Market Update – 1st May 2024. - 1st May 2024

Following on from promising GDP growth in Q1 that exceeded forecasts, reports on Tuesday revealed that China’s manufacturing sector has expanded for the second month in a row

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Market Update – 24th April 2024. - 24th April 2024

Markets rallied this week as a busy week of earnings reports got underway and investors look to a full week of key economic data.

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Market Update – 17th April 2024. - 17th April 2024

It has been a choppy week for markets as investors have considered some pieces of key economic data and have kept an eye on tensions within the Middle East.

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Market Update – 10th April 2024. - 10th April 2024

The consumer confidence index for Japan came in hot on Tuesday at highs not seen since May 2019.

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Market Update – 4th April 2024. - 4th April 2024

Markets were jittery early in the day on Wednesday as investors awaited the fallout from one of Taiwan’s most significant earthquakes since 1999.

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Market Update – 27th March 2024. - 27th March 2024

This week has seen a relatively calm demeanour following the recent flurry of central bank interest rate decisions.

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Market Update – 20th March 2024. - 20th March 2024

This week is packed with central bank interest rate decisions, giving markets plenty to digest.

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Market Update – 13th March 2024. - 13th March 2024

The FTSE 100 reached its highest level since May last year rising by 1% yesterday, driven by optimism arising from the slowdown in wage growth which heightened expectations for forthcoming interest rate cuts.

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Market Update – 28th February 2024. - 28th February 2024

In the US, markets have taken a breather after last week’s rally, gearing up for a busy week featuring the latest Q4 GDP estimate, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, Core PCE as well as manufacturing PMIs.

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Market Update – 21st February 2024. - 21st February 2024

It has been a relatively calm week for markets thus far, with the US observing Presidents’ Day on Monday.

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