by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | May 13, 2020 | bonds, Macro
Bond markets are where institutional investors commanding the largest pool of savings PRICE their economic expectations for the future. The level of bond yields, and even more, future bond yields, is what savings are prepared to earn to lend to corporations and the...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | May 8, 2020 | Asian Equities, China, Macro
Whether COVID-19 was accidentally released from a biological warfare laboratory in Wuhan or not, what seems to be established is that the deadly virus first appeared in China’s Hubei province in December 2020. It is also clear that Donald Trump has chosen to point...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Apr 20, 2020 | Macro, Uncategorized
As we are now mid-April and economic data for the first quarter of 2020 are being published, we felt it was appropriate to make a first assessment of the economic impact of the COVID -19 coronavirus at this stage and try to fathom the depth of the economic damage in...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Oct 1, 2019 | Asset Allocation, bonds, Equities, Macro
Stock markets are known for often going too far. So can bond markets, although they tend to go mad a little less often, and to do so in a way that is less visible. However, one thing is clear from looking at the behaviour of global bond markets and that is that we...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Sep 25, 2019 | Asian Equities, Equities, Macro
Investing in India has been difficult in the last few months as economic growth and corporate earning were falling sharply. Elections uncertainties kept a lid on investors sentiment after the stellar rise of Indian assets over the past few years. We avoided Indian...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Jul 31, 2019 | Equities, Macro, macroeconomics, Politics
Non content to have destroyed a globalised world order patiently built over 50 years through his Trade wars and his corporate bullying tactics, Donald Trump has also questioned the independence of Central Banks, a concept and a reality that has taken decades if not...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | May 1, 2019 | Macro, macroeconomics
One third of 2019 is already behind us and, to say the least, it has been the heck of a third in the financial markets. On 31st December 2018, very few commentators expected the equity markets to rally, fear was prevalent and analysts were busy revising their...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Mar 21, 2019 | currencies, Euro (EUR), Macro, macroeconomics, US Dollar (USD)
Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Reserve brought its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy to an abrupt end, abandoning projections for any interest rate hikes this year and said it would halt the steady decline of its balance sheet in September. The decision made...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Mar 17, 2019 | Bonds Monitor, Commodity Monitor, Currency Monitor, Equity Monitor, Macro
As we argued in our various post since December, the Trade Wars of 2018 have taken a heavy toll on the world economy and the world is now facing its slowest economic growth rate since 2011. Bloomberg’s GDP tracker is one of the best coincident indicator and...
by lauren@ldpdevelopment.co.za | Jan 22, 2019 | China, Macro, macroeconomics, Politics
2019 may be starting with a bang in equity markets, but the major economies of the world are slowing down markedly…But which slowdown should we fear the most ? China’s or America’s ? The latest releases of economic data relating to the third quarter...
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