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Equities Global equity markets rose 2.9%...

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Equities Global equity markets rose 4.3% in...

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LCP Investment Summary August 2021

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Posted on 2 September, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 2.9% in August (in € terms), with some indices hitting record highs early in the month after the release of strong economic data and corporate earnings. Investors also welcomed the passing by the U.S. Senate of the $1 trillion infrastructure package, and the release of lower-than-expected U.S. inflation data. Markets were jittery mid-month with the continuing rise of Covid Delta cases, even if both hospitalisations and deaths are much lower than in...

LCP Investment Summary - July 2021

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Posted on 4 August, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 1.4% in July (in € terms). Although world equities rose over the month, Eurozone government bonds outperformed equities (Eurozone 15+ AAA government bonds rose by 4.8%). Investors took account of the possibility that Covid strains such as the Delta variant may continue to affect global economies and in turn anticipated growth rates. Quarterly report data in July from the U.S., including big stock names like Amazon, resulted in falls after...

LCP Investment Summary - June 2021

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Posted on 1 July, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 4.3% in June (in € terms), with returns boosted by the U.S. Dollar strengthening by 3% against the Euro. Markets continued their upward march over the month on the back of generally solid economic data, continuing good news on vaccinations (despite increasing concerns over the delta variant) and President Biden’s $1trn infrastructure deal near month-end. Recent inflation data released led a number of Central Banks to revise their estimates of...

LCP Investment Summary .. May 2021

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Posted on 3 June, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets were flat (in € terms) over May. The returns to Euro investors were lower because of the Euro rising against the U.S. Dollar by nearly 2%. Markets were mixed over the month. Strong economic indicators in Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. were offset by the release of stronger than expected inflation data in both the U.S. and Germany. This caused equity markets to fall but the U.S. Federal Reserve and the ECB both said that they believed that this was a...

LCP Investment Summary .. April 2021

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Posted on 4 May, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 2.1% (in € terms) in April. The returns to Euro investors were reduced due to the Euro rising against the U.S. Dollar by over 2%. Markets again hit record highs over the month with the release of generally strong economic data, especially from the U.S. where the unemployment rate fell to 6%. Inflation indicators continued to rise but both investors and Central Banks preferred to concentrate on the recovery in the global economy (particularly jobs)...

LCP Investment Summary March 2021

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Posted on 1 April, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 6.8% in March (in € terms), with returns boosted due to the U.S. Dollar strengthening by nearly 3% against the Euro. Equity investors again looked to the positives with global economic growth forecasts expecting a strong rebound over the remainder of 2021 and into 2022. Inflation expectation forecasts continue to rise, helped late in the month by the announcement of President Biden’s proposed $2trn infrastructure package, leading to higher bond...

LCP Investment Summary February 2021

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Posted on 2 March, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 2.6% (in € terms) in February. Equity markets rose strongly in the first half of the month. U.S. markets in particular climbed on the news that that 80% of U.S. companies exceeded earnings expectations in Q4. Global vaccine programmes were also a positive factor although many European countries still have tight restrictions in place and some recently introduced tighter border controls. The mood turned after the release of U.S. retail sales...

LCP Investment Summary January 2021

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Posted on 2 February, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets fell 0.1% (in € terms) in January. It was a mixed month for investors with some U.S. indices hitting new record highs over the course of January. Markets were well ahead going into the last week of the month with investors looking to the positives like better-than-expected corporate earnings rather than issues like virus mutations/new strains, more restrictions and problems with vaccine supply/logistics. However, this all changed in the last week of...

LCP Investment Summary December 2020

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Posted on 6 January, 2021 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 2.4% in December and 6.7% for 2020 (both in € terms), to finish what was an extraordinary year for investors.Despite the continuing rise in Covid cases globally, the emergence of new strains and increased restrictions in many countries, investors looked to the positives with the start of vaccinations in both the U.S. and Europe. Investors also welcomed the $900bn emergency economic aid package eventually agreed upon the U.S. Senate. In addition,...

LCP Investment Summary November 2020

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Posted on 1 December, 2020 by Administrator

Equities Global equity markets rose 10.1% (in € terms) in November. Markets reacted very favourably to the progress of three potential Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca. With hopes that they may receive final regulatory approval by year-end, many governments began making plans for a possible vaccine programme in early 2021. These developments also saw stocks that have suffered the most since last February performing strongly over the month, with...

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