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Market Commentaries are a collection of monthly comments and analysis of the bond and equity markets and includes a summary or overview of economic data being released, global market news, commodities, and market performance by index returns.
There were strong returns from all equity markets in December, marking an exceptional year for risk assets. There was a sharp rotation away from US equities and into emerging markets, with the MSCI EM index rising 7.5% and EM debt also rallying.Wi...
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After a buoyant start to the year, January saw the outbreak of the coronavirus, originatingin Wuhan, China and a pronounced turn in investor sentiment in the second half of the month.As we are still in the early stages of the outbreak, it is hard ...
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Before we attempt to summarise our thoughts for March, we would like to send our hopes that you and your families are safe in this difficult time. As the COVID-19 death toll rises around the world, it puts our work at Flying Colours in perspective...
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After the severe falls across risk assets in March, markets rebounded strongly in April. COVID-19 continued to spread across the world, and revenues generated by businesses across large swathes of the economy plummeted to zero as governments enfor...
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May was another good month for risk assets as the COVID-19 infection rate fell across most of the developed world.Economic activity over the past month suggests that the second quarter will be worse than the first but investors are looking ahead t...
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As we close out the second quarter of a turbulent 2020, the resilience of the financial markets has surprised many investors in the second quarter and June proved to be another month which rewarded risk taking.Equities rose across the emerging and...
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Financial markets endured another choppy month with steep declines recorded by sections of the UK equity market, while emerging market stocks made decent gains. As has been the case for the majority of 2020, COVID-19 dominated newsflow; the pace o...
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August proved to be another exceptionally strong month for risk assets. Equities registered almost daily gains in the month and brought global stock indices back to their all-time highs. As has been the case since the March lows, a combination of ...
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After a summer of buoyant equity and fixed income markets, the investment tone was more subdued in September, with both the FTSE and S&P 500 recording losses in the month.Drivers of investor sentiment in the month included rising COVID-19 cases, l...
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Equity markets moved lower in October as a resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe and the uncertainty surrounding the US elections spooked investors. The FTSE All Share fell 3.8% in the month, while the S&P 500 was down 2.8% and MSCI Europe ex UK off 5....
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