Using EPFR and CEIC data to analyze the August 2024 correction
Two major central bank interest rate decisions, more earnings reports from ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies and a spike in the violence wracking the...
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Growth on the back burner in late July
Two major central bank interest rate decisions, more earnings reports from ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies and a spike in the violence wracking the...
The future? Profitable, but not so green
US politics, Chinese economic policy making and mixed second quarter corporate earnings moved asset markets in multiple directions going into the...
Fund flows prove resilient as noise levels rise
During WWII, civilians were constantly reminded that “loose lips sink ships.” In early 3Q24, it appeared that loose lips can also sink chips as...
Risk appetite climbs in early July
With US inflation behaving itself, French and British elections in the rearview mirror and another corporate earnings season that is expected to...
At the halfway point, glass half full
Investors spent the first few days of the third quarter trying to link the potential outcomes of snap elections in the UK and France, and shifts in...
First outflow in 10 weeks for US Equity Funds
Last week, investors homed in on recent data showing labor markets easing and price growth moderating and boosted flows to US Equity and Bond Funds....
Investors choose to follow the data
Although the US Federal Reserve only sees one interest rate cut in the second half of 2024, investors opted during the third week of June to focus...
Politics snapping at Europe’s heels
The aftershocks of the European Parliamentary elections continued to reverberate during the second week of June, with French leader Emmanuel Macron...
Investors find reasons to move in early June
The first week of June ended with investors digesting the results of general elections in South Africa, India and Mexico, and looking ahead to key...
Funds benchmarked to Bitcoin drive alternatives
With election results for South Africa, India and Mexico looming and key central bank meetings on the horizon, investors generally took a...
Soft landing story facing trade barriers
A ‘soft landing’ for the global economy, with inflation broadly tamed while avoiding a recession, remains the dominant narrative in asset markets,...
Green shoots for Europe stock funds
With the Bank of England and the European Central Bank widely expected to follow the example of their Swedish and Swiss counterparts, and start...
Living through interesting times
Weaker US job creation numbers and the first interest rate cut by Sweden’s central bank since 2016 gave investor risk appetite a modest boost during...
Sell in May and go away until 2025?
The final week of April ended with US markets closing the books on their worst month since September, the price of Bitcoin down some 17% from its...