News & Updates
In our News & Updates section, we’ll keep you informed about what is happening at MeDirect Group. Through this section we also publish weekly market updates provided by well-established fund houses and other interesting financial reads. Make sure to visit often to keep yourself up to date.
BlackRock Commentary: Markets primed to be hawkish on rates
The ECB is set to confirm this week that rate increases are imminent, and markets expect it to hike well into 2023. The Fed is seen to reach peak rates at this year’s end. The sum total of rate hikes will ultimately prove to be historically low, we believe, as central banks choose to live with inflation rather than squash growth
BlackRock Commentary: Sticking with our strategic views
On a strategic horizon of five years and longer, BlackRock asset views are still positioned for an inflationary environment. They see inflation easing yet settling above pre-Covid levels: central banks will choose to live with some supply-driven inflation rather than destroy growth and jobs to fight it. That’s why they favor equities over bonds.
APS Bank p.l.c. Ordinary Shares
MeDirect will be accepting applications for anyone interested in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in APS Bank p.l.c. Ordinary Shares.
BlackRock Commentary: Turning neutral on DM equities
The Fed stepped up its rhetoric last week by vowing to bring inflation down at any cost. We think reality will be more complex. The hit to Chinese growth is starting to rival its 2020 shock and already surpasses the one from the global financial crisis.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Last week global equity markets struggled for any clear direction as investors fretted about economic growth. Regionally, performance was very mixed. The S&P 500 Index closed the week down 3%, the STOXX Europe 600 Index closed down 0.6%, whilst the MSCI Asia Pacific Index outperformed, closing the week up 2.8%.
BlackRock Commentary: Why we still prefer stocks over bonds
Equities have fallen hard this year on the prospect of rapid rate increases to rein in inflation, the tragic Ukraine war and a slowdown in China. BlackRock think equities remain more attractive than bonds, even as the historic sell-off in bonds has cut the gap between the two.
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