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A WEEK IN FINANCIAL MARKETS
Equity markets ended last week on a positive note, with rises across the board on Friday, including the FTSE All-Share and Euro STOXX 600 which were both up +2.6% and the S&P 500 up +3.1%. The S&P ended up +6.5% for the week, the Dow Jones up +5% and the NASDAQ up +7%, making it…
News update: 28 November 2022
Today China developments are dominating headlines, with COVID frustrations boiling over as lockdowns triggered civil unrest in multiple cities including in Beijing and Shanghai – where police appeared to struggle to disperse crowds. The protests reflect the most direct challenge to party authority since Tiananmen Square in 1989 with protesters openly chanting for the CCP and President Xi to…
Venezuela, Sanctions, and Your Portfolio: A New Year Market Outlook
One Christmas, as a child I unwrapped a classic game: Battleships. Two grids. Hidden ships. And the slow, methodical process of probing the board, square after square, trying to work out where your targets are and what’s just empty ocean. It turns out that’s a surprisingly useful way to think about today’s oil market. Recent…
Tips For Success From the Current Business Elite
The path to success isn’t always straight. There are often bumps, turns and forks in the road. But a little bit of guidance can help you find your way. In fact, many of the most successful leaders are where they are today because they took advice from people they trusted. Here you’ll find some of the…
A week in the markets: 26/07/22
European equity markets were relatively muted on Friday, with the FTSE All-Share modestly up +0.2% and the STOXX 600 up +0.3%. However, US equities fell, selling off through the day, led lower by growth sectors after disappointing earnings reports, particularly in social media. The S&P 500 ended down -0.9%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average down…
Market update 20 February 2023
We ended last week with a slate of hawkish comments from central bankers – a reminder that they aren’t done tightening interest rates just yet and that market expectations for rate cuts later this year are probably much too soon, given the inflation outlook. From the ECB, Isabel Schnabel and Francois Villeroy de Galhau both…