Market Insights Global Market Overview – 1st Quarter 2021 The first quarter of the year was dominated by rising bond yields and a value-led equity market rally. The two key...
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Market Insights Global Market Overview The drop in infections and the rapid vaccination rollout continued to drive markets higher in February. The UK and US are progressing well with their...
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Global Market Overview Market Insights Whilst first-quarter global growth will be at best sluggish, reflecting the recent wave of the virus in the US and Europe, market participants are looking...
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Market Insights Global Market Overview – 4th Quarter 2020 So, it’s finally over... 2020 will likely go down in the history books as one not to be repeated. It started...
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Market Insights Global Market Overview A look back at markets in November, in which stocks made record gains amid a decisive outcome in the US election and several successful Covid-19...
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Market Insights Global Market Overview During October financial markets were fairly unrewarding for investors, with equities, in particular, coming under pressure towards the latter stages of the month. Fixed income...
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Global Market Overview Summary Global markets, as represented by MSCI All-Country World Index, or ACWI, were up 6.1% in USD for August led by Japan (catch-up performance after having lagged...
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Global Market Overview Stocks continued their march higher in July, adding a fourth consecutive monthly gain. Despite renewed COVID-19 concerns, rising tensions with China , and signs of stalling economic...
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Global Market Overview The rebound in equity markets extended into May. A cross-sectional review of asset class returns shows that asset prices have moved on from pricing in reflation to...
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Global Market Overview After the severe shock in March, markets rebounded strongly in April. COVID-19 continued to spread globally, but some countries saw daily new infection rates start to fall...
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