Corporate Debt Market under Pressure

The sharp downturn in global financial markets since mid-February 2020 has seen major indices such as the S&P500 drop greater than 30% since recent highs. Interestingly, whilst the focus around the world is on global...

Stimulus Packages Galore

The market sell-off due to the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) lasted from 2007-2009, with the economic slowdown persisting for much longer. During this period, central banks and governments all around the globe implemented a...

China's Long Road to Recovery

Since the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Chinese economy has been severely impacted. Not only has consumer demand for goods and services diminished, namely food and beverages, tourism and retail but there...

Is Gold a Go?

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been weighing on the market’s trade sentiment off-late, pushing investors away from trading/investing. Investors are fleeing from equities markets, contributing to the influx of safe-haven assets such as long-term bonds, cash and...

The Feds are Fed Up- Interest Rate Crash

In a haste attempt to mitigate the economic predicaments caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Federal Reserve has for the second time, performed an emergency rate cut and has reduced the target interest rate...

The Boiling Point of US Junk Bonds

On Monday, crude oil prices had its worst daily decline since the Gulf War, with the WTI plummeting 25% on the back of a price war instigated by Russia and Saudi Arabia. Russia unexpectedly rejected...

Oil? A deep-fried financial situation

Oil futures, like many other asset classes, is going through an extremely volatile phase. Why is this the case? Well you’ll be surprised that Coronavirus is NOT the deal-breaker here.Following a series of troubled disputes...

How to Transition from a Bull Market to a Bear Market

Major global indices experienced the longest running bull market since the post-GFC crisis lows of March 2009 with the S&P 500 rising by more than 400% to a record high of 3393.5. However, there is...

Markets downgrade their guidance for FY20 reporting season

The past 30 days have been eventful for investors. Global stock markets declined for 8 days in a row between 21st February and 1st of March 2020. This was mainly caused by the escalation of...