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Weekly Update – 19 December 2022

Despite the new slowdown in inflation in the United States last Wednesday, risk aversion suddenly resurfaced at the end of the week, following the much more hawkish comments of the Fed and the ECB, leading to fears that monetary tightening will continue for a prolonged period and that the economy will enter a recession. After…
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Weekly Update – 5 December 2022

Last week markets chose to ignore disappointing activity indicators, to focus on the signs of easing of the Chinese zero-covid policy, but especially the more accommodating words of Jerome Powell about a smaller rate hike in December. The monthly report on American employment dampened the mood, with job creations well above expectations (263K against 200K…
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Weekly Update – 28 November 2022

In what is traditionally a less busy week, with Wall Street closing for Thanksgiving, the financial markets recorded a positive weekly performance, following confirmation that the pace of rate hikes could soon ease in the US and Europe. However, central banks warned that there was still some way to go to curb inflation and that further rate hikes…
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Weekly Update – 7 November 2022

Markets last week Volatility was the order of the day last week, with the US Federal Reserve (Fed) driving markets down on Wednesday afternoon and the US employment report boosting the mood on Friday.   In a tale of two central banks, the Fed and the Bank of England (BoE) both raised rates by 75 bps…
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Weekly Update – 26 September 2022

Is the worst of market turmoil behind us? Canaccord’s Chief Investment Officer, Michel Perera, reflects on what has been happening recently in bond markets, the impact on equities and suggests “we must be careful not to embrace kneejerk reactions that dreadful markets often provoke.”  Michel says what has happened this year is truly exceptional, but with…
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Weekly Update – 30 May 2022

Markets last week After seven down weeks, risk markets finally recovered last week. Equities staged a meaningful rally globally, with the exception of emerging markets. The movement was probably a technical bounce, since nothing fundamental improved in economic data and the minutes from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) did not signal any reprieve in the…
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