Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 2nd November 2025. Global equity markets finished the week on a mixed note as investors weighed a flurry of central bank decisions and a busy corporate earnings calendar. As expected, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a second consecutive meeting, lowering the fed funds target range to 3.75%–4%, bringing cumulative easing this cycle to 150 basis points. However, the path ahead remains uncer...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 26th October 2025. Global equity markets pushed higher last week, with US stocks reaching fresh record highs, as investors grew increasingly confident that the Federal Reserve will deliver another interest rate cut at its upcoming policy meeting. The ongoing US government shutdown continued to cloud the macroeconomic backdrop by halting key economic data releases, including the monthly jobs report. The in...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 19th October 2025. Global equity markets advanced last week, buoyed by a strong start to the US earnings season, even as volatility surged to its highest level since April and bond yields extended their recent decline. Investor sentiment was shaped by a mix of macroeconomic uncertainty and sector-specific developments. Adding to the supportive tone, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated that the ...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 5th October 2025. Global equity markets advanced last week even as the US government officially entered a shutdown, while oil prices tumbled amid concerns over potential global oversupply. At midnight on September 30, the US government ceased operations after lawmakers failed to reach a funding agreement. In Europe, headline annual inflation in the eurozone edged up to 2.2% in September from 2.0% in Augus...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 28th September 2025. Global equity markets remained largely subdued over the week, despite encouraging economic data from the United States, while commodity markets, particularly gold and oil, delivered strong gains. US inflation showed little movement in August, according to the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of underlying price pressures. Econom...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 21st September 2025. US equity markets reached new record highs last week, as investors digested a series of interest rate decisions from both sides of the Atlantic and assessed the implications for economic growth and corporate earnings. The US Federal Reserve moved decisively, cutting interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time in nearly a year. Across the Atlantic, the Bank of England held its key i...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 14th September 2025. Global equity markets posted solid gains last week as investors absorbed a series of key economic updates, including fresh US inflation data, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) interest rate decision, and further output increases from OPEC. In the United States, inflation picked up in August, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that headline consumer prices rose 2.9% year on year, up fro...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 7th September 2025. Global equity markets were largely subdued this week, as investors digested a mix of weak US labour data, steady European inflation, and ongoing volatility in government bond markets. In the United States, the labour market showed clear signs of cooling. In the eurozone, inflation remained broadly stable. Equity markets were mixed across regions. In the US, broad indices were lar...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 31st August 2025. Global equity markets posted a relatively flat performance last week as investors digested a mix of corporate earnings, gold price movements, and US inflation data. The US Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index, nudged higher in July. S&P 500 companies reported a second-quarter earnings gain averaging 11.7% year-over-...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 24th August 2025. Global equity markets experienced a rotation in sentiment last week, with performance diverging across regions ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole symposium, where US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered fresh guidance on monetary policy. In the UK, inflationary pressures intensified in July, with annual consumer price growth climbing to 3.8% from 3.6% in June, the highest level in 18 months...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 17th August 2025. Investor attention last week centred on a trio of headline economic developments: US inflation data, UK GDP figures, and the extension of a US-China tariff pause. In the United States, markets closely monitored the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) release, anticipating a potential tariff-driven rise in inflation. Across the Atlantic, the UK economy demonstrated surprising resilience...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 10th August 2025. The US technology stock index surged to fresh record highs this week, driven by investor reaction to key developments, including interest rate announcements from the Bank of England, the expiration of the US tariff pause, and strong corporate earnings from some of the US' largest companies. On Thursday, the Bank of England (BoE) opted to cut UK interest rates by a quarter point, marking its fi...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 29th June 2025. US equity markets surged to fresh record highs last week, buoyed by a combination of easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and renewed optimism around global trade. The rally came despite a modest uptick in US inflation. Markets were also buoyed by progress on US-China trade relations. In equity markets, the S&P 500 rallied over 3.4% for the week, with US technolo...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 22nd June 2025. Equity markets drifted lower last week as a series of high-profile central bank decisions was largely overshadowed by escalating conflict in the Middle East. The US Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%–4.5% for a fourth consecutive meeting, in line with expectations. Across the Atlantic, the Bank of England followed suit, maintaining its Bank Rate at 4....

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 15th June 2025. Global equity markets ended the week in negative territory, as mounting tensions in the Middle East overshadowed softer-than-expected inflation data and tentative progress on US-China trade relations. Markets sold off sharply on Friday following reports that Israeli airstrikes had targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, reigniting fears of broader regional instability. Earlier in the week, in...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 8th June 2025. Global equities posted modest gains last week, led by a strong performance in US markets, which rallied to their highest levels in three months. In the US, non-farm payrolls rose by 139,000 in May, with April’s figure revised down to 147,000. Corporate earnings continued to provide a tailwind. In Europe, the European Central Bank cut its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2%, it...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 25th May 2025. Global equity markets declined whilst US Government bond yields increased over the week as rising US debt levels and trade tariffs weighed on investor sentiment. Moody’s has stripped the United States of its final triple-A credit rating, citing Washington’s persistent failure to rein in ballooning fiscal deficits and the mounting burden of interest payments as a share of GDP. The downgrade ...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 2nd June 2025. Global equity markets advanced last week, clawing back some of the ground lost during the recent sell-off, though year-to-date gains remain modest. Investor sentiment received a boost from a robust set of earnings, most notably from Nvidia The broader US earnings season showed resilience, with S&P 500 constituents delivering average earnings growth of 12.9% in the first quarter, marking...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 18th May 2025. Global equities surged last week, buoyed by an apparent thaw in trade tensions between the United States and China. Under the provisional accord, recently imposed tariffs will be suspended for 90 days to allow further negotiations. On the economic data front, US inflation showed signs of further moderation. Headline CPI rose 0.2% in April, driven mainly by housing costs, with the annu...

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 4th May 2025. Global equity markets continued their recent recovery over the week, as improving sentiment around global trade and positive corporate earnings took centre stage. First-quarter corporate earnings in the United States are coming in ahead of expectations, helping lift equity markets despite renewed signs of economic fragility. However, guidance for the second quarter has notably deteriorated. ...