by Niall Dineen | Feb 25, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – Feb 25th 2019 Financial markets are continuing their calm start to 2019. Fixed income markets remain calm as fears of a recession this year fade away and Central Bank policy remains supportive. Currency markets are showing little sign of...
by Patrick Kilduff | Feb 25, 2019 | Macro Round-up
The Brexit deadline is fast approaching with various media outlets outlining a plethora of possibilities. We believe that in the medium term a no deal Brexit will be avoided for reasons of economic sanity and Parliamentary arithmetic however, we anticipate there will...
by Patrick Kilduff | Feb 18, 2019 | Macro Round-up
The US Retail sales figures for the month of December highlighted the negative impact on consumer confidence caused by confused monetary policy, a government shutdown and lingering trade war issues. Investors were shocked by the weakness in the figure reflecting the...
by Niall Dineen | Feb 18, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – February 18th Global equity markets continued their rally, rising for the eight week in succession. The market is taking slowing earnings growth in its stride and market participants are pointing to the easing of trade tensions between...
by Patrick Kilduff | Feb 11, 2019 | Macro Round-up
The European Commission (EC) slashed their economic forecasts highlighting the risks associated with a slowing Chinese economy and the uncertainty created by Brexit. Most notably, the EC predict GDP growth for the European economy in 2019 of 1.3% (close to estimated...
