Concerns around slowing economic growth, Trump’s trade wars and the outcome of the November US midterm elections as well as increasing interest rates from the US Fed all weighed on the market. With their stretched valuations, the brunt of the fall was seen in Tech stocks as the NASDAQ lost nearly 9% over the month.
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Trade tensions escalated in September as the U.S. put in place a 10% tariff on US$200bn of Chinese imports and Donald Trump flagged tariffs on another US$267bn, should China retaliate. China has added tariffs (5% and 10%) on US$60bn of goods imported from the US.
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US equities achieved a new milestone in August, the longest running bull market in US history 3,453 days since the low in March of 2009 and counting.
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Equity markets appreciated largely supported by strong earnings growth in US while investors tended to ignore geopolitical issues despite the trade-war rhetoric deteriorating sharply over the month.
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Equity markets generally traded sideways as investors became more sanguine about geopolitical issues despite the trade-war concerns increasing sharply toward month end
and into July.
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Equity markets rose during May, despite concerns over an Italian exit from the Eurozone toward the end of the month, supported by lower bond yields and buoyant company earnings.
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Equity markets were reasonably quiet over April as investors became more sanguine about geopolitical issues with most global markets trending higher.
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Equity market volatility continued into March with most global markets ending weaker. The MSCI World ex Australia Index was down 2.3% (hedged), following February’s loss of 3.7%.
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Equities had a volatile month, but most global markets ended weaker in February with the MSCI World ex Australia Index down 3.7% (hedged), following January’s gain of 3.8%.
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Equities continued their strong rally into January with the MSCI World ex Australia Index (hedged) up 3.8%, following December’s gain of 1.1%, however the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.5%. This brought annual returns for the respective indices to 22.9% and 12.2%.
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