Weekly wrap: Chinese growth seen to stabilise; S&P 500 hits a five-year high
Last week saw a continuation of the more bullish sentiment across global equity…
Market update: Investors cautious ahead of BoJ and Eurogroup meetings
Wall Street edged higher last Friday (Dow Jones +0.4%; S&P 500 +0.3%) capping…
Market update: China Q4 GDP growth delights markets
US markets rallied hard on Thursday, as improving US economic data points buoyed…
Japanese money surge argues against more QE
A 9.5% (not annualised) plunge in Japanese industrial production between March…
Market update: European stocks open lower as investors consolidate recent gains
Better-than-expected US retail sales data for December helped the S&P 500 and…
Can car sales help jump start the UK economy?
In a time of austerity, UK car sales have reached their highest level in more…
Market update: Sharp fall in Germany 2012 GDP growth
In the US, ahead of the start of the corporate earnings reporting season, stocks…
Global leading indicators still mostly positive
The OECD’s leading indicator indices continue to signal a stronger global…
Weekly wrap: Equities ride the rising tide of global recovery optimism
World stocks rode the rising tide of global recovery optimism in a week that saw…
Market update: Bullish comments by the US Fed move European stocks higher
Wall Street advanced higher last week despite lacklustre trading on Friday, which…
Japan – land of the rising equity market
With the Japanese market now up well over 20% since its recent low, and in such a…
Accessing frontier markets through developed market companies
The last decade has been a tumultuous one for the world economy, to say the…