Financial Market Updates
Periodically we release an update of the financial markets and looking at specific trends or general topics; here you can find an archive of all our previous releases as well as the most current.
2011
December December
Since our last update, and feeling somewhat like a broken record, the rollercoaster ride continues, with the FTSE100 hitting a peak of 5,714 and a trough of 4,944 during the period from 6 September.
Read More September September
The run in to the end of August was considerably better for markets but, at the time of writing, the FTSE100 is going sideways based on yet more uncertainty regarding the Eurozone debt crisis.
Read More June June
The UK economy continues to look weak, as UK manufacturing output grew at its slowest pace in 20 months for May and weaker export and consumer demand led to the first drop in orders in two years.
Read More Feburary Feburary
As this update is being written the general mood in markets has altered again after an almost overwhelming position of 'risk on' at the end of the last calendar year.
Read More January January
Markets generally ended the year holding most of any gains that they have made during the twelve months of 2010 with, for example, the FTSE100 ending at its highest level for some time.
Read More 2010
October October
Our last review noted that certain indices had been moving strongly up and down and the period to 13 October 2010 has continued that theme.
Read More July July
At the time of writing, sovereign debt issues remain top of the investor agenda, although geo-political realities are beginning to bite a little more ferociously.
Read More June June
What has become clear since earlier this year is that investors would appear to have become much less confident about markets moving forward from current levels.
Read More January January
Since we last updated clients on the view from financial markets it is fair to say that investors have done pretty well since early March 2009 lows.
Read More 2009
August August
This month's update is clouded by the curse of August. That is to say, very thin trading volumes that do not always justify the market moves.
Read More June June
We make no apology for the review this month, given that the average person (including most investors) surely cannot be sure how the world is moving forward after the credit crunch.
Read More May May
As clients will know, the UK budget statement was much later than usual and more on that later in this missive. To juxtapose; the news has been dominated by a (potentially) virulent flu virus from Mexico.
Read More April April
Another month passes by for investors and with it more massive injections of capital from the US Treasury via the Federal Reserve ($1trn) and the same amount from the recent G20 meeting in London via the IMF.
Read More January January
Over the festive period it would appear that the issues affecting the capital markets have finally started to produce a serious impact on the real economy, both in the UK and globally.
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