Ear to the Ground
Central banks took centre stage this week. First up we had the US Federal Reserve. At their meeting they confirmed that they are doubling the pace of tapering to $30bn a month which…
Ear to the Ground
This week saw the release of US inflation, with the annual rate hitting 6.8% in November, the highest reading since June 1982. This marked the 9th consecutive month that inflation has been above 2%…
Ear to the Ground
It seemed rather fitting to start with a definition this week of what transitory actually means…
Monthly Update 30/11/2021
Monthly Update30 November 2021 The Fund fell by 1.53% in November, whilst its performance comparator of cash (as measured by the Bank of England’s Sterling Overnight Index Average (“SONIA”)) + 5%, rose by 0.43%. November had been a positive month initially, with the fund being up 1.02% on the 25th. The discovery of a new […]
Monthly Update 30/11/2021
Monthly Update30 November 2021 The Fund ended the month 0.85% lower in November following a difficult period for equity markets. Indices were weaker across the board, with sharp falls seen across most markets at the very end of the month as a new COVID variant, Omicron, surfaced. This was felt particularly across those markets which […]
Ear to the Ground
Equity markets are ending the week on a weaker note, with the FTSE 100 down over 2.5%…
Ear to the Ground
Inflation was again in the limelight this week,this time in the UK. Tuesday saw the release…
Ear to the Ground
This week saw the first release of UK GDP for the 3rd quarter. This rose 1.3% on the quarter…
Ear to the Ground
This week the central banks again took centre stage. Unfortunately the ‘unreliable boyfriend’…
Monthly Update 31/10/2021
Monthly Update31 October 2021 The Fund rose by 1.57% in October, ahead of its performance comparator of cash (as measured by the Bank of England’s Sterling Overnight Index Average (“SONIA”)) + 5%, which rose by 0.39%. October was a positive month for the UK stock market, as measured by the FTSE 100 index which rose […]
