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US government shutdown after Congress failed to reach agreement on a budget. The IMF warned of subdued global growth and inflation pressures. Conditions more constructive in Asia.

Bond markets questioning the longer-term fiscal credibility of developed western economics. Gold rose as the Fed cut rates while the ECB and BoE held steady. Portfolio gains came from gold, Asian equities, and Chrysalis’s Klarna IPO; AI exposure was trimmed amid market exuberance.

Key Market Insights US labour market falters: Weak job growth and government upheaval shake investor confidence, particularly in bond markets. Monetary policy waits on data: The Bank of England cuts rates and the US Federal Reserve and ECB maintain a wait-and-see approach. Commodity and equity markets defy volatility: Gold sets new highs, oil supply expands […]

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In July 2025, markets were shaped by President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,”. Debt markets stayed steady while equities rallied, pushing the S&P 500 to fresh highs.

June proved to be a remarkably composed month for financial markets which continued their recovery in the wake of US President Trump’s “Liberation Day” sell-off.

Following the turmoil that gripped markets in April, largely driven by the surprise imposition of US "Liberation Day" tariffs, May saw equity markets recover lost ground.

Global markets were rocked in April as the Trump administration ratcheted up trade tensions between the US and the rest of the world, igniting fears of a slowdown in global growth.

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March continued the story of significant market turbulence, a feature of 2025 so far, as geopolitical and policy shifts, largely emanating from the US, drove a souring of sentiment and increased financial market volatility. In Washington, President Trump has continued to escalate trade tensions by drip-feeding announcements of new tariff plans. This haphazard approach has […]

The opening months of 2025 have underscored the transformational forces reshaping the global market trends of recent years. Hot on the heels of DeepSeek, a Chinese entrant to advanced AI models, February began with the announcement of yet another model, called S1, but this time developed by Stanford and Washington University researchers.  Designed to compete […]