Shard Capital Podcast: Further downside in the equity markets?
In our latest podcast, Bill Blain, Strategist at Shard Capital speaks with Julian Wheeler, Partner at Shard Capital and member of Shard Capital’s research Committee.
This week’s topic is about whether there is further downside in the equity markets as we enter the US earnings season. Bill and Julian discuss comments made by the CEO of Nike on the company’s earnings call with analysts, which was released on the 28th of June 2022. They delve into some of the inferences from those remarks and any trends we may see in upcoming results across the markets.
They also talk about whether the market is vulnerable to further deterioration in sentiment, whether inflation will continue to grow, and what else may be out there that may cause further weakness to markets.
Listen in on the conversation below:
Graphs, as mentioned by Julian Wheeler:
Figure 1: The world primary energy ‘bill’ as a percentage of world GDP

Figure 2: Inflation (World CPI)

Figure 3: Crude Oil Price & Drilling Activity

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