Market Monitor – 12 January 2024

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Global stock markets had a volatile week as investors struggle to work out exactly when central banks will start cutting interest rates.

Market Monitor – 5 January 2024

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Global stock markets started the new year in a nervous mood due to rising tensions in the Middle East and concerns that interest rate cuts could be delayed.

The substitution effect: AI and the labour market

As investors, we need to know how firms will manage the seismic shift that jobs markets will experience due to generative AI over the next few years and decades.

Market Monitor – 22 December 2023

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Despite a couple of wobbles, share prices around the world managed to hold on to their recent gains this week.

Market Monitor – 15 December 2023

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Central bankers in the United States gave global stock markets a major boost this week by suggesting they will start to cut interest rates early in the new year.

Market Monitor – 8 December 2023

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Global stock markets drifted lower this week as investors await signs from central banks of imminent changes to monetary policy.

Market Monitor – 1 December 2023

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Global stock markets ended a strong month on a generally positive note as investors continue to hope that central banks will soon be able to start cutting interest rates.

Market Monitor – 24 November 2023

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Global stock markets held on to their recent gains during what by recent standards has been a relatively uneventful week.

With macro risks elevated it’s all about stock selection

There are plenty of macro drivers that will create equity volatility in 2024. To succeed, investors will need to maintain a resilient portfolio.

Market Monitor – 17 November 2023

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Global stock markets have extended their November gains after latest data showed welcome falls in inflation on both sides of the Atlantic.