The Pulse Recent economic data continues to show that the major economies are all growing and that global growth is accelerating In Japan, the recent elections returned Prime Minister Shizo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party with a larger majority allowing a continuation of Abenomics In the US, markets reacted favourably to the details of the Republican […]
Market Update – October 2017
The pulse • Economic data released over the past month has continued to give investors optimism that the global economy is experiencing synchronised growth for the first time in many years. • Investor concern over tensions between the United States and North Korea has subsided. • Early economic indicators from the United States suggest that […]
Market Update – July 2017
The Pulse In June markets were influenced by political developments in the UK and US and more hawkish commentary from central bankers suggesting that soft inflation is only transitory. European equities lost 2.8% in June after two Italian banks were bailed out by the Italian government and ECB President Draghi hinted at tighter monetary policy. […]
Market Update – June 2017
The Pulse Markets in May were heavily influenced by political developments in the major economies European equities returned 2.6% in May helped by Emmanuel Macron’s convincing win in the French Presidential election In the middle of the month equities were sold off on revelations that Donald Trump may have pressured former head of the FBI, […]
Market Update – February 2017
The Pulse In January, global equity markets continued to rise with the US share market making fresh record highs as investors continued to react positively to Donald Trump’s election as 45th President of the United States. In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index closed above 20,000 for the first time. US manufacturing […]