
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…