June closed with plenty of razzle-dazzle thanks to the biggest increase in US consumer confidence since November 2011. The US Conference Board Consumer Confidence index jumped […]

The tug of war between an economic recovery versus a rise in coronavirus cases has continued overnight.  US equity markets yesterday recouped the vast majority of […]

Global equity markets reversed yesterday morning’s losses to close in positive territory – and this positive sentiment has continued into today, with the FTSE-100 currently up […]

As global equity markets are currently trading on every news headline, the mood has quickly turned from positive to negative.  As a result, global equity markets […]

Although the FTSE-100 ended yesterday (Monday 22 June 2020) lower due to concerns that the coronavirus infection rates are still rising (especially in the US), interestingly […]

While yesterday afternoon’s US jobless data showed an improvement on the prior week, it was nevertheless disappointing – although as we highlighted last Friday (please see […]

Data from the US yesterday (Wednesday 17 June 2020) showed that Americans were looking at renovating or moving to a bigger, better home as mortgage applications […]

If you ever needed proof that time in the market is more important than trying to time the market, we have had it over the past […]

Last week’s equity market weakness continued yesterday, as the growing fear of a second wave of coronavirus infections was compounded by Larry Kudlow (an economic adviser […]

Yesterday, global equity markets fell heavily, with the FTSE-100 down 252 points – just shy of a 4% loss.  On Wall Street, the Dow Jones lost […]