Global equity markets, led by Wall Street, have on the whole been positive this year as a consequence of continuing low interest rates which benefit companies in a number of...
Global equity markets have generally become range bound in recent weeks awaiting further developments in the ongoing trade negotiations between the USA and China. Hints of a positive breakthrough are...
After a solid start to the year, global equity markets have encountered rather more volatile conditions of late. Generally, company profits announced this year have been positive, and dividends are...
The reduction in US interest rates seen at the very end of July was, until a few weeks ago, almost wholly unexpected. After a period of slow but steady monetary...
Introduction The investment outlook continues to be dominated by a number of factors that have been in the forefront for several years now. These include in particular the outlook for...