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Ignore politics at your peril
1 June 2018It has been one of the more unnerving weeks in financial markets and judging by some of the questions from advisers and clients, the media was effective in using the commotions to sell copy through exaggeration. While new puns...
GDPR? No – far more interesting news!
25 May 2018I suspect most will remember this 4th week in May of 2018 as GDPR email madness week. For us and investors the week had far more interesting aspects than businesses turning data protection into a Y2K déjà vu. Politicians...
What’s the economic reality of this week’s news?
18 May 2018On Wednesday it was revealed that wage growth in the UK has outpaced inflation once again, a headline grabbing event, but has is it an indicator of a real trend in the UK and does a potential move in the inflationary environment...
Batten-down-the-hatches?
11 May 2018We recently received a number of questions from investors on whether we thought the economic and capital market cycle is coming to an end. Basically, is it time to ‘batten down the hatches’? The UK’s uncertain post Brexit...
Past the peak?
4 May 2018We wrote last week how we observe that – after the recent correction - stock markets now appear to have entered a consolidation phase, expressed by an unwillingness to rally despite daily announcements of exceptionally strong...
Confusing signals?
27 April 2018We are now over 90 days into this stock market correction and market action over the past week must have enforced the view of many lay investors that understanding what makes them rise and fall is beyond rational consideration....