2Q22 ending with more than a whimper
Against a backdrop of market volatility, slowing economic growth in Europe and North America, gasoline prices and mortgage rates in the US firmly...
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Investors parse the meaning of transitory going into December
Hopes that the impact of Covid’s Omicron variant will prove transitory, concern that it will not, and fears that inflation is here to stay...
Earnings growth wrestles inflation for control of market narrative
Rising prices and higher-than-expected earnings shaped investor sentiment during the third week of October. Most of the companies reporting their...
Caution reigns in early October
The first week of October saw US lawmakers sparring over the country’s debt ceiling, authorities in China scrambling to limit the wider damage...
Out with the old, in with the other
In the financial world, the search for the ‘new normal’ started in the aftermath the great financial crisis as central banks unleashed unprecedented...