Market Overview & Outlook – Quarter 2 2020 (1 April – 30 June 2020)
Markets Surge in Q2 2020 The second quarter of 2020 has been incredible for investment markets, with impressive gains for both equities and bonds on the back of unprecedented levels of government and central bank support and investors’ conclusion that the worst of the covid-19 pandemic is over. The Financial Times has dubbed the rally […]
Investment markets on a rollercoaster
As I look back at the first four months of 2020, this year has certainly been a rollercoaster for investments. After a promising start to the year, equities around the world plunged in March with the UK market ranking among the worst, losing around 33% of its value in a single month. The global coronavirus […]
Market Overview & Outlook – Quarter 1 2020 (1 January – 31 March 2020)
The first three months of 2020 were the worst for global markets since the 2008 financial crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, the 11-year old bull market ended abruptly as the US market suffered its quickest descent into a bear market in just 16 trading sessions.
UK Budget Summary 11 March 2020
Rishi Sunak’s first Budget today was focused on how to address the potential economic fallout from the global Coronavirus outbreak with £30bn spending package, complementing the UK Bank of England’s 0.5% Base rate cut earlier in the day to just 0.25%.
2019 Markets Get Off to a Positive Start
After a dismal 2018 when global financial markets posted their worst performance since the dark days of the banking crisis in 2008, 2019 has got off to an excellent start with the US S&P500 index posting its best monthly performance since October 2015. Let’s hope it is a good omen that the Chinese year of […]
The Seabrook Clark team expands
We are delighted to welcome Rachael Cameron as Office Manager, Veselina Petrova (Vessie) as Investment Assistant and Holly Madden as Client Services Administrator to our team in Exeter.
Kerry Roffey joins the Team to support Business Growth
We are delighted to welcome Kerry Roffey on board as a Senior Technical Assistant at our office in Exeter.
Outlook for UK Markets
Despite the recent increased pace of economic growth being experienced by many developed and emerging countries, growth in the UK economy still appears to be hampered by significant ‘headwinds’
Febrile Markets
What a difference a day makes. I started to write this commentary yesterday following sharp falls in global equity markets of around 7% from their peak in late January.
Will Investment Markets Perform in 2018
2017 Record Year Overall, global equity markets had an excellent year in 2017, indeed the best since 2009 contrary to the pessimistic projections of many commentators.