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As I write, it comes as no real surprise that the US election has yet to deliver an immediate result. Arguably more surprising was the...

The US elections are almost upon us. The economy always plays a role in how people vote. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the economy had...

As the UK’s COVID rate continues to climb, our economy is losing steam as rising restrictions undermine firms’ efforts to recover from...

After a decent start, equity markets moved lower this week against a backdrop of fading prospects for a new round of fiscal stimulus in...

Stock markets have been a little stronger this week, despite the rising COVID cases and further restrictions on activity being imposed...

Client updates can sometimes need a little last-minute alteration should a major news story break overnight – today is one such example....

The prospect of a second lockdown saw the FTSE plunge to a three-month low this week, as the overall fear of a resurgent virus impacted...

It has been a busy week of central bank meetings with most of the headlines made by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). As expected, the Fed...

A slightly longer note today as there is something interesting going on in the, year to date, dominant US technology market. Before I...

Since I last wrote, not a huge amount has changed. European infection rates of COVID-19 have been gradually increasing, leading to...

It is a big three months for US markets as we approach the November Presidential elections. All eyes are on Trump vs Biden and the likely...

In the words of American politician Rahm Emanuel (who used the quotation himself), a crisis is “an opportunity to do things you think you...

Five months after the UK first went into lockdown, work and social activities are trying to return to everyday life, albeit at a social...

It has been another week of turbulent news on COVID infection rates, this time focusing on Europe, and combined with some poor earnings...

The market has remained relatively range bound again this week as positive news on better retail sales in June and an agreement on the...

Markets this week have been supported by promising news from both sides of the Atlantic with regards to the development of a COVID-19...

Markets have continued to be relatively range bound again this week, with concerns over Covid-19 case growth in the US weighing on...

Equities have once again ground slightly higher this week, whilst focus once again remains on COVID infection rates – not only in...

Markets have continued their topsy turvy progress this week as investors try and digest the rising global COVID infection rates,...

After a brief bounce in the markets on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve (FED) announced further support in asset purchases, concerns...