The World In A Week – Autumn is coming
Written by Shane Balkham. Inflation continues to dominate investors thoughts and last week we had the UK’s rate of inflation climbing to 10.1% for July on an annualised basis, the first time the…
The World In A Week – Recessionary fears mount
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week UK Gross domestic product (GDP) data was released for the second quarter of 2022 which saw the UK economy contract by 0.1 per cent having risen 0.7 per cent in…
The World In A Week – Narrowing the gap
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week, the Bank of England (BoE) announced it had raised interest rates by 0.50%, the biggest increase in 27 years. UK interest rates now sit at 1.75% which is still…
BOE’s Comments Surprise More Than Its Deeds
BOE’s Accelerated Fight Against Inflation Could Come at a Cost Following the Bank of England raising its bank rate by 50 basis points, Derrick Dunne commented “Making drastic decisions…
The World In A Week – Following the leader
Written by Shane Balkham. The tightening of monetary conditions continued last week with the Federal Reserve hiking rates by 0.75%, repeating the size of the hike that was made last month. The Fed…
The World In A Week – Hot summer and cold winter
Written by Cormac Nevin. Markets continued to stage a broad-based recovery last week, as returns for June continue to be strong in what has been a challenging year to date. The MSCI All Country…
‘Downright damning’ UK inflation crisis continues as figures hit new high
June’s UK consumer prices index reached 9.4%, putting further pressure on the Bank of England and on investors’ money.
The World In A Week – Earnings Call
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week kick-started another earnings season in the US as companies disclose their financial performance over the last quarter. The big banks were the first set of…
The World In A Week – A dreadful week for politics
Written by Shane Balkham. Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese Prime Minister, was assassinated last week. He was shot twice while giving a campaign speech on Friday, in the run up to elections in…
The World In A Week – The Three “R” ‘s
Written by Richard Warne. It was only six months ago when the S&P 500 in the US reached all-time highs, in a world where lingering supply chain pressures and potential COVID-19 outbreaks seemed…
The World In A Week – The Bear of Recession
Written by Ilaria Massei. Last week’s focus was once again on Central Banks. Despite the Federal Reserve’s largest interest rate increase since 1994, the Fed’s Chair Jay Powell warned that a US…