Weekly Financial Update – 17.09.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 17.09.2020

It’s been a pretty quiet week for stock markets as all of the world’s major markets ended up with a positive return.     In the UK, we found out that unemployment rose to 4.1% during the May-July quarter. Up from 3.9% from the previous quarter. Whilst...
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....
Weekly Financial Update – 14.05.2020

Weekly Financial Update – 14.05.2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJQTr33VJ5Y&feature=emb_title The level of unemployment now in the US is truly staggering. The amount of jobs fell by 20 million during April. To put this into perspective this is the same amount of job losses that were lost in...
The State Of The UK Economy At The Start Of 2019

The State Of The UK Economy At The Start Of 2019

So as we begin 2019 the UK stock market has been hit pretty hard over the last few months. In fact the leading index, the FTSE 100 is back down at a level similar to what it was back in the year 2000! So does this make it a good time to invest? After all, a declining...