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Global Market Overview Following a negative month in August when global trade concerns dominated investors’ thoughts, September saw a slightly more positive stance take hold with the MSCI World index advancing 0.93% in sterling terms. However there was a marked change in regional leadership in September with both Japan and the UK outperforming the world […]

Global Market Overview Tit for tat trade proclamations between the US and China in August and increasing concerns about growth caused a widespread sell-off in global equities as investors sought the relative safety of government bonds. The MSCI World index declined by 1.51%. Japan proved the most resilient of the major markets in sterling terms […]

Global Market Overview After a strong first half, market returns in July were more muted as trade tensions continued to cause concern. However, for sterling-based investors the relative strength of the dollar, euro, and yen meant that investments overseas generated strong returns. Thus, whilst in local currency terms the MSCI World index rose 1.18%, this […]

Global Market Overview Following last month’s setback, central banks, in June, once again intervened to bolster market confidence with the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank both indicating that they were ready to provide the necessary monetary stimulus to shore up faltering economies. “Don’t fight the Fed” is a phrase we have used on […]

Global Market Overview Hopes of a trade deal between the US and China evaporated in May when the US raised tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. China retaliated by increasing the tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the US from a range of 5-10% to 5-25%. As a result, […]