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Beaufort Analysis 277 – The art of the deal

How times change.  Six months ago, you may have expected our weekly missive to be focused around Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, as the two leaders jousted and postured in what seemed an unlikely…

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Beaufort Analysis 276 – It’s all in the numbers

Markets were resilient last week despite a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians over the weekend prior. The co-ordinated efforts of the US, the UK and France, who jointly targeted Syria, in…

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Finding the right fit; looking for the right DFM

Discretionary fund managers (DFMs) now play an important part in advice firms’ propositions. Click here to read the New Model Adviser Outsourcing Roundtable supplement, in association with Beaufort…

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Beaufort Analysis 275 – Tension Ascension

Geopolitical developments took a potential turn for the worse at the end of the week as tensions heightened between the US and Russia in the wake of the US-led missile strikes on Syria and the latest…

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Beaufort Analysis 274 – “Seeing The Wood For The Trees”

The S&P 500 took a small hit at the end of last week, following China’s refusal to negotiate with the US to try to ease trade tensions. There are currently 1,500 items on a list that could be…

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Beaufort Analysis 273 – Too big to fail?

The book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Too Big To Fail”, in 2010 and later adapted for a film of the same name, was the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial…

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Beaufort Analysis 272 – Two Tribes

Having briefly reached the once elusive height of 7000 for the first time in the spring of 2015, the FTSE 100 Index remained above that level for the whole of 2017 as the bull market entered its 9th…

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Emma Clarke, Senior Investment Analyst at Beaufort Investment Management selected for the 2018 PAM Top 40 under 40

Emma Clarke, Senior Investment Analyst at Beaufort Investment Management, has been selected by PAM Insight, the leading wealth management information service for its top 40 under 40 investment…

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Beaufort Analysis 271 – Spring Clean

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, did not need to dust off his distinguishable red briefcase last week; as this was the inaugural Spring Statement, the briefcase will not make an…

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Beaufort Analysis 270 – X marks the spot

The World Health Organisation (WHO) hopes that ‘X’ does not lead to spots.  Last week WHO published an updated list of diseases which pose a serious outbreak threat, which saw a new disease added,…

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Beaufort Analysis 269 – Five Star result for Di Maio

Economic data releases had a limited impact on markets last week; the same cannot be said for politics. In the US, J. Powell testified before the House and Senate on Tuesday and Thursday…

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