US Equities: The Dow Jones Industrial Index broke above 24,000 for the first time as global equities enjoyed a 13th straight month of gains. […]
Graduate Market Update
The world’s economies and stock markets are strong right now. Let’s start with the US. Lots of reasons for American stock markets to keep hitting […]
Graduate Market Update
An end to the crisis-era Quantitative Easing and gradual interest rate rises loom across the globe US The US Federal Reserve will throw its 2008 […]
Graduate Market Update
US The two big questions facing traders are the path of US interest rates and the pace of ‘Fed’ balance sheet reduction. US Central Bank […]
Graduate Market Update
Equities US Equities have hit record highs, having climbed nearly 11% so far this year as Wall Street welcomes a cautious Federal Reserve and the […]
Graduate Market Update
Central Banks: Currently we are seeing a global sell-off in the bond market (which has spread to equities) amid fears that the post financial crisis […]
Graduate Market Update
US Since March 14 2017 the yield on the global benchmark US 10-year Treasury bond has defied expectations and fallen from 2.60% to 2.14% which […]
Graduate Market Update
Foreign Exchange The dollar suffered its worst week in more than a year, wiping out all its gains since Donald Trump was elected US president, […]
Graduate Market Update
Europe rather than the US is holding centre stage right now. UK This week’s surprise election call by British Prime Minister Theresa May helped briefly […]
Graduate Market Update
US Interest Rates Ten days ago the US FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) raised the key ’Fed Funds’ rate by 0.25% to take the new […]