Global Market Outlook: Continued slow growth Trade fears took a bit of a back seat over the past week allowing investors to focus on positive underlying fundamentals including good US earnings results, which saw most major share market rise. This included the Australian share market which is...
Global Market Outlook: Recovery Continues Global equities continued their rebound in May, after good gains in April, as interest rate and geopolitical risks eased somewhat, while the tail end of the US corporate earnings remained strong. Watch more from Ben Bassanese, Chief Economist at Betashares...
Global Market Outlook: Testing Times The pull back in global equities continued in March, with the MSCI All-Country Net-Return Index dropping 2.2% after a 3.5% drop in February. On a month-end basis, this Index is now down 5.7% from its January peak, which is still less...
Global Market Outlook Volatility is Back! Global equities pulled back in February, with the MSCI All-Country Index dropping 3.5%, largely due to concerns over rising inflation and bond yields in the US, following a higher than expected US wage gain reported for January. By region, declines were...
Global stock markets could face the most volatile period since 2008-09 We are in uncharted waters. Prices for sovereign, corporate and high-yield bonds and equities are at, or near, record levels thanks to the ultra-low policy interest rates and the massive quantitative easing programs of the...