Search Results for: Global equity markets
China or US?
September 9th, 2019
China has made some silly errors in its conflict with the US, reflecting the arrogance that often afflicts every state actor. But the appearance that China is being backed into a corner over Huawei, trade tariffs and Hong ...
Negative interest rates and gold
August 30th, 2019
The reason for persistent strength in the price of gold can be found in the changing relationship between time preference for monetary gold, and a new round of interest rate suppression for the dollar. Evidence mounts that the ...
The reasoning behind Gold’s breakout
August 1st, 2019
Gold’s dramatic move above $1400 has caught the investment establishment by surprise. Physical gold ETFs, as a proxy for direct portfolio investment, amount to only 0.05% of the estimated $250 trillion of global investment values. As well as ...
Beware of unauthorised companies offering investment and financial services
June 19th, 2019
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Austria (Financial Market Autority – FMA), Malta (Malta Financial Services ...
Investors wrap: U.S. futures, Europe stocks mark time before Fed meeting
June 19th, 2019
U.S. equity-index futures and European stocks entered a holding pattern on Wednesday and Treasuries were steady before the conclusion of a Federal Reserve meeting where investors anticipate policy makers will signal a readiness to lower rates. Contracts for the ...
Post-tariff considerations
May 17th, 2019
President Trump has declared he will extend tariffs of 25% on all America’s imports of Chinese goods. China is responding with tariff increases of its own. The consequences of this action and reaction will be to kick-start higher ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
U.S. dollar traded close to a near two-year peak; Gold prices were little changed on Thursday
April 25th, 2019
Gold prices were little changed on Thursday as a firm dollar nullified support from faltering equities and a slew of weak economic data from far and wide that raised flags about the pace of global economic growth. Spot gold ...
Bears return as European stocks see second-worst exit on record
February 15th, 2019
The region’s equity funds experienced their second-largest outflows on record in the week through Feb. 13, bleeding $5.9 billion, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s note, which cited EPFR Global data. Investors continued fleeing developed-market equity funds, including ...
Emerging-Market currencies drop; Latam stocks fell sharply
January 23rd, 2019
Latin American stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, in line with world stocks, as global growth slowdown fears gripped markets after the International Monetary Fund cuts its growth forecast. The IMF revised its 2019 global growth forecast lower than what ...
