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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on September 30, 2018December 22, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Interest Rates US Interest Rates are set by the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) which meets approximately every 6 weeks. The ‘Fed’ has an unwavering […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on September 9, 2018September 9, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities Last year, the US S&P 500 index rose an impressive 19%. Other markets were just about as competitive. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Average was up […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on August 15, 2018August 15, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Global Stock Market Review: The nine-year bull market is narrowing. Last year, the US S&P 500 index rose an impressive 19%.Other markets were just about as […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on July 16, 2018August 15, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities US equities stand out from the global pack, basking in the afterglow of tax reform and a stronger domestic economy that may be enough […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on June 18, 2018August 15, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Fixed Income Looking at the benchmark US 10-year Treasury bond, the yield has traded in a broad range of 2.50-3.00% since the start of the […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on May 1, 2018August 15, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Fixed Income A lot of attention right now is on the shape of the US Treasury yield curve. Short rates have risen sharply this year […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities We are witnessing a very different financial market environment so far in 2018 compared to the steady and strong rise in global equity markets […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

US Stocks Have Led Global Equities Lower Behind the recent market pullback were 2 imbalances: investors’ seeming disregard for rising bond yields, and stock valuations […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on January 31, 2018August 15, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities  US equities had a very strong 2017 (up circa 25%) and led all global equity markets higher accordingly. This ‘bull run’ continued in the […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on January 7, 2018January 7, 2018
  • Financial Market Summaries

Equities US equities are supported by: a weak dollar (supporting multinational exports – see below)     a deregulation of industry under President Donald Trump making […]

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Paul McCormick is the founder of Opening City Doors and is a Financial Market Specialist. He provides a unique insight, and unusually broad perspective, into the opportunities available in London Financial Markets and related sectors and how to launch your career in the ‘City’.

 

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