Omicron sends equity markets sharply lower across the world as investors’ confidence is tested and they move out of equities into less risky asset classes such as government bonds. Before the announcement of the new Covid variant, markets were already…

25th October 2021 Equity Markets were mixed across the world this week. Corporate earnings appear to have boosted investor sentiment in the US and in Europe. Japan readies for its upcoming general election and China seeks to contain the property…

Equity markets rose this week, helped by US congress agreeing to increase the US debt ceiling temporarily allowing the US to avoid defaulting on its debt payments until early December. Inflationary pressures continue to be front and centre of investors’…

It was a mixed week in markets, dominated by news of China's second-largest property developer Evergrande's debt problems. At the same time, global economies are facing a slowing in economic growth with inflation rising sharply. Click here to read this…

Investors’ attention continued to focus on central banks looking for hints as to when they might start tapering financial support, ahead of interest rate rises. The previous week’s weak labour report in the US highlighted the slowing economic recovery weighed…

Overall, it was a negative week for markets globally. Worries over tighter central bank policy in the US and fears that economic growth could be peaking weighed on investor sentiment. This comes at a time when the highly contagious delta…

Stock markets enjoyed a positive week. In the absence of much notable economic news, most market indices ground higher. Click here to listen to this weeks Podcast Click here to look at this week weekly market update.

Stock markets enjoyed a positive week. Strong economic data and a slew of upbeat company earnings reports were enough to offset concerns over the continued spread of the delta variant and talk of central banks ending their extraordinary support packages.…

Last week was a challenging one for markets globally, driven by continued news that the pace of the global economic growth is slowing, exacerbated by the spread of the delta variant and the impact this could have on economic growth.…

It was a mixed week for markets globally. Most markets fell at the start of the week, but many recovered those losses. The spread of the delta variant and the likelihood that growth is slowing has impacted markets, but we…