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The World In A Week – The Pain In Spain
The week started buoyantly with markets in a risk-on mood following positive news about vaccine trials and governments ordering doses of the vaccine in their tens of millions. However, this positive…
The World In A Week – Interim Update
President Trump has finally confirmed that things will get worse before they get better, when he delivered an update on the coronavirus in the US. This is not new news, but it may stoke the fire of…
The World In A Week – Simmering Tensions
Markets broadly remained in positive territory last week on the back of encouraging reports from vaccine trials. Data for the second quarter of this year demonstrated that the global contraction has…
The World In A Week – Interim Update
We have had a series of data releases this week ranging from inflation, growth, industrial production, unemployment and retail sales. There was very little new news to be gleaned from the numbers;…
The World In A Week – VAT’s The Way Forward
Last week, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak unveiled his latest plan to support the economic recovery. As the job-retention scheme begins to unwind, Sunak has pledged to protect the jobs of furloughed…
The World In A Week – Interim Update
Rather than the symbolic red briefcase, our Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, appeared to don a red outfit and played the part of Santa Claus in his summer statement yesterday. His £30 billion giveaway was…
Beaufort Investment is Highly Commended at Money Marketing Awards 2020
We are over the moon that Beaufort Investment was ‘Highly Commended’ in this year’s Money Marketing Awards for Best Discretionary Fund Manager. A huge congratulations to all this…
The World In A Week – Getting Back to Business
Markets finished last week in an ebullient mode overall which saw MSCI ACWI rising +2.1% in Sterling terms. This was aided in particular by a strong rise in Chinese Equities which jumped +3.9% for…
The World In A Week – Interim Update
Should I stay or should I go (out)? The Clash here is the interminable quandary between stemming the spread of COVID-19 and resuscitating economies. Decisions have to be made without full clarity…
The World In A Week – Are The Cracks Starting To Show?
Possibly. Donald Trump’s opinion poll ratings slid below 40% last week, the first time since 2017 pushing the Democrats into the lead. This weakness makes Trump even more unpredictable than normal…
