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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
  • Financial Market Summaries

The one thing we promised in the last couple of posts was market volatility with Donald Trump at the helm. We had the initial euphoria […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on January 21, 2025January 21, 2025
  • Financial Market Summaries

There are two things to consider: The state of the global/US economy right now and then the potential impact of Donald Trump’s second term in […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on November 30, 2024November 30, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

STOCKS: US stocks had their biggest monthly gains of the year in November: The blue-chip S&P 500 index is up 5.9% for the month following […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on November 7, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election reverberated across global stock markets, as investors raced to back the winners and sell the expected losers […]

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Where would you invest USD 1 Million today?

By Paul McCormickPosted on October 5, 2024October 5, 2024
  • Financial

A common question especially in Asset Management interviews In thinking on where to invest $1 million I first think about what a typical investor portfolio […]

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Graduate Market Update for Interview

By Paul McCormickPosted on September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
  • Career
  • Financial Market Summaries

Global stocks bet the positive news on Wednesday Sept 18th that the Federal Reserve’s jumbo half-point interest rate cut would help deliver a soft landing […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on August 8, 2024August 8, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

IT WAS ALL GOING SO WELL! The markets moved from a warm summer’s day straight into autumn! Equity markets had been rising for much of […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on June 26, 2024June 26, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

The big themes of the year have been: A gradual fall in inflation towards Central Banks’ 2% target but in most cases, inflation remaining stubbornly […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

In some ways there has been one simple theme running through global financial markets over the last 6 months: Markets have been totally focussed on […]

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Graduate Market Update

By Paul McCormickPosted on March 25, 2024March 25, 2024
  • Financial Market Summaries

US stocks cap global market rally Rate-cutting signals from central banks spark hopes of more sustainable gains for shares STOCKS: US stocks recorded their biggest […]

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Paul McCormick is the founder of Opening City Doors and is a Financial Market Specialist. He provides a unique insight, and unusually broad perspective, into the opportunities available in London Financial Markets and related sectors and how to launch your career in the ‘City’.

 

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