Friday, 26th of July 2019 ““Hell is truth seen too late.” – Thomas Hobbes ________________________________________ Stock markets were up modestly this week as the FOMC meeting scheduled for 31 July approaches. The Wednesday meeting of Fed officials holds out the promise that US i...
Friday, 19th of July 2019 “I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.” – Sophocles ________________________________________ Equities reverted somewhat this week after an underwhelming start to the Q2 earnings season and on the news that US-China trade talk...
Friday, 5th of July 2019 “Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown” – Chinese Proverb ________________________________________ Equity markets have had another rip-roaring week as investors pile into stocks in anticipation of further easing ...
Friday, 12th of April 2019 “The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvellously.” – Henry Kissinger ________________________________________ Markets have had an unremarkable week, with equity indices broadly flat by midday Friday. The issues remain the same: uncertainty over Bre...
Friday, 10th of May 2019 “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.” – Lao Tzu ________________________________________ Equities have suffered this week as an escalation in US-China trade tensions took investors by surprise. Indeed, the S&P 500 ha...
Friday, 24th of May 2019 “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher ________________________________________ Another bad week in markets is coming to a close. The S&P 500 Index was down -1.3% by market close on Thursday, while other major indices h...
Friday, 21st of June 2019 “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best” ― Otto von Bismarck ________________________________________ Markets continued to recover this week, boosted by dovish Central Banks on both sides of the Atlantic and some ten...
