Following a bout of volatility and an emerging market-led sell off at the beginning of the year, major equity indices have returned to...

It did not take long for volatility to return to the market as equity indices in the US, UK, Eurozone and Japan had their worst January...

Markets ended 2013 on a cathartic, yet slightly cautious note. Catharsis came in the form of the Federal Reserve’s December 18...

As we move into the final month of the year, markets are coming to terms with the fact that quantitative easing (QE) will not last...

Financial markets met political risk head-on in the beginning of October as a 16-day U.S. government shutdown culminated in an agreement...

As this newsletter is coming to press, US federal agencies are shutting down for an indefinite period, raising fears that a political...

With the summer days now firmly behind us, most of us would agree that it hasn’t been a particularly quiet and uneventful summer. Quite...

July was another busy month for investors consisting of both upside and downside surprises on economic data, continued headlines and...

The first part of 2013 is now behind us. Volatility in financial markets has increased materially. The month of June will be remembered...

Fasten your seat-belts everyone! The month of May 2013 has produced the 4th worst sell-off in US governments bonds in over 20-years!...

Macro-economic data in April provided different views of growth rates around the world: US data in April was mixedto-poor (the ISM...

Last month's Cyprus crisis has been a barely forgivable fiasco for European leadership, judging by its clumsy implementation of the...

February was a choppy month, experiencing a calm environment early in the month and a spike in broader market volatility later on. After...

The first month of the new year is in the bag, creating a handy checkpoint to see what part of our investment strategy is working, what...

Another year of sub-trend global growth The global economy looks to have finished yet another lackluster year on a soft note. After a...

Major financial assets were largely unchanged after a volatile month of November, following a large drop post US elections, which was...

October was an eventful month till few days ago with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in New York. As this note goes to press, Sandy...