Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'stock markets'
Markets enjoy a "reflexive rebound"
6 months ago, when the blog last reviewed global stock market performance, it thought it likely we would "continue to see major bear market rallies". Coincidentally, 7 March proved to be a market bottom, since when markets are up a...
Stock markets continue to weaken
The chart above represents a sad story, with all major stock markets now down at least 48% since their peaks in 2007/8. When the blog last reviewed performance in September, Shanghai had been the worst performer, down 69% from its...
Dow Jones' 1st year fall worse than 1929
The chart presents a sobering view of recent stock market performance. It shows (courtesy of chartoftheday.com) the Dow's performance in the first year of all bear markets since 1900. Since its 2007 peak, the Dow has fallen more than...
The April Fools Day rally
There is an extraordinary main feature in this week’s Barron’s, the leading US investment magazine. This analyses the dramatic 391 point rally in the Dow Jones Industrials Index on 1 April. It describes this as ‘a spectacular exercise in the...
Selling the rallies
Stock markets are usually good indicators of future economic conditions. Their savage downturn since the start of the year suggests that investors now feel a growth slowdown is almost inevitable. Barrons (the major US investment paper) today highlights another...
Greed and Fear
Bill Gross runs PIMCO, the world’s largest government bond managers with assets of nearly $700bn. In a new commentary, he pulls no punches about what he sees as the ‘gluttony’ of the super-rich amongst the private equity and hedge fund...
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