monetary policy

Following the unprecedented falls across all financial markets in recent weeks, the safest government bond markets have had to become cash vaults for fund allocators trying to raise the liquidity needed to plug the fast-growing holes left by the equity,...

Covid-19 and oil price plunge spook investors

The global spread of the coronavirus led to a simultaneous shock on both the supply and the demand side of the affected economies.

We cannot predict when markets will finally reach a bottom – they may already have – but we believe it is most likely to be once we hit a peak in the daily growth in new Covid-19 cases round the world.

Fundamental reality

Former Obama-appointed US Treasury official on recession outlook

Investors could be forgiven for thinking that nowhere is an immediately appealing prospect for investment right now, least of all Europe.

The disruption to the global economy from the worldwide spread of the coronavirus is the biggest shock to the world since the Second World War.

Ten questions with... Canaccord's Richard Champion

Being selective key to weather the storm