7th May 2020
This morning’s attention has all been on the BoE. Although the decision by the BoE policymakers to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.1% was fully expected, it was their economic forecasts that stole the show.
6th May 2020
The FTSE-100 is little changed this morning at 5,850 after US equities closed off yesterday’s highs in the final hour of trading.
5th May 2020
Equity markets opened lower yesterday after Donald Trump reignited tensions with China.
1st May 2020
After initially trading sideways yesterday morning (30 April 2020), the FTSE-100 rapidly started to lose altitude mid-morning as economic data and company results continued to paint a dark picture.
30th April 2020
Global equity markets brushed aside US Q1 GDP data and the Fed’s downbeat economic assessment and instead focused on a potential new drug which helped coronavirus patients recover faster.
29th April 2020
To regular readers this week’s commentary is starting to look like a broken record, as equity markets continue to look past the poor company earnings reports and economic data (as these just simply underscore what we already know - i.e. the global economy has hit a brick wall), and instead is focusing on the prospect of the major economies starting to reopen.