US US-China trade issues, with the US imposing hundreds of billions of tariffs on Chinese imports, and China responding accordingly, have been a major concern […]

Global Economy Although there is concern around global economic growth, that is not really reflected in asset prices with US equity markets trading close to […]

Interest Rates We have a world where either economic growth is stagnating or there is a fear of such stagnation! Europe is one of the […]

Global Markets Remain Volatile Equities Donald Trump’s sudden escalations of trade tensions with China have rattled global markets, triggering a sell-off in equities and a […]

Equities & Interest Rates Last week Equity Mutual Funds (in UK we refer to such funds as Unit Trusts) around the world attracted their biggest […]

Equities Global equities are down from their highs for the year on the back of US/China trade concerns but have not sold off significantly. Investors […]

Equities Generally global stocks have had a strong start to the second quarter of the year with perceived progress around US /China trade talks and […]

Equities Equity markets have enjoyed a stonking start to 2019.The US S&P 500 is ahead 11 per cent and the UK FTSE 100 is 7 […]

Equities Global equity markets continue to be volatile and, in the case of the US, approximately 10% down from the all-time highs reached in September […]

Interest Rates The US central bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points (0.25%) this week, as expected, and lowered its forecast for further ‘Fed […]