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Climbing the Wall of Worry

A Timeline of Negative World Events and Subsequent Market Responses ‘The stock market is a device to transfer money from the impatient to the patient.’

Matthew Clark October 17, 2023

Market Overview & Outlook Quarter 3 2023 (1 July – 30 September 2023) – ‘Higher for Longer’

Equity Markets August and September are notoriously poor performing months, having been the two worst-performing months for over 50 years. Following suit, the bullish sentiment

Matthew Clark October 6, 2023

Market Overview & Outlook Quarter 2 2023 (1 April – 30 June 2023) – Developed Market Equities Prosper

Equity Markets Following on from the turmoil within the US banking sector, the stress continued in Q2 as JP Morgan acquired First Republic Bank in

Matthew Clark July 6, 2023

Market Overview & Outlook Quarter 1 2023 (1 January – 31 March 2023) – Markets Make a Good Start to the Year

Equity Markets Following a particularly weak 2022, global equity markets experienced a positive start to the year, with most major indices posting gains throughout the

Matthew Clark April 5, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank Collapse – Market Impact

Markets have been volatile this week following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US. SVB lent money to many small technology

Matthew Clark March 16, 2023

Budget – March 2023 – Pension and Personal Finance Impact

Pension Changes The Chancellor announced that the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) will effectively be removed from 6 April 2023, so it will mark the end

Matthew Clark March 16, 2023

Investment Review of 2022 and Better Times Ahead – Investment Outlook for 2023

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2022. The year can be summed up by the Collins dictionary’s word of the year, ‘permacrisis’,

Matthew Clark December 29, 2022

Market Overview & Outlook Quarter 3 2022 (1 July – 30 September 2022) – Investment Volatility Continues

Equities rose strongly at the start of the third quarter of 2022 mirroring the hot summer witnessed in many parts of the world as thermostats

Matthew Clark October 7, 2022

Market Overview & Outlook Quarter 2 2022 (1 April – 30 June 2022) – Markets Retreat as Inflation Bites

After the relative calm of May, June witnessed a brutal sell off in markets around the world, and this time the UK equity market was

Matthew Clark July 7, 2022

Market Overview – Markets Battered by Inflation – Rebound Potential

Global stocks have been hit hard in recent months falling 16% in 2022 as measured by the FTSE All-World Index. The technology laden US NASDAQ

Matthew Clark May 9, 2022

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