by Admin_CentW | Sep 28, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with US shares down 0.5% and Eurozone shares down 1.1% on renewed worries about Italy’s budget, but Japanese shares rose 1%. Chinese shares rose 0.8%...
by Admin_CentW | Sep 27, 2018 | Newsletters
“Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom – Frank Zappa (and maybe some others).” It may seem that the worry list for investors is bigger and more confusing than ever before. Some of this may relate to US President Trump’s...
by Admin_CentW | Sep 21, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw “risk on” with the latest escalation in the US/China trade conflict being less than feared. This saw shares rally, bond yields rise, commodity prices gain, the US$ fall and the...
by Admin_CentW | Sep 20, 2018 | Newsletters
There is lots of talk about when the next major economic downturn will be. This interest seems to have been particularly noticeable over the last week or so given the ten-year anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers which helped usher in the worst phase of the...
by Admin_CentW | Sep 14, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most share markets rise, helped by good economic data, talk of another round of US/China trade talks and a bounce in emerging market shares after Turkey raised interest rates....