With quarantine measures to tackle the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak causing a sharp plunge in global economic activity data, investors are asking when and how the current crisis will end, and how the recovery will take shape.
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Rising production and collapsing demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented glut in the oil market. As a result, we are currently witnessing a pronounced supply and demand shock that has sent oil prices to a multi-year low.
The question is not whether there will be a recession, but how deep and how long. Discover whether investors look set to be relieved or disappointed.
J.P. Morgan regularly: Our updated Market Bulletin summarises the latest views from Karen Ward and Tai Hui, Chief Market Strategist for Asia Pacific, as they assess the impact on markets and look at the implications for investors as the situation evolves.
Today the UK monetary and fiscal authorities provided a sizeable, coordinated package of measures to support the economy in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The spread of the coronavirus and its impact on global economic activity are increasingly troubling investors. Trying to predict the final outcome is a fool’s errand. Instead, in this piece weprovide aframework for tracking infection rates globally, monitoring the impact on economic activity using high frequency or daily data, and assessing the economic linkages that could serve to transmit economic stress.
Karen Ward outlines what factors she thinks could tempt investors back to the UK market.
Our Market Insights team take a look at the political event of 2020 and how the US election may affect financial markets.
Life is tough for an income-seeking investor today. A decade of easy monetary policy has pushed cash and short-dated government bond rates down to levels where they now offer little to nothing in terms of income. In some countries, negative rates are nibbling away at savings held on deposit.
Equities continued to rally in November – a relatively consistent feature of markets in 2019, despite the multitude of geopolitical risks that investors have faced this year.
EMEA Market Insights looks ahead to 2020 and considers what might be in store for global markets.
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Financial markets welcomed signs of an easing in geopolitical tensions in October, with risk assets generally outperforming traditional safe havens. Ambrose Crofton, Market Strategist, considers recent movements in global markets.
The UK population are returning to the polls, in a bid to resolve the Brexit impasse. Abundant uncertainties about the election result argue against significant positioning in sterling assets in either direction.
The outperformance of US stocks relative to European counterparts has been one of the defining characteristics of equity markets in the post-crisis period. This piece highlights how two sectors—technology and financials—have played a key role in driving the divergence between the two regions over the past decade. We then debate the potential catalysts that could trigger a reversal of recent trends.
Predicting recessions is not easy and we do not claim to have uncovered a perfect crystal ball. What we have developed is a framework for tracking the risks, and potential magnitude, of a downturn in the US economy.
The times when investors were able to enjoy a quiet summer seem to be over. August was a volatile month for financial markets, with the VIX averaging 19, compared to 13 in July.
The investment landscape is changing as savers and governments place greater scrutiny on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. In this piece we highlight the driving forces and discuss the ways in which investors can include ESG factors in their investment decisions.