Investment Markets in April 2015 Highlights Equity markets fell in euro terms in April on foot of weaker economic data in the US and China and weakness in most of the major traded currencies against the euro. Bonds were also weaker in April with euro-denominated bonds falling due to marginally better German inflation numbers. US Treasuries saw a rise in …
Market Commentary – December 2014 and Outlook for 2015
Markets weakened in local currency terms in December but US and Japanese markets gained in Euro terms as the Euro weakened further. Equity market performances diverged in 2014 as European markets underperformed the US as the Eurozone economy lagged the recovery in the American labour and housing markets. US stockmarkets gained over 11% in 2014 with the 13% gain in …