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Markets have started the year calmly: Despite headlines (including Venezuela and US political noise), equities have been steady, bond yields slightly lower, and ...

Happy New Year to all our readers, and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2026. Markets have begun the year in a relatively orderly fashion, although beneath ...

Equity markets finished the week in better shape than they started. The UK led the way (+2.6% for the FTSE 100), Europe added around +1.1%, and the US was marginally ...

Equity markets spent the week treading water rather than delivering a decisive end-of-year surge. Japan and broader emerging markets crept higher, Europe and the UK ...

Effective 1 December 2025, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) deposit protection limit has increased from £85,000 to £120,000 — the first uplift since ...

Markets ended the week with a distinctly muted tone. Despite plenty of discussion around year-end rallies and seasonal tailwinds, price action suggests investors ...

Market Overview Markets have stumbled into late November, giving back much of their early-Q4 progress and slipping into a phase of broad but uneven consolidation. ...

It should have been a cleaner week than this. The longest US government shutdown in history is finally over, the lights are coming back on across Washington, and the ...

After six months of relentless gains, global markets finally took a breath. The week felt less like a sell-off and more like fatigue, investors pausing for breath ...

Alliteration is one of the last great art forms no? The Hang Seng was closed for the Lunar New Year, while the Nikkei 225 was closed for Japan’s National Day ...

Last week, markets continued their rally, with major indices approaching all-time highs. Momentum that had already been building gained strength after a ...

Market Overview Markets seemed to lose a bit of steam last week. After a strong run through the summer, investor appetite flagged as quarter-end approached, with ...