The roller coaster start to 2016 continues for investors

After a rollercoaster ride through January, a strong finish last week recovered some of the ground lost since the start of the year. The FTSE 100 finished the month down ...

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February 1, 2016

Correlations between in market volatility and oil price raise concern

It was another unstable week for financial markets. While we finished the week up, during the week, the FTSE 100 fell to a level not seen since November 2012. Global ...

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January 25, 2016

Iran’s intention of increasing share of oil market makes $25/barrel oil seem possible

Last week saw further market falls sustained by persistent negative sentiment. Markets biased towards China, oil and commodities have suffered the most as these remain to be the areas of ...

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January 18, 2016

China’s “circuit breaker” breaks, whilst Saudi Arabia mulls the idea of a trillion dollar IPO

Last week was not a good start to 2016 for global equity markets. The major negative themes of 2015 carried strongly into the New Year, with China and oil markets ...

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January 11, 2016