Country Indices Flash Report – December 2021
December marked a strong finish to a bullish quarter and year for developed market equities. Despite a rocky start to the month on news of highly-transmissible Omicron, investor concerns abated as evidence showed relatively mild effects in those vaccinated.
Country Indices Flash Report - October 2020
The intensity of Europe’s new COVID wave is growing and with it, the prospect of stalling the Continent’s nascent recovery due to increasingly Spring-like lockdowns. The U.S. surge isn’t far behind Europe’s, but the trajectory for Brazil and India is improving quickly.
Country Indices Flash Report - February 2020
Global equities began the month factoring in a manageable coronavirus impact – with Wall Street reaching new highs daily – before markets’ assessment of the outbreak’s spread and economic disruption shifted dramatically, leading to sharp declines in the final week.
