Author: Rupert Thompson

IBOSS Weekly Market Update | June 23rd, 2025 Market Update | Week 25

Harold Wilson’s quip sixty years ago that “a week is a long time in politics” continues to resonate – and not just in politics! In a busy week…

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IBOSS Weekly Market Update | June 16th, 2025 Market Update | Week 24

Looking at last week’s market moves, you would be hard pressed to guess that the long feared full-scale war between Israel and Iran had broken out. Global equities…

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Market Update | Week 23

Last week was a relatively quiet one for markets with global equities gaining 1.4% and 1.1% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. With the exception of Japan…

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Market Update | Week 22

Equities gained 1.4% last week, reversing some of their decline the previous week and leaving them up 5.7% and 4.7% in local currency and sterling terms respectively over…

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Market Update | Week 20

Equities posted strong gains last week with global markets up around 4¼% in both local currency and sterling terms. The prime driver was last Monday’s news that the…

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IBOSS Weekly Market Update | May 12th, 2025 Market Update | Week 19

Last week was a quiet one for markets. Global equities and bonds both ended the week little changed although gold rose 2.4% to $3340/oz. The Fed and Bank…

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