The second half of May has been a lot calmer than the first which saw a number of equity markets posting sharp losses (Germany and […]

It has been a dramatic couple of weeks in the bond markets – equities, FX and commodities relatively calm. Fixed Income The European Central Bank’s […]

Equities The overall investment climate remains positive although major equity markets have treaded water over the last couple of weeks close to, but below, recent […]

EQUITIES Global equities are in bull market mode right now supported by – a world awash with funds due to Quantitative Easing by all of […]

  Interest Rates US: The big question remains “When will rates start to rise in the US?” heralding the start of an interest rate tightening […]

INTEREST RATES Markets continue to expect the US FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) to begin raising interest rates in June and will be looking for […]

Equity markets at all time highs and European Government bond yields at all time lows. EUROPE NEWS: The Greek crisis has been averted for now […]

Generally investors in Europe are bullish on equities because of both the Euro 1.1 Trillion Quantitative Easing (QE) announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) […]

Many global equity markets are once again close to all time highs and bond markets at all time low yields on the back of: Quantatitive […]

January has been extremely volatile for financial markets with the main equity markets moving over 5% from high to low and then rebounding, bond yields […]