World markets summary:
The final quarter of the year saw equity markets surge to new highs on news that the US and China had agreed terms for a partial…
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World markets summary:
The momentum in global equity markets continued through November with a return on the UK world index of 2.61% to sterling investors over the month. It…
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World markets summary:
The positive momentum in global equity markets continued through October as the US Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates again and put in place a program…
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World markets summary:
Investment returns were generally positive over the month despite disappointing economic news and an increase in geopolitical tension, particularly in the Gulf, following the drone attacks on…
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Fixed Interest
The strength in the bond market in August reversed in September, simply reflecting more hawkish talk from central banks rather than any improvement in hard data.…
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In Japan equities were slightly down in sterling terms, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.07% whilst the broad Topix index fell 2.77%. The case for Japan still remains strong, exports rose…
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September saw Emerging Markets move slightly lower due to a rising US dollar, following expected interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve and US tax reform. The US dollar was…
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United States of America
The end of September saw all the main US indices posting gains with the S&P 500, The Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 all achieving…
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United Kingdom
The UK top 100 and all UK shares indices posted negative returns of -0.69% and -0.44% respectively over the period, however the UK top 250 shares…
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September saw markets enter a phase of discombobulation as investors sought reasons as to why bourses would move higher against what were headwinds of geopolitical risk alongside European election doubts.…
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