The European Central Bank (ECB) has reaffirmed its commitment to begin winding down quantitative easing (QE) operations by the end of the year. This is despite what looks like choppy waters
What a difference one month can make. At the end of September, one of the biggest conundrums of 2018 was the divergence of stock market returns between the US (strongly
During the recovery from February’s stock market correction, we wrote on these pages that the upsurge in equities – particularly in the US – felt a little uncomfortable. This was
The global equity market sell-off calmed this week, even though the predicted bounce back petered out sooner than most had expected with selling pressures already returning mid-week. This left stock
The global trading environment has clearly changed since Donald Trump became President. Trump’s recent claim that he has achieved “more than almost any other administration in history” caused tittering from the world leaders gathered
Paul Hogarth, Founder and CEO of Tatton Asset Management plc, said: “We have delivered a good start to the year and we remain confident of achieving further progress through the
Last week, we wondered why stock markets had not reacted more negatively to the latest upward wave of bond yields, when this had led to a formidable stock market correction
Having written only last week that Trump’s trade wars may prove a bizarrely supportive factor towards safely unwinding overvalued bond markets, I feel as if I provoked bond markets to
Finance and Technology Research Centre (F&TRC) has added functionality into its Quality Analyser system which enables advisers to compare critical illness (CI) policies based on an individual’s personal circumstances, such
As September and Q3/2018 drew to a close, investors enjoyed a second consecutive week of positive returns, ending the period not only with positive returns overall, but also in an
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