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Treasury yields ease over debt-ceiling compromise; Sticky inflation and Bank of England rate-hike speculations boost the pound; US stock-market gains reduce portfolio risk.

US market catches up to the European market; Info Tech’s dominance of the US market; Global trading activity rises led by US tech shares.

“When the dust settles, the U.S. sovereign bond market will still be the place to go for extra liquidity, simply because there isn’t any other bucket large enough to contain it,” said Olivier d’Assier, head of applied research in APAC at Qontigo

Investor sentiment continued to improve in most markets after the US government narrowly avoided defaulting on its debt. The only two exceptions were Australia and Japan, where sentiment declined, and the US, where it remained neutral and unchanged from the previous week.

Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. This is an amendment of the previous changes in composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index, announced on June 1, 2023.

Technology strong, but breadth weak in the US market; No sector has dominated non-US returns, and more stocks have beaten the index.

This article provides a high-level refresher of what tracking error means, and how we can embed it directly into portfolio construction.

Risk and volatility should not always be perceived as negative. According to Melissa Brown, Head of Applied Research at Qontigo, increased volatility often brings about opportunities.

Investor sentiment continued to improve in most markets we track last week on the back of better-than-expected Q1 earnings reports.

Olivier d’Assier, head of Asia Pacific applied research at Qontigo, discusses the outlook for stock markets in Japan and the US. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”

Land of the rising equity market.

Short-term US Treasury bill yields drop over debt ceiling deal hopes; Returning risk appetites boost the dollar as investors move on from inflation concerns; Opposing share prices and FX rates reduce portfolio risk.