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.

2010 Issues

June - Positive news, such as strong manufacturing numbers from China, India and the US, was overshadowed by fears over sovereign indebtedness, the capital adequacy of European banks and warnings that global growth may slow over coming months.
May - Heightened volatility and an aversion to risk characterized equity markets this month, and further worries about Eurozone sovereign debt led to another decline of the Euro. Results in the U.S. and Asia Pacific were mixed as concerns over European debt diminished investor confidence.
April - Concerns over sovereign Greek debt continue to dampen any other positive news coming from Europe but developments in China and Asia Pacific are considerably more upbeat. Increased consumer spending in the U.S. helped the economy grow 3.2% over 1Q10.
March - Positive economic developments and increased consumer confidence helped to boost equity markets across the globe last month. U.S. stocks post their best quarter since 1998 but news from Europe remains bleak.
February - U.S. consumer confidence stumbled this month and Greece’s debt woes plague both Europe and the Euro. Meanwhile, 4Q09 data from Asia and emerging markets is largely positive.
January - Equity markets and corporate bonds took positive momentum into the new year, but the Euro posted it biggest monthly drop versus the Yen and U.S. Dollar. Is the global recession loosening its grip? The answer may be yes, but the results are mixed.

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...