Titan Wealth Weekly Market Update - Monday 21st April

Welcome to this week’s Titan International market review for the week ending 20th April 2025. 

US stocks underperformed global markets in a holiday-shortened week, with investors still weighing the implications of Washington’s evolving stance on global trade tariffs.

The European Central Bank, as widely anticipated, trimmed its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%. 

In the UK, inflation cooled more than expected in March, easing to 2.6% from 2.8% in February, below consensus forecasts of 2.7%. 

Meanwhile, China’s economy delivered another upside surprise. GDP rose by 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, marking a second consecutive beat versus forecasts. 

US equity markets shed 1.5% over the week, led lower by a 2.6% drop in the technology sector. 

Fixed income assets continued to be a haven of safety for investors with the US 10 year treasury yield falling back to 4.33% and long duration US credit up almost 2% for the week.

In commodities, gold extended its winning run, rising for the sixth time in seven weeks. 

That’s all for this week’s Titan International Weekly Podcast. Thank you for listening and for further investment insights head over to titanwealthinternational.com.