MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. Resilience and caution The 2023 fourth-quarter earnings season is drawing to a close and, in general, corporate releases have once again been of a high quality. The figures reported, as well as the guidance given by the top executives, have regularly confirmed […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. Nothing much on the surface, but a few rumblings in the depths At first glance, January looks rather uneventful. No sharp drop in the stock markets after the last two high-flying months of 2023. Nor any new exogenous events to undermine investors’ […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. Stock market rally rhymes with economic slowdown Few investors would have risked being very optimistic at the start of the year if they had been aware of the various geopolitical and financial upheavals that would occur in 2023. However, with the end […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. A breathtaking November! After three straight months of declining equity markets and the onset of fall in Europe, investors were undoubtedly beginning to feel a bit gloomy. 2023 was starting to look like a wasted effort, and the performance of balanced allocations […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. Soft landing but damaged aircraft? The autumn months are one and the same for financial markets this year. After a rather tough September for investors, October brought little respite – far from it. The reasons for the downward trend in the past […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. September lives up to its reputation The summer of 2023 has thus come to an end for stock market, presenting investors with two very different phases. Two months of initial gains in June and July, lulled by optimism about the future attitude […]
The Federal Reserve left its interest rates unchanged as expected. Federal Reserve officials still see one more interest-rate hike before the end of the year, but it will clearly depend on economic data. The bankers see rate cuts in 2024 but not as many as they previously indicated. Now officials predict two quarter-point cut only.
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. Dear passengers, we are beginning our descent. For months now, we have been hearing talk of a “soft landing” for the US economy, and we had come to wonder whether there really would be one, in view of its remarkable strength. Indeed, […]
