Bill Gross of PIMCO's investment outlook for August.
The slowdown now underway in China should be seen as a normalisation of growth. It is unlikely to lead to a hard landing.
While the stress tests were perhaps too soft, they have provided a line in the sand. The European banking system appears reasonably well placed to withstand a conventional downturn.
European equities rose last week as encouraging earnings reports and economic news overshadowed uncertainty about the results of the EU stress test, which were published after markets had closed.
Henderson think that moderating growth is inevitable since China is rebalancing its economy towards a more sustainable level after aggressive stimulus. June economic data suggest that China’s economy...
Moderate GDP growth amid uncertainty over policy changes complicates the economic outlook for the remainder of 2010.
Double-dips are rare. Since 1884 there have been only 3 recessions out of 38 that qualify. Equity valuations offer a sufficient safety margin for any secondary slowdowns.
There were some market criticisms about the European Banks stress test exercise. Market analysts suggested that the testing was not very rigorous with the tests set in such a way that most of them wou...


