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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”, or at least that is my recollection from my 1980’s music collection. Rather than...

On a dull and dreary Friday morning here in the West Country (we should have expected it for the Glastonbury music festival after all),...

Here we go. It seems that the US central bank, The Federal Reserve (FED), is serious about regaining its credibility after a rather slow...

When the CEO of Heathrow Airport, John Holland-Kaye, announced there would be further flight delays expected, I wasn’t really...

In a change of position that has split the Conservative Party, Rishi Sunak has changed his previous plan of funding £200 off everyone’s...

I thought it would be good to take a short break from the inflation / interest rate issues within the UK and US markets and for this week...

We have got used to central banks giving forward guidance, but not very often do we get comments in the rear-view mirror. It was...

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced on Wednesday that interest rates were being increased by 0.5% to a range of 0.75% to 1.0%....

To date, 2022 has been dominated by a negative news flow. The crisis in the Ukraine, Central Banks behind the curve in dealing with...

Without a doubt, over the past two years investors have had to tolerate – and navigate – a hefty amount of market volatility. The primary...

With ongoing concerns about energy price rises and supply for the months ahead, it has been interesting to read this week about US...

Inflation continues to be the story this week alongside the Ukraine crisis. The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Spring Statement...

Not only have we had continued focus on the Ukraine this week, we have also had the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England announce...

The war in the Ukraine continues, quite rightly, to dominate market headlines around the world and the stock markets have endured another...

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. ...