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We have been listening to a great many experts in the military, geopolitical and investment arenas over the last week, considering the...

Russia has invaded the Ukraine in a move that is probably more based on Putin’s legacy than protecting Russian borders from NATO or...

Whilst we are carefully watching developments on the Ukrainian border, at this moment in time, I can add no further commentary on...

A bumper jobs reports in the US has increased the possibility of higher-than-expected rate rises from the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed)...

When interest rates start to go up, equities have a habit of re-rating in line with the impact on a particular stocks future earnings. ...

As we await further updates from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on how they intend to counter high and persistent inflation and cool demand...

We are just a few weeks into the new year, and the market environment is already continuing to challenge the high-flying stocks of the...

Already in 2022, markets have quickly shown us that there is much to consider this year. Away from hearing about bring your own booze...

A New Year is with us, yet many of last year’s concerns remain. How will central banks deal with higher than expected inflation, when...

Somewhat ahead of expectations, Boris has revealed the first part of his “Plan B” to deal with COVID in the UK, and more crucially the...

A more balanced spread of news for you this week split between our old friends COVID vs “The Market”. Omicron has become the discussion...

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...