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Week ending 13th May 2022.
16th May 2022
The end of the week brought Friday 13th – unlucky for some, but for many key markets it was a day of recovering early week losses.
Week ending 6th May 2022.
9th May 2022
This week equity markets were all about Fed and BoE monetary policy meetings. Given recent inflation data is screaming for higher interest rates, it was no surprise to us that both central banks increased interest rates: the Fed increased US interest rates by 0.50% and the BoE increased UK interest rates by 0.25%.
Week ending 29th April 2022.
3rd May 2022
It has been an exhausting week thanks to some savage equity market volatility, as in addition to navigating the war in Ukraine; higher inflation readings; and a struggling Chinese economy due to coronavirus lockdowns, we also had some big US companies reporting earnings.
Week ending 22nd April 2022.
25th April 2022
Many markets were closed on Monday for the Easter holidays, and whilst you would be hard pressed to miss the festivities in the UK, of course many markets are based in countries that do not celebrate Easter as a national holiday, and remained open.
Week ending 15th April 2022.
19th April 2022
Whilst in the UK, many were focussing on the Grand National at the weekend, in France, another type of race was taking place. We saw opinion polls for the French presidential election, and whilst the sitting president took the lead, Marine Le Pen is giving Emmanuel Macron a run for his money
Week ending 8th April 2022.
11th April 2022
Following allegations of appalling civilian killings in Ukraine, we saw the EU, G7 and US pile on further pressure towards Vladimir Putin by coming together to coordinate further sanctions against Russia.