Global Market Report

Atlantic Trust issues a monthly publication which provides a summary of major events and trends in the world markets. It includes a global overview as well as a perspective on emerging markets and fixed income.

2009 Issues

  • December - All major developed equity market regions continued their positive trend during December as steadily improving economic news flow and strong corporate results underpinned the forward momentum...
  • November - The major developed equity market regions, with the notable exception of Japan, were up over November with most of the gains achieved in the first half of the month...
  • October - All the major developed equity market regions ended the month in negative territory. On a relative basis, the US was the best performing market, while Europe was the weakest region...
  • September - was another good month for global equities with all the major regions, aside from Japan, registering positive returns...
  • August - The summer rally in equities extended for another month as stocks garnered support from a mixture of upbeat economic data and some positive earnings results...
  • July - Stock markets provided strong performance during July, as economic news generally improved and a majority of companies reported earnings ahead of analysts’ expectations...
  • June - The global equity rally looked to have leveled off during June, with both developed and emerging markets providing...
  • May - Further falls in the rate of economic deterioration in Western economies and an improvement in leading indicators and confidence led stock markets higher over May...
  • April - Tentative signs of stabilisation in economic data helped global equity markets to enjoy strong performances during April...
  • March - Despite a weak start to the month, the majority of world equity markets closed higher in March as sentiment towards the global economic outlook improved...
  • February - Deterioration in global economic conditions continued during February and maintained the downward pressure on equity markets...
  • January - Equity markets remained under pressure as macroeconomic data weakened further...

2008 Issues

  • December - The performance of global equity markets in October continued in the same vein as in the previous month...
  • November - Nerves dominated the investment environment over September...
  • October - The performance of global equity markets in October continued in the same vein as in the previous month...