Monthly Market Outlook by LGT Vestra
February 2018/March 2018
by LGT Vestramost noticeable in the US where the big tech stocks have led the bounce back, with the Nasdaq Composite index making an all-time high in the past week. Market volatility was largely absent last year and whilst we remain positive on the prospects for global...Read More
January 2018/February 2018
by LGT VestraIt has been a turbulent few weeks in global markets, which saw a strong start to the year and then a sharp fall from the January highs. While rising interest rate expectations in the US may have triggered the falls, technical factors kicked in which made...Read More
December 2017/January 2018
by LGT VestraOver the past year, global equity markets have marched upwards, buoyed by a cyclical growth upswing the world over. This bull market has been seemingly unfazed by Brexit, a politically inexperienced White House and escalating tensions on the Korean...Read More
October 2017/November 2017
by LGT VestraThis month saw the first Bank of England (BOE) rate hike in a decade, which raised the base rate a quarter of a percentage point to 0.50%. With inflation above the 2% target and unemployment at its lowest for 42 years, the rate hike was widely expected....Read More
September 2017/October 2017
by LGT VestraIt was a similar story over the last month in markets to that seen throughout 2017 thus far. Although political rifts started to rear their head in Europe and there was little progress on Trump's reforms, economic data for the most part remained robust and...Read More
