Markets balanced resilient activity and earnings expectations against high bond yields, fiscal strains and renewed energy risks, leaving central banks constrained as regional equity and bond markets diverged.
OATs – You Reap What You Sow
Slower US employment growth, energy-led inflation and rising sovereign borrowing costs shaped markets, while resilient technology shares contrasted with broader weakness in bonds and rate-sensitive sectors.
Higher for Longer, For Longer?
Markets balanced resilient activity and strong technology investment against a renewed rise in sovereign yields and volatile energy prices. Diversification remained important as regional growth, inflation and policy risks continued to diverge.
Back to basics
Markets grappled with rising bond yields, higher energy prices and renewed rate-hike expectations as geopolitical tensions intensified globally.
The Trump Dividend
Markets grappled with rising bond yields, higher energy prices and renewed rate-hike expectations as geopolitical tensions intensified globally.
UK Gilt Yields and UK Natural Gas Prices
Markets grappled with rising bond yields, higher energy prices and renewed rate-hike expectations as geopolitical tensions intensified globally.
Bessent buys bonds
Higher energy prices and long-term government bond yields challenged risk assets, even as economic activity remained broadly resilient. Diversified investors benefited from balancing equity growth exposure with less correlated regional, defensive and real-asset allocations.
Emerging Markets, Look Beyond the Index
Cooling US inflation supported global equities and reduced rate-rise expectations, but Middle East disruption kept energy prices and global inflation risks elevated.