Global updates: Investors look beyond the US
US equity markets were on edge during February amid mounting concerns over inflation, escalating geopolitical tensions, and questions over the impact of AI on the wider economy. The US Supreme Cour...
Adviser-Hub 9th Mar 2026
Global updates: A volatile start to 2026
Geopolitics returned to the spotlight in January, and the price of gold climbed above US$5,000 per ounce for the first time, driven up by intensifying concerns over the geopolitical and financial o...
Adviser-Hub 11th Feb 2026
Global updates: Double-digit gains in 2025
Despite a tumultuous year, global markets ended 2025 strongly, with many major indices notching up double-digit gains over the year in the face of geopolitical instability and trade tensions.
Adviser-Hub 9th Jan 2026
Global updates: Tech pullback
Despite continuing concerns over an increasingly frothy US technology sector, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) breached 48,000 points during November for the first time.
Adviser-Hub 10th Dec 2025
Global updates: Blowing bubbles?
Speculation over the possibility that the US stock market is in an AI-fuelled bubble continued during October.
Adviser-Hub 7th Nov 2025
Global updates: “No risk-free paths”
Interest rates took centre stage in September as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) finally delivered a much-anticipated cut of 25 basis points.
Adviser-Hub 9th Oct 2025
Global updates: US rate cut looms
Hopes of a September interest rate cut in the US provided a boost for global equity markets.
Adviser-Hub 11th Sep 2025
Global updates: Is a bubble brewing?
US markets were boosted in July by better-than-expected corporate earnings for the second quarter. In particular, strong earnings from the technology sector – including Microsoft – drov...
Adviser-Hub 11th Aug 2025
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