Market Commentary – May 2019

Market Commentary – May 2019

The fight for technology supremacy is now fully engaged as the US and China go head to head. This, in turn with more fears over a global slowdown has caused markets to fall over the last month. State of play – the main world stock market indexes Region Index Last...
Market Commentary – April 2019

Market Commentary – April 2019

The start of a new tax year has seen stock markets around the world continue their positive 2019 with the majority edging up and up, closer to the highs of last year. On an individual company basis it was a mixed bag for those new companies listing on the stock market...
Market Commentary – March 2019

Market Commentary – March 2019

Brexit really has dominated the news this month more than other months, and that’s saying something! It seems as soon as you write and publish something about Brexit, the whole thing changes. As for world stock markets, it has generally been a positive month but as...
Market Commentary – February 2019

Market Commentary – February 2019

Good news for stock markets this month as two of the major threats to world markets appear to have subsided for now. The US Federal Reserve has decided they will take it easy with regards to raising future interest rates and Trump has decided to make friends with...
Market Commentary – January 2019

Market Commentary – January 2019

After December’s sharp reminder that stock markets can go down as well as up, January has been relatively calm with most markets returning positive performance figures for the month. Did you shop in the stock market sales of December and grab yourself some bargains?...