WisdomTree: Chinese equities have emerged as a safe harbour posting a smaller loss of -10% in comparison to the US at -20% and Europe at –23% respectively in the first quarter of 2020……
RationalFX : Sterling moved to a three-week high versus the euro on Thursday and held recent gains versus the dollar, as the British currency was swept up in global market swings that weakened the euro broadly….
RationalFX : Sterling steadied against a buoyant dollar on Wednesday amid a wider selloff in global stock markets as data showed factory activity across the world contracting sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic…
SPDR : After Composite PMIs cratered to 27.5 at the beginning of the month, European and US PMIs followed the same path with prints between 30 and 40, along with abysmal confidence numbers..
RationalFX : Sterling skidded against the dollar yesterday as the US dollar reasserted its safe haven status and Britain’s economic outlook was knocked further by a credit ratings downgrade………
RationalFX : The pound finished strongly last week as investors grew more confident that the US Administration and Federal Reserve stimulus would be enough to absorb some of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic……..
WisdomTree: In the week of the 9th to 16th March 2020, gold prices fell 10%. In that week the S&P 500 fell 13%, the DAX fell 18% while the IBEX 35 fell 20%…..
WisdomTree: Gold, despite being a defensive asset that one might expect to rise in the current environment, is actually falling….