Equities gained 1.4% last week, reversing some of their decline the previous week and leaving them up 5.7% and 4.7% in local currency and sterling terms respectively over the month. … Read More

Equities posted strong gains last week with global markets up around 4¼% in both local currency and sterling terms. The prime driver was last Monday’s news that the US and … Read More

Last week was a quiet one for markets. Global equities and bonds both ended the week little changed although gold rose 2.4% to $3340/oz. The Fed and Bank of England … Read More

Global equities have continued their recovery, rising a further 2.5% or so over the past week in both local currency and sterling terms. They have now recovered the losses triggered … Read More

The rebound in equity markets resumed last week, with global equities ending up 4.0% in local currency terms and 3.4% in sterling terms. However, markets remained very volatile with the … Read More

What a week! Market volatility – with US equities surging as much as 9.5% last Wednesday – makes rather a mockery of trotting out the usual weekly performance numbers. But … Read More

Liberation day, far from heralding a new era of US prosperity, has provoked market panic. Global equities lost around 8% in both local currency and sterling terms last week, leaving … Read More

Global equities last week unwound the modest gains of the previous week, falling 1.3% and 1.7% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. This left markets up just over 1% … Read More

Markets were quiet last week. Global equities recovered a little after four weeks of declines, rising a bit under 1% in both local currency and sterling terms, leaving them down … Read More

Global equities continued their retreat last week, falling 1.7% in both local currency and sterling terms. This was their fourth consecutive weekly decline and left markets down 7.6% in sterling … Read More