Last week was action packed with trade deals, the Fed meeting and the Magnificent Seven all competing for the market’s attention. After all the excitement, global equities ended the week … Read More

Equity markets were in ebullient mood last week with global equities gaining 1.9% and 2.5% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. China and the UK fared best with rises … Read More

Last week was a choppy one for equity markets but global equities still ended up 1.0% in local currency terms and 0.5% in sterling terms. US equities did best, gaining … Read More

Last week was very much a week of two halves. Equities remained in bullish mode until Trump came along on Friday and threatened additional 100% tariffs on China from 1 … Read More

Global equities resumed their rally last week after a brief pause. They saw gains of 1.2% and 1.6% in sterling and local currency terms respectively, taking the year-to-date returns up … Read More

Markets for the most part had a quiet week despite President Trump’s best efforts. Following their gains of late, global equities were little changed in both local currency and sterling … Read More

Donald Trump became the first US President to return to the UK for a second state visit. Served with all of the trimmings, there was also some politics thrown in. … Read More

Equities had a good week, with global markets rising 1.7% and 1.5% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. Emerging markets led the way with a rise of 3.7%, buoyed … Read More

Equity markets had another quiet week, edging up 0.4% in both local currency and sterling terms. Emerging markets led the gain with a rise of 1.3% while the US rose … Read More

Equity markets had a quiet end to the summer holidays despite a fair few events which could potentially have created some volatility. Global equities ended last week down slightly, having … Read More