Barclays Wealth's flashpoints for this week

Summary • Euro area fiscal issues will be with us for a long time • However, markets' focus could shift - particularly if US data stabilises Equities • Market volatility expected to continue • Income stocks likely to continue to be attractive to investors Fixed Income • Central banks co-ordinate in order to secure US dollar funding • Sentiment, or idiosyncratic risk, is the main driver of current market volatility for European Banks • Moody's downgrades two French banks this week. Currencies • The US dollar, the yen and the franc benefit from low correlation with ris...