Despite the continuous drip feed of poor retail sales data, convenience food and drink sales appear to be
bucking the trend in UK. Some of the biggest deals done…
The primary goal of the Bank of England is to maintain monetary and financial stability. In the UK, interest rates are set by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), a division…
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When Fundsmith CEO Terry Smith invested £25m of his own money into their new Smithson Investment Trust, the focus on small and medium capitalised companies became a major talking point…
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During October, we were delighted to participate in the CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment) Financial Planning Week which ran from 3rd to 10th October. Each year, the initiative…
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Retirement may seem a long way off for Millennials* but with people living longer and gold-plated final salary schemes disappearing from the pension landscape, the reality is that Millennials will…
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Who would you like the main beneficiary to be of your assets on your death? Those of us who answer that they would like the State to inherit the largest…
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Volatility returned to capital markets in October following comments from Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve. He suggested that interest rates are still far away from the neutral rate,…
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John Goodall, Head of Private Client Research
“The US equity markets have continued to perform strongly with both the Standard & Poors 500 Index and the NASDAQ Composite Index close…
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John Goodall from our Research team reviews the second quarter of 2018.
Developed equity markets rebounded in the second quarter, leaving the UK top 100 companies broadly flat for the… Read more →
John Goodall from our Research team presents our overviews for the UK, Europe, USA, Japan, Far East and Emerging Markets.
United Kingdom The economy has experienced a modest bounce, rising… Read more →