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Monthly markets review - August 2018

Global equities, as measured by the MSCI World index, gained in August but there were significant regional differences amid persistent US-China trade tensions and Turkey’s currency crisis.

Tags: Eurozone, bonds
How Europe works

I used to believe that the Eurozone was undemocratic. Now I’m not so sure.

Tags: Europe, Eurozone, politics
Never a dull moment – trying to make sense of last week

Political turmoil in Italy and Spain, escalating trade tensions and, for good measure, unexpectedly strong US employment data – to say that markets had a turbulent few days would be an understatement. Taking a step back, here are three lessons I took away from last week.

Tags: credit default swaps, government bonds, Eurozone
BVTV: Is it time to go fully short on European duration?

After a stellar 2017, eurozone economic data releases have disappointed recently. This week’s BVTV discusses the region’s prospects, focusing on the key learnings from the latest ECB meeting, why the US Treasury sell-off has so far failed to have a material impact on European rates, and implications for credit markets.

Tags: Europe, Eurozone
Has the era of quantitative tightening started?

With inflation taking root in the US, BlackRock see the Federal Reserve (Fed) pressing ahead with shrinking its balance sheet and raising rates. Others may be slow to follow.

Tags: BlackRock, BII, BlackRock Institute of Investment, Global Investment Outlook, Eurozone

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