weekly Market Update
Market Action All eyes this week were tuned to Janet Yellen in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as the annual congregation of key central bankers concluded on Friday. The statement from the Chairwoman overall was neutral. Mario Draghi of the ECB stressed the limits of ECB...