Market optimism was sustained for a second consecutive day yesterday (Wednesday 25 March 2020), thanks to the fact that the US Senate unanimously approved the $2tr […]

Sentiment improved yesterday as the Democrats reached an agreement with Donald Trump on a $2tr fiscal stimulus package to help the US economy (the world’s largest […]

Global equity markets fell again yesterday (Monday 23 March 2020) after Democrats again blocked Donald Trump’s proposed US stimulus plan. While this was disappointing, equity markets […]

The latest policy announcements from around the world has calmed markets and allowed some of the recent indiscriminate sell-off to be reversed.  Today (20 March 2020), […]

Global equity markets are trading slightly firmer this morning after the European Central Bank is showing that it will also do “whatever it takes” to calm […]

Global equity markets had a better day yesterday (Tuesday 17 March 2020) thanks to fiscal stimulus announcements in the UK & the US. The UK announced […]

As more cities and countries around the globe impose travel restrictions, ban public gatherings and close schools, equity markets have again fallen as they adjust for […]

After yesterday’s (Thursday 12 March 2020) global equity market sell-off, share prices have, thankfully, rallied this morning. Global equities yesterday saw their worst day since October […]

As we wrote in yesterday’s Market Update (please see here), while the coordination between the UK government and the BoE delivered a positive and powerful response […]

The BoE cut UK interest rates this morning by 0.5% to 0.25%.