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Beaufort Analysis 295 – Argentine Tango
As the Turkish lira has struggled in recent weeks, another emerging economy’s currency has been suffering; the Argentine peso. The peso has lost almost half of its value since the start of the year,…
Beaufort Analysis 294 – Ahead of the Curve
The yield curve is a line that plots the yields of a series of bonds having equal credit quality but different maturity dates. Normally, we would expect the line to rise over time as investors expect…
Beaufort Analysis 293 – Tesla re-coil
The Tesla Coil is a transformer designed by Nikola Tesla in 1891 to produce high voltage, low current electricity. In high voltage news, Tesla has been subpoenaed by the US regulator, the Securities…
Quarterly update from Beaufort Investment
Beaufort Investment’s Head of Portfolio Construction & Research, Shane Balkham speaks to Brian Davies from Beaufort Financial (Westerham) about what’s happened in the markets over the last…
Beaufort Analysis 292 – Roasting Turkey
A war with no winners; only varying degrees of losers. That is how the media is describing the trade war being waged by President Trump, under the guise of national security. It is rather ironic…
Beaufort Analysis 291 – “An Apple a day keeps the dot coms at bay”
It was a week for focusing on central banks, as we had policy meetings for the Bank of England, Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan. So we ask, as three of the four most influential policy makers (the…
Beaufort Analysis no. 290 – What goes up must come down
Technology stocks have been a feature of many headlines in the past week. Whilst Facebook experienced losses of 20% on Thursday, Amazon’s quarterly profits hit a record $2.5bn. Facebook announced…
Beaufort Analysis no. 289 – Wish you were here…?
As the holiday season starts, Britons heading abroad are being hit by the poorest exchange rates for ten months. Last week, the pound briefly dipped below $1.30 for the first time since last…
Beaufort Analysis – No. 288 – It’s Not Coming Home
The most important event affecting the UK economy for the last four weeks has been the football World Cup, with England’s progression in the competition accounting for an estimated £1.6bn in sales…
Beaufort Analysis No. 287 – Actions speak louder than words…
Trade war rhetoric between the US and China continued to gain momentum last week with a noticeable shift in the Yuan; the currency moved by over 1.1% in a 24-hour period against the US dollar causing…
Beaufort Group heroes complete the National Three Peaks Challenge
Over the hottest weekend of the year, when the BBC reported “Scotland breaks temperature record” a team of ten people from the Beaufort Group of Companies, and four friends and family members…
Beaufort Analysis 286 – Ain’t no mountain high enough
One of China’s major indices, the Shanghai Composite, experienced a sell-off last week, bordering in correction territory as the relationship between the US and China continues to be strained.…
