MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. A month of April on a tightrope…but no fall The economic and financial news was plentiful in April. The start of the earnings season, the cheap takeover of First Republic Bank by JP Morgan, a glimmer of hope for possible peace talks […]
MARKET INSIGHT Prime Partners’ monthly analysis of global economic and financial market news. An encouraging first quarter but some doubts… While the first quarter of the year has just ended in solidly positive territory for most of the major equity and bond indexes, we have to admit that violent gusts of volatility, mainly linked to […]
January’s optimism crumbles in the face of reality.
As we discussed last month, investors were perhaps a little too hasty in giving way to optimism and embracing the prospect of a sharp recovery in the financial markets.
Investors prefer the glass-half-full option across the board!
So market participants have chosen to enter 2023 putting their doubts behind them.
Positive signs on inflation should not be ignored.
Overall, the trends noted throughout 2022 continued in December, with volatility, doubts and uncertainty again dominating.
Global economic turmoil and the challenge of optimal resource allocation.
Main goal of economy unchanged
Investors still can’t look beyond the short term.
October was no different from the rest of 2022 for financial markets, with erratic movements in interest rates and on the main stock exchanges.
Currency volatility further complicates the situation.
The return from the summer break has in no way meant a return to tranquility for investors (to say the least!). This has mainly been because of renewed weakness on the bond markets and geopolitical uncertainties that show no signs of diminishing.
