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The default investment strategy for 2022 has to involve accounting for interest rates potentially being increased in the UK and in the...

A week on from COP 26, it is hard to decide whether it was a success or otherwise. Certainly, the last minute U-turn on coal due to...

Have we lost control of the climate? The answer seems to be yes, and the COP 26 has not been overly encouraging for delivering aggressive...

Yesterday’s expectations of a rate rise from the Bank of England passed with a whimper as they voted unanimously 7-2 in favour of a rate...

In a week where inflation news is almost playing second fiddle to rising COVID cases in the UK for the first time in months, our...

The development and mass production of vaccines in 2020 has allowed the world to return to some semblance of normal, with some pretty...

Such is the scale of the economic shock from COVID that the road back to economic normality will, necessarily, be a long one. Today’s...

The consensus view remains that the increase in inflation being experienced around the world is transitory. The dictionary definition of...

The Bank of England (BoE) left monetary policy unchanged this week with the Bank Rate at 0.1% and the asset purchase target at £895bn...

The August non-farm payroll report issued by the Bureau of Labour Statistics was the latest in a series of data releases to suggest that...

As is often the way after a summer lull, there is now a lot of news and data for markets to be considering. There certainly seem to be...

Having just returned from an unseasonably warm break with the family, I thought it interesting to reflect on some musings with regards to...

As world markets inch steadily higher the most common question we are asked by investors is so, what can go wrong? It is easy to...

As an increasing number of the population is vaccinated, a rolling global recovery is unfolding, creating a wonderland of sorts for...

There can be no doubt that vaccinations in the UK appear to be working. COVID cases are on the drop, hospitalisations have not...

This week saw the much anticipated “Freedom Day” come, and go, without the fanfare that the UK Government were hoping for. It was...

Something strange has happened. Federer is out of Wimbledon earlier than usual, losing his final set 6-0 for the first time ever. England...

This week has focused on things coming, but not going. Footballs coming home, apparently, but COVID is here to stay. England finally...

The global economy has recovered exceptionally well after one of the deepest recessions of the post-war era, but how challenging will the...

Freedom Day is off, at least for 4 more weeks. As we are advised the Government is led by the data, I suppose this was no great surprise....