United States The US markets remain focused on the timing of the first post recession interest rate rise. Last week the FOMC (Federal Open Market […]

Fixed Income Bonds markets have continued to hit the headlines over the past fortnight with European bond yields rising sharply. The yield on the 10 […]

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) […]