Key global trends - equity rally continues Global equities continued their V-shaped recovery in August, while the $US continued its decline. In a counter-trend move, perhaps reflecting growing investor confidence in an economic recovery, there was a small uptick in global bond yields and an easing...
Key global trends – equity rally continues The global equity market recovery continued into June, reflecting a lift in some economic indicators as social distancing restrictions eased and investors remained confident that central banks will keep monetary conditions extremely easy. The influence of U.S. monetary stimulus...
Key Global Trends - Equity Rally Continues Global equities pushed higher in May, continuing the rebound of the previous month, reflecting ongoing hopes of a speedy return to economic normalcy as both new COVID-19 cases and social distancing restrictions eased further in most advanced economies. Risk-on...
April was positive for financial markets, with early signs of a momentum based recovery from the bottom of the market in late March. Given the level of market volatility, the extent and speed of the recovery surprised many – it was one of the sharpest and...
Key Global Trends – equities slump The coronavirus-led ‘risk-off’ trade that started to build in late January continued into March, with the MSCI All-Country World Equity return index declining by 12.8% in local currency terms. Despite declining government bond yields, the yield on the Bloomberg Global...
The economic impact of Coronavirus so far (as at 18.03.20) An update on current market developments Over the last few days, we have seen significant volatility across global financial markets reflecting heightened levels of investor uncertainty given the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and governments’ attempts...
Key Global Trends – equities retreat The coronavirus-led ‘risk-off’ trade that started to build in late January continued into February and the early weeks of March. Global equities have reversed their uptrend seen through most of 2019, while the downtrend in bond yields and uptrend in...
Key points While reported new coronavirus cases in China have slowed, the pickup in cases outside China has led to a renewed sharp fall in share markets and bond yields. Our base case is that the outbreak will be contained allowing share markets and bond...
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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The solid rally in share markets since the beginning of the year continued this week, with both US shares (up by 2% over the week) and Australian shares (+1.9% this week) hitting record highs as investor optimism...