Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 11th March – 15th March 2024
Global Economy Earlier this week, the US Census Bureau released retail trade data. According to the Census Bureau, advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were USD700.7bn, up 0.6% MoM from January 2024, and up […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 4th March – 8th March 2024
Global Economy Earlier this week, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation data. According to the US BLS, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 275,000 in February 2024, and the unemployment rate increased by 20bps to 3.9%. Job increases took place in the sectors of health care, government, food and beverage […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 26th February – 1st March 2024
Global Economy Japan’s core consumer inflation decreased for a third consecutive month in January 2024, reaching 2.00% YoY, ahead of market estimates but remaining in line with the central bank’s 2% target, according to Japanese e-Stat earlier this week. The emergence of wage-driven inflation factors outweighing cost-push drivers of prices would further boost anticipation of […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 22nd January – 26th January 2024
Global Economy S&P Global issued the US and UK Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data earlier this week. With a headline S&P Global Flash US PMI Composite Output Index of 52.3, it represented the fastest increase in business activity since June 2023, up from 50.9 in December 2023. The increase in output suggested a significant improvement […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 27th December – 29th December 2023
Global Economy The US Labor Department made data on initial unemployment claims available over the week. The week before Christmas saw an increase in first unemployment claims, according to the agency, as the once-hot labor market continued to drop. For the week ending December 2023, the number of first applications for unemployment benefits increased by […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 18th December – 22nd December 2023
Global Economy Earlier this week, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released UK November 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. According to the ONS, The CPI rose by 3.9% YoY in November 2023, down from 4.6% YoY in October 2023. On a MoM basis, CPI fell by 0.2% in November 2023 (vs. +0.4% MoM in […]
Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 10th July – 14th July 2023
This is a brief summary of the economic events that occurred this week in the global and domestic space. This report also provides investment strategies for investors in the coming week. Global Economy Earlier this week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for June 2023. In June, the […]
