Weekly Financial Update – 22.10.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 22.10.2020

It wasn’t a great week for the major world stock markets as all returned negative results.     This was mainly due to the fact the US government has still yet to agree a new stimulus package. What does this stimulus package entail? Well, it will provide...
Weekly Financial Update – 01.10.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 01.10.2020

This week the stock markets recovered some of their losses from the previous week as investors feel confident there will soon be a new US package of measures to boost the US economy.     There were issues in Japan though as an unknown technical glitch shut...
Weekly Financial Update – 03.09.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 03.09.2020

A slightly negative week for the majority of world stock markets but the US continues to outperform.       As discussed during last week’s update, Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve Chairman did in fact announce a change to the central bank’s...
Weekly Financial Update – 30.07.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 30.07.2020

All of the major world stock markets had negative returns over the last week as fears of a second wave of coronavirus cases worried investors.   Whilst many countries in Europe have got control of the virus, total worldwide cases are still rising and even...
Weekly Financial Update – 23.07.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 23.07.2020

It’s been a mixed bag for the markets over the last week with the US and Europe achieving slightly positive returns and the UK and Japan slightly down. The biggest riser was the emerging markets. The Chinese economy grew 3.2% last quarter which was more than expected....