Investment Updates
Regular investment updates and market views for private clients.
2019 | Market and Portfolio Updates
Market and Portfolio Update | October 2019
It is fair to say that it has been a strange summer. The Brexit proceedings have transcended farce. The Greek government is borrowing at cheaper rates than the US. Sterling strengthened on the hopes of a Corbyn government. President Trump labelled his own central banker as an enemy. The British government would collapse, if only…
Market and Portfolio Update | July 2019
Investors have benefited from a further quarter of strong returns with the FTSE All Share index climbing by 3% and the MSCI World index surging 6.5% higher. This leaves most equity indices up well into double figures over the year so far. Bond markets also contributed to the quarter’s returns with the average UK government…
Market and Portfolio Update | April 2019
Financial markets rebounded over the first quarter, recovering a large part of the losses suffered during the final quarter of last year. The FTSE All Share index closed the quarter up by 9.4% and similar returns were generated by other global stockmarkets. Remarkably, the returns from the gilt market were also high. At the beginning…
Market and Portfolio Update | January 2019
“Britain can be cancelled, top EU lawyer says” – so blundered a headline writer on CNN’s website. However, it sometimes feels like it. A divided nation, a crippled Government and a Leader of the Opposition who transparently covets investors’ hard earned savings. It is perhaps not a surprise therefore that this has been the worst…
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