by Niall Dineen | May 20, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – May 20th 2019Developed equity markets finished the week slightly lower with emerging markets continuing to underperform. With Q1 results largely out of the way markets began refocusing on macroeconomic issues. The week started off with...
by Niall Dineen | May 13, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – May 13th 2019Equity markets are showing signs of weakness for the first time this year with global equities falling almost 3% last week. The catalyst for this has been a breakdown in trade talks between the US and China. Whilst this has...
by Niall Dineen | May 7, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – May 7th 2019While equity markets generally moved sideways last week, the mood of investors became somewhat more nervous as the week progressed. On the positive side, corporate earnings reporting season remained largely supportive....
by Niall Dineen | Apr 29, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – April 29th 2019Last week saw a large number of companies report first quarter results. Corporate profits held up well, surprising investors and helping the broad indices to reach new highs. The S&P 500 has now climbed about 25% from...
by Niall Dineen | Apr 23, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – April 23rd 2019Markets moved sideways last week on relatively low volumes traded. The earnings season kicked off last week with 15% of companies in the S&P 500 reporting numbers. First quarter earnings expectations in the US had been...
by Niall Dineen | Apr 15, 2019 | Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Comment – April 15th 2019The rise in equity markets this year has largely been uninterrupted as poor economic data has been ignored. This week will bring a new test as earnings season kicks off. The market is expecting earnings growth to be...
