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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…

The Road Ahead This update covers the period up to May 7th. As usual, we have taken the basic asset class chart (fig.1) back to the end of…

Global equities have continued their recovery, rising a further 2.5% or so over the past week in both local currency and sterling terms. They have now recovered the…

Clients often look to their advisers for clarity and reassurance during turbulent market periods. It’s normal for clients to feel uneasy in uncertain markets. Still, uncertainty is part…

The rebound in equity markets resumed last week, with global equities ending up 4.0% in local currency terms and 3.4% in sterling terms. However, markets remained very volatile…