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Markets – the month that was – October 2013

Most of the world markets had a difficult start to October as the US government shutdown continued and discussions to resolve America’s debt problem went right to the wire. However once a decision was...

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Markets – the month that was – January 2014

After the strong end to 2013 and once the new year partying was over it was back down to earth with a bump for the markets as January ended with one of the worst starts to the year since 2010. UK...

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Markets – the month that was – February 2014

Even though February is a short month there was still plenty of time for some reasonable stock market gains. This was before things turned very serious at the end of the month! UK The positive economic...

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Woodford goes it alone

There are not many well-known names when it comes to investing and unfortunately, so many of them fall from the great heights they have achieved when they try something new (remember the Fidelity...

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Carney knows what he’s doing

Mark Carney was formerly the Canadian Central Bank’s equivalent of the Governor of the Bank of England. He led Canada through the recession and has ensured it is one of the few countries that has never...

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January 2015

New year, new start. It comes around more and more quickly doesn’t it? It seems that only a few moments ago it was January 2000, and now it’s about to be January 2015. Whatever happened to those 15...

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The Swiss take action

There has been so much talk about the problems of Europe, the issues with falling oil prices and international upset caused by Russia, that no-one was watching the Swiss.   Last month the Swiss...

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Just so you know

The general election is three months away. Here’s a brief run-down of what Parliament will be doing between now and then: 12th February: House of Commons goes into half-term recess 23rd February: Last...

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Investment markets… what now?

As we write, the FTSE100 is now 15% down on its high for the year. The FTSE All-Share Index is down 14%, and most stock markets around the world are in a similar position, if not worse. At the same...

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