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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Welcome to the ‘Everything Rally’ – the prospect of a rebound in the global economy has fuelled optimism despite the economic damage from the pandemic. […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020
  • Career
  • Financial Market Summaries

Market Update Nov 3rd 2020 Equities After a summer lull, equity market turbulence is back. Last week marked the worst week for global stock indices […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on October 3, 2020October 5, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities US equity markets are treading water somewhat with Trump’s positive coronavirus test throwing the US election into turmoil. Investors had already been bracing themselves […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on September 5, 2020September 5, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

The US main equity market, the S&P 500 Index, has reclaimed its pre-coronavirus peak and is notching fresh records almost daily, yet many fund managers […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities US stocks posted the best rally since 1998 in the second quarter. A strong rebound from the 20 per cent drop in the first […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Global Equities Hopes of a rebound for virus-hit economies continues to dominate investor sentiment. The large amount of Central Bank stimulus is making it almost […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Market Concerns The fear of a second wave of coronavirus infections The collapse in corporate earnings The shocks reverberating from the economic data Pick-up in […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on April 5, 2020April 6, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

Making Sense Of It All The coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns imposed by governments have pushed the global economy into the sharpest downturn since the Great […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020
  • Financial Market Summaries

On Feb 19th the FTSE was 7,457.0. On March the 12th (a day in which the market fell 10.9%) the index closed at 5,237.50 representing […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020
  • Career

Risk assets prices such as equities started the year at a fast pace. Before the coronavirus outbreak unsettled investors, global equity prices had risen by […]

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