Latest weekly investment updates
31/03/2025
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Zurich Ireland
Global equities fall as trade war looms
US stocks rallied on Monday following indications from US President Trump that tariffs may be more targeted than anticipated. However, just when there were hopes that the US market was beginning to regain its old moxie, weak consumer confidence readings released on Tuesday hampered the mood.
17/02/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
American exceptionalism? What American exceptionalism?
Another week and another tariff announcement. On Monday, Trump said he would be reinstating the 25% levy on steel imports from his first term and increasing tariffs on aluminium imports to 25%, writes Ian Slattery.
10/02/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
Positive data fails to temper trade tariff mood
Major US equity markets declined last week as last weekend’s tariff announcements continued to be digested, writes Ian Slattery.
04/02/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
Trump, tariffs, trade and tech
Jerome Powell might have sighed with relief as the spotlight was taken away from the Fed’s announcement last week, writes Ian Slattery.
27/01/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
The changing of the guard
The week commenced with Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, and markets seemed relieved that new tariffs were not enacted on the president’s first day in office, writes Ian Slattery.
20/01/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
Clock strikes for TikTok
Much of the business news last week centred around TikTok, which shut down in the US on Sunday, before announcing it was “in the process of restoring service” later the same day, writes Ian Slattery.
13/01/2025
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
US labour market impacted markets
US equities took a tumble on Friday after December’s monthly jobs report surpassed expectations. 256,000 jobs were added in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped from 4.2% to 4.1%, writes Ian Slattery.
06/01/2025
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Zurich Ireland
The dollar continues to climb
Christmas didn’t come to US equities this year, all three major indexes, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Jones, finished the typical “Santa Rally” period in the red, writes Ian Slattery.
16/12/2024
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
Another ‘magnificent’ week for investment markets
The Fed will meet this week, and the market’s confidence in a 25-bps rate cut was strengthened after the CPI release on Wednesday, writes Ian Slattery.
02/12/2024
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Zurich Ireland |
Ian Slattery
Black Friday ends a green week for US equities
Major US indices finished the week higher as investors shared a similar sentiment to consumers seen in Friday's release, writes Ian Slattery.
