Friday 16th July, 2021 ________________________________________ This week we discuss the need for portfolio diversification in an uncertain world, the narrowing of the US market, Fed Chair Powell’s testimony on Capitol Hill, and the inflation tail risk. Global equities have seen mixed performan...
Friday 17th December, 2021 ________________________________________ Here in Europe, Christmas is almost upon us; and, on the face of it, there is very little out of the ordinary about this year’s holiday season. Fairy-lights sparkle through steamy windows, tinsel is slung over every naked banis...
Friday 3rd December, 2021 ________________________________________ Since the Omicron variant was first identified by South African scientists last week, its rapid spread has sent shockwaves through financial markets and driven a steep re-pricing of risk assets. The variant was actually reported t...
Friday 19th November, 2021 ________________________________________ With winter fast approaching, dark clouds have gathered over Europe once more as a potent new wave of covid-19 takes hold across the continent. This is despite the availability (indeed, abundance) of highly effective vaccines to ...
Friday 5th November, 2021 ________________________________________ Risk assets have continued the impressive run they have been on since the correction in September and it seems that the seasonal Q4 rally – typically culminating in the “Santa Claus” rally over the last week of December – ...
Friday 22nd October, 2021 ________________________________________ Following steep losses in September, global equity markets have been on a much sounder footing this month. The recovery in risk appetite has been broad based, with most major indices participating. And it has also been remarkably ...
Friday 8th October, 2021 ________________________________________ Since Q1 2020 when the coronavirus reared its ugly head beyond China, the world economy came to a grinding halt, and asset markets collapsed, the S&P 500 Index has experienced just four down months (out of eighteen) in total. Septe...
