Weekly Update – 8/8/2014
August 08, 2014
Geopolitics continued to weigh on equity markets as tensions with Russia mounted.
Weekly Update – 8/1/2014
August 01, 2014
What a difference a few days can make….While most of July showed equity markets continuing the trend higher, the last few days quickly reversed most markets into the red.
Weekly Update – 7/25/2014
July 25, 2014
In more recent time periods, macro-related news including GDP growth and PMI data have driven market sentiment and accordingly returns. At the mid-way point of the year, however, Q2 earnings have taken center stage. For this reason, we opted to substitute our weekly macro review with an update on earnings from both the broader market and our portfolio companies.
Weekly Update – 7/18/2014
July 18, 2014
Geopolitics continued to darken this week. Unrelated (hopefully) to the US stepping up sanctions against Russia this week for ongoing support of separatist aggression in the Ukraine, a Malaysia Air airliner was downed near the Russian/Ukraine border.
Weekly Update – 7/11/2014
July 11, 2014
The export from Portugal this week was not nearly as smooth and sweet as its typical libation. News that Banco Esprito Santo, the 5th largest lender in Portugal, might face losses on loans to its founding family’s related companies resparked Euro-area bank concerns.
Weekly Update – 7/3/2014
July 03, 2014
In the spirit of the upcoming holiday in the United States, we cannot help but think of a fireworks-related metaphor for the current equity markets. While we would love to say it has shot up like a bottle-rocket, or has been as spectacular as an aerial burst from a roman candle, it would be overstating it. No, the equity markets continue to act like a snake.