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Back to SearchGeopolitics vs central bank easing
Global markets were mixed yesterday as geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran offset investor optimism driven by central bank easing. This was…
1 year, 7 months ago
Middle East tensions rule as traders await Israel’s retaliation
Financial markets have calmed a little after investors seeking safe havens drove stocks and government bond yields lower and gold, oil, the US dollar…
1 year, 7 months ago
US stock indices reach fresh new highs despite a hawkish Fed
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones stock indices climbed to fresh new highs yesterday after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that he foresees two m…
1 year, 7 months ago
China's stimulus package ignites growth hopes
China's massive stimulus package has boosted markets, sending the CSI 300 index to a gain of 15.7% last week. This has also lifted export-oriented Eu…
1 year, 7 months ago
Rallies, rates, and rumours
Global markets rallied, with the S&P 500 and Euro Stoxx 600 hitting all-time highs. China's promise of fiscal stimulus lifts the Hang Seng Index by w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Optimism window in China
China’s latest stimulus failed to ripple beyond Asian markets on Wednesday with US and European stocks broadly lower as investors pondered central ba…
1 year, 7 months ago
China’s stimulus lifts stocks worldwide
The biggest story in the markets remains China’s massive stimulus efforts, which have not only lifted Chinese equities but also had a spillover effec…
1 year, 7 months ago
Asian markets ride high on China stimulus measures
Chinese authorities this morning unleashed a package of monetary policy stimulus measures and property market support to help revive the country’s st…
1 year, 7 months ago
Rate cuts and rally hopes
Equity markets across the world have performed well, supported by a big rate cut in the US and the growing belief that the Federal Reserve can engine…
1 year, 7 months ago
Markets riding the ‘Fed wave’
Stocks across the globe moved higher yesterday following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut, with both the Dow and S&P 500 seeing new all-time h…
1 year, 7 months ago