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30th March 2020
Global equity markets rallied strongly this week on optimism that America’s $2tr fiscal stimulus will mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. For example, in the US, the Dow Jones rose nearly 13%, while the broader S&P 500 index ended the week just over 10% higher after recording its strongest three-day advance since the 1930s
23rd March 2020
This week global equity markets extended the previous week’s losses amid heightened coronavirus uncertainty.
16th March 2020
With the global equity market volatility we have seen over the past three weeks, it isn’t surprising if you, like many of our clients, are worried – and I would like to reassure you that your portfolios are diversified across a variety of asset classes.
9th March 2020
It has been a wild week for global equity markets. Equities initially rose sharply – the S&P 500 index, for example, rose 4.60% on Monday (2 March 2020) and 4.22% on Wednesday (4 March 2020).
2nd March 2020
As the coronavirus spread beyond Asia, the sell-off in equity markets did as well, with the FTSE-100 falling just over 11% during the week, while in the US, the Dow Jones fell over 12.36% and the S&P 500 nearly 11.5% - the most since 2008.
24th February 2020
Apple this week warned that production and Chinese demand will miss its targets due to the coronavirus outbreak.