Yet again Emerging Market economies were influenced by President Trump. His inauguration centred around protectionist rhetoric, “America first” which may well mean Emerging Markets last. Tougher immigration and trade protectionism…
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The Nikkei 225 fell 2.82% over the course of the month, whilst the broad Topix index fell 2.11% over the same period and the Nikkei 225 neared record levels over…
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The US market has started 2017 with a positive return on the S&P 500 of 1.9% and a rather flat, albeit volatile performance, for the US dollar against sterling.
The…
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Fixed Interest
There has been little movement in the US market over the month as long-term expectations of interest rate moves have remained subdued despite an acceleration in US CPI…
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United Kingdom
From a performance perspective, January could be considered fairly mundane with the UK top 100 companies retreating -0.57% while the broader UK All Share index fared marginally better…
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2016 was a volatile year for investors with many ups and downs. On Thursday 19 January 2017, John Goodall, Head of Private Client Research at WHIreland, spoke at our 2017…
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Our overviews for United States of America, UK, Europe, Japan, Far East and Emerging Markets along with our market weightings at a glance. United States of America As expected, the US…
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As a reminder to clients who have yet to respond, the pack you received requires your urgent attention, as we are requesting your consent to the appointment of SEI as…
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Ensure that you do not miss out on using valuable tax allowances and exemptions available before 5 April.
Your account executive can help you ensure appropriate opportunities to invest tax-efficiently…
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Following the election of Donald Trump as President, the financial markets have had a wave of optimism, which has seen the US S&P 500 index up 5% from election day…
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