Category: Investment Outlook
US$ weakness versus Bitcoin and Carillion
19 January 2018Across the mainstream media, the past week’s finance news was dominated by the collapse of construction conglomerate Carillion and the rapid fall of Bitcoin. However, the investment world was more transfixed by the continued...
Bullish sentiment rings alarm bells
12 January 2018The new year is starting up with a dynamic in global capital markets that even the bulk of the optimistic forecasts had not anticipated. This is somewhat at odds with the UK’s domestic situation where another miscalculation...
Encouraging kick-off
5 January 20182018 has started on a positive note. Despite widespread fears for capital market upset through the coming into force of MiFID II on January 3rd, all remained calm and equity markets started with a positive week. This latest round...
2017 – taking stock
15 December 2017As we look forward to the Christmas holidays and the new year ahead, we also tend to look back at what the year past brought us. In particular, in our profession, we look back at how the year actually unfolded relative to the...
Sudden, but not entirely unexpected
1 December 2017It has been a week full of surprises and sudden turns of events, with the main unchanged parameter continuing to be the consistent and synchronised progress in global economic growth. For the UK public and economy, the most...