The major global equity markets were all positive during the month of February despite a difficult last week caused by concerns over the rise in United States 10-year Treasury yields. It is up more than 50 basis points since the year began.
Monthly performance to the end of February 2021
FTSE 100 (UK) +1.2%
Dow 30 (US) +3.2%
Euro Stoxx 50 (Europe) +4.5%
Nikkei 225 (Japan) +4.7%
In terms of currency, £ Sterling ended February 1.40 US Dollars. This was 2.0% higher than the figure at the end of January.
Against the Euro, £ Sterling ended February at 1.16 Euros, which was 2.4% higher than the January closing figure.
Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) was 0.9% in January 2021 (this is January’s data which is reported in February). This was up from 0.8% in the previous month, largely as a result of rising furniture and household goods, restaurants and hotels, food and transport costs. The 12-month rate for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate which excludes owner occupied housing costs and council tax was 0.7% in January, up from 0.6% in December.
There were no further changes to the Bank of England base rate last week following the two previous cuts in March. The current rate remains at 0.1%.
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We believe this multi-asset approach aims to minimise global equity market falls in volatile periods.
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