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Market review – Deal or no deal?
And so the duel in Westminster continues. Prime Minister David Cameron is, according to the outspoken Boris Johnson, ‘making the best of a bad job’. Hardly encouraging words for Dave as his draft EU…
Market review – Less Than Zero
We awoke on Friday to the news that the Bank of Japan had cut interest rates to below zero. This marks a new departure in the central bank’s quest to stimulate the economy and…
Market review – The bears are back
The year so far has been a particularly unhappy hunting ground for global investors. China, the tumbling price of oil and a recently downgraded forecast for global economic growth by the International Monetary Fund…
Market review – The men who sold the world
Investors started the week in nervous mood. Little wonder, when the advice proffered by one team of City brokers was to “sell everything”. Concerns about China, the falling oil price and rising interest rates…
Market review – Does abstinence make the heart grow fonder?
For some of us, temperance in January is a lifestyle choice after seasonal over-indulgence; but for investors in Chinese equities, the decision to abstain has been taken out of their hands. Twice this week,…