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26th January 2026
Market Matters – Trump backs down on Greenland; UK Data firms Sterling
Greenland geopolitics briefly unsettled markets with early‑week risk aversion triggered by renewed US rhetoric over Greenland and tariff threats. The episode ...
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19th January 2026
Market Matters – Cooling inflation, broadening leadership, and a reminder that this cycle is still alive!
Equity leadership broadened beyond the US: Japan led the week (up 4%+), with EM and Asia ex-Japan also delivering mid-single-digit gains; China was positive, UK ...
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12th January 2026
Market Matters – The Bright Start Continues
Markets have started the year calmly: Despite headlines (including Venezuela and US political noise), equities have been steady, bond yields slightly lower, and ...
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5th January 2026
Market Matters – A Measured Start 2026
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 ...
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22nd December 2025
Market Matters- Inflation calms nerves, AI finds its feet, BoE cuts (just), Japan tightens
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 ...
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16th December 2025
Market Matters – FED cuts into continuing AI wobble
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 ...
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15th December 2025
FSCS Protection Rises to £120,000 — New Confidence for Clients and Advisers
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 ...
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8th December 2025
Market Matters – Waiting For The Catalyst
Markets ended the week with a distinctly muted tone. Despite plenty of discussion around year-end rallies and seasonal tailwinds, price action suggests investors ...
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24th November 2025
Market Matters – Q4’s Early Momentum Fades as Markets Hit an Air Pocket
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. ...
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17th November 2025
Market Matters – The Rally Is Intact, Even If the Week Felt Anything But
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 ...
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10th November 2025
Market Matters – Fatigue, Fog, and Fed Caution
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 ...
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3rd November 2025
Market Matters-Eerie Easing, Trade Tensions Thaw & Other October Oddities
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 ...
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