By Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets After a first-quarter rally driven by dovish central banks and trade optimism, global growth concerns crept into the financial markets towards the end of March and set a watchful tone for the second quarter. De...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Fears of a recession dominated the whole of last week because of the inversion of the US treasury yield curve between the 10-year and 3- month rates. Last week, we discussed the uncertaint...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets It was a packed week with a slew of economic releases, central bank speeches and Brexit- related headlines. However, the bonds markets were the centre of attention as investors were trying to evaluate the curre...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Heading into the last week of the first quarter of 2019, it is worth noticing that the stock rout in the markets on Friday happened despite a dovish Fed that wiped out the possibilities of an...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets It was a packed week with a slew of economic releases, central bank meetings and Brexit. The Federal Reserve and Brexit were the highlights of the week. Brexit Investors were gearing up for a third vote this ...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview The stock markets had a strong finish, and nearly all benchmarks ended the week in positive territory. News flows on Brexit and trade were optimistic and drove the financial markets on Friday...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Messy Brexit Week It was a calmer week for Wall Street. The Volatility Index was at its lowest since October 2018. However, the momentum slowed down and the US shares took a breather on Thursday whereby we s...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The economic data releases this week brought back the fears of slowing global growth. The central banks’ statements were also turned around the growth concerns. After two months of rally, investors had little...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Geopolitics and Hanoi Summit was the main focus last week which mostly drove the financial markets. Most importantly, the trade deadline has been delayed which brought some relief in the mark...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Investors had much information to digest across the week, but towards the end of the week, they hung on to signs of trade progress that kept the risk sentiment afloat. The equity markets were...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The week was predominantly on trade issues, Brexit, China’s coal ban, and the minutes of the Federal Reserve. Geopolitics Remain At The Forefront The geopolitical headlines largely drove risk sentiment in t...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview The week had ended on a positive note lifted by the trade headlines on Friday. The US Congress also voted on a spending bill which brought some relief despite the declaration of a national em...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets The week was primarily dominated by trade talks, Brexit, the news on the declaration of the national emergency in the US amid a slew of economic data releases and the earnings season. Geopolitics at the fore...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Market Overview Risk sentiment soured towards the end of the week as fears of global growth resurfaced. There were more downgrades from central banks- the Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank...
Read MoreBy Deepta Bolaky @DeeptaGOMarkets Amid holiday closures in Asia and subdued price action in the financial markets, it was a busy week on the economic calendar and attention was mainly on Australia, the US and the UK. Reserve Bank of Australia ...
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