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16th December 2020
Given the lack of any significant economic data releases so far this week, global equity markets have been fairly muted and remain hostage to the tug of war between vaccine optimism and further stimulus versus the growing number of coronavirus cases that is still being fought.
10th December 2020
It’s been a volatile week for equity markets, as they continue to take two steps forward and one step back, as world leaders race to reach agreements, on stimulus and post Brexit trade relations.
2nd December 2020
Although November ended on a downer as the FTSE-100 fell just over 100 points (nearly 1.6%) on Monday (30 November 2020), overall November delivered some fantastic equity market rallies: the FTSE-100 rose 12.35%, while in the US the Dow Jones climbed 11.84% and Japan’s Topix ended the month 11.12% higher.
26th November 2020
The equity market theme so far this week has been the same as the last few weeks.
18th November 2020
With the US Presidential election effectively settled, coronavirus is again the main driver of global equity markets.
11th November 2020
We have previously stated that while the US Presidential election was important, it is progress on a coronavirus vaccine that will have a far greater impact on global equity markets as a vaccine will allow economies to fully reopen and thus speed up the economic recovery.