Financial Planning

Kwarteng Sacked As Chancellor

Market Update Week-end 15 October 2022 A week is a long time in politics as we saw again this week. Growing opposition on the Conservative backbenches, international criticism and extremely…

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Opec Cut Oil Production As Russian Forces Suffer Humiliating Withdrawals In Eastern Ukraine

Last week the energy price crisis is back in the news after OPEC decided to cut output to bank profits while they can. The move has reversed some of the recent…

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Time In The Market Or Timing The Market?

This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The As investment managers commence their get out…

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Gilts Tumble And Markets Rattled By Tax Cutting Budget And Rising Interest Rates

This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The This week we saw two nuclear options…

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End Of An Era As The UK Mourns The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II

This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and sub-2% inflation. The Last week the news was dominated by…

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Bond Markets Unconvinced

Market Update to close of markets Friday 1 July 2022. This week we learned that the end is nigh, or at least the era of rock bottom interest rates and…

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Russia Steps Up Pressure On Ukraine

Market Update to 4th March 2022.   This week the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia unsurprisingly dominates. Optimism caused by the initial failure to capture the capital, Kyiv, quickly…

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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Market Update 25th February 2022 This week Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to declare a full-scale military assault on the Ukraine, although his decision to do so was quite evidently…

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Will He or Wont He?

Weekly Update 21 February 2022 This week has been another volatile week for global markets as the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine and its western allies continues. There is much…

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Inflation Continues To Put Pressure On Interest Rates

Market Update 11th February 2022 This week the inflation melodrama continued, with US inflation numbers reaching record levels. This set off another round of speculation over interest rates with talk…

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Bank Of England Raises Rates To Combat Inflation As Global Markets Post Gains Following 4 Straight Weeks Of Fall

Market Update 4th February 2022 This week’s decisions from the Bank of England and European Central Bank were in line with expectations, but the language used to explain them has…

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Last Week Was Another Difficult Week For Markets.

Market Update 28 January 2022 This week our attention turns to the tension along the border of Russia and Ukraine. This doesn’t strictly count as news – the build-up of…

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