Category: Weekly View

…and today (Monday) the benchmark yield has (again) reached its highest level since 2007. The Fed kept rates on hold last week but sent a

European equities were higher last week. The UK’s FTSE 100 put in a particularly good performance – up more than 3%. Asia was mixed, and

Stocks in the U.S. and Europe were lower last week as strong US economic data and rising oil prices weighed on the outlook for inflation

August was a down month for stock-markets but two emerging themes helped equities cap losses. One is the belief that AI will help drive future

Global stock-markets were mixed last week. In the US, the S&P 500 was up, the tech-heavy Nasdaq was strongly higher, large-cap Dow-Jones Industrials and small-cap

Stocks were lower last week and bonds fell. Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell will speak at the end of this week at the Jackson Hole Symposium.

Global stock-markets were generally lower last week with inflation, interest rates and oil prices the focus for investors. The price of oil rose strongly throughout

Markets went a little risk-off last week after one of the big three credit ratings agencies, Fitch, downgraded their US credit rating from from AAA

The Fed will make its next interest rate decision known on Wednesday. The market is pricing in a near certainty of another 0.25% hike. The

Most global stock-markets rebounded strongly last week from losses the previous week – certainly in Europe and especially in the US after the release of