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Central Banks Continue to Talk Tough – Market Update Week Ending 16th December 2022
CENTRAL BANKS CONTINUE TO TALK TOUGH Last week the inflation and what central banks are doing about it were the main drivers of the markets. Initially there was some good news because…
Autumn Statement Highlights – 17th November 2022
AUTUMN STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS As the Private Office Asset Management marketing team makes its way back from our 2-day Business Expo at the London Excel Centre where we had a…
Kwarteng Sacked As Chancellor
Market Update Week-end 15 October 2022 A week is a long time in politics as we saw again this week. Growing opposition on the Conservative backbenches, international criticism and extremely…
Opec Cut Oil Production As Russian Forces Suffer Humiliating Withdrawals In Eastern Ukraine
Last week the energy price crisis is back in the news after OPEC decided to cut output to bank profits while they can. The move has reversed some of the recent…
Time In The Market Or Timing The Market?
This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The As investment managers commence their get out…
Gilts Tumble And Markets Rattled By Tax Cutting Budget And Rising Interest Rates
This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The This week we saw two nuclear options…
End Of An Era As The UK Mourns The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II
This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The Last week the news was dominated by…
Bond Markets Unconvinced
Market Update to close of markets Friday 1 July 2022. This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and…
Bleak Outlook Forecast By The Bank Of England
Market Update 5th August 2022 This week the Bank of England forecast a recession in Q4 2022. Consumer price inflation, driven principally by price rises in energy, food, and physical…
US Fed Rate Hike Stimulates Equity And Bond Rally
Market Update 29th July 2022 This week we saw the US enter a recession that is not quite a recession yet. US GDP unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter by…
Inflation Centre Stage As Tory Leadership Contenders Reduced To Two
Market Update 22nd July 2022 Over the past week inflation continued to dominate the news as the European Central Bank increased interest rates for the first time in 11…
Russia Steps Up Pressure On Ukraine
Market Update to 4th March 2022. This week the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia unsurprisingly dominates. Optimism caused by the initial failure to capture the capital, Kyiv, quickly…
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