Global equities ended the week down a modest 0.4% in local currency terms. But they fell a somewhat larger 1.4% in sterling terms due to a rise in the pound … Read More

For the second week running, President Trump managed to trump any economic data released. Last week it was all about Venezuela, this week Greenland. Trump announced over the weekend that … Read More

Global equities have started the year full of New Year cheer, gaining 1.7% last week in local currency terms and 2.1% in sterling terms. The big news was the US … Read More

Global growth has held up better than expected in the face of Trump’s large tariff hikes and should continue to be supported this coming year by declining interest rates and … Read More

UK Festive Cheer Hard on the heels of the meeting of the Federal Reserve on 10 December, which saw US rates cut a further 0.25% to 3.5-3.75%, last week saw … Read More

Last week saw UK equities rise 2.2%, UK gilts return 0.9% and the pound strengthen 1.3% against the dollar – altogether seemingly representing a resoundingly positive endorsement of the Chancellor’s … Read More

The market jitters seen of late continued last week with global equities ending the week down 2.1% in both local currency and sterling terms. The main source of nervousness remains … Read More

Last week saw some volatility with equity markets up as much as 1.5% on Monday, only then to fall a similar amount on Thursday. All this left global equities up … Read More

Global equities retreated last week with markets down around 1.5% in both local currency and sterling terms. The decline was led by the tech sector which was off close to … Read More

Last week was action packed with trade deals, the Fed meeting and the Magnificent Seven all competing for the market’s attention. After all the excitement, global equities ended the week … Read More