Fourth Quarter 2025 Review. October to December 2025 UK Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) declined over the fourth quarter to 3.2%, the last reported data in this period being for November...
Third Quarter 2025 Review. US President Donald Trump dominated the financial market headlines in the third quarter. Tariffs were in focus as were the levels/percentages that would be imposed. Many...
Second Quarter 2025 Review. The quarter started badly for financial markets, notably equities, when President Trump’s tariff announcement on so-called ‘Liberation Day’, April 2nd, caused equity markets to fall precipitously,...
The Year That Was 2024. ‘TINA’ Aka, ‘There Is No Alternative’ to equities. While December was a bumpy ride for equities and bonds alike, last year was a year when...