Animals in equity markets? An explanation of Bull and Bear markets

Our recent market news post included a picture of a bear and bull circling each other over a chart, and rightly you may have asked why this is relevant to ...

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September 15, 2015

Global markets over reacting or are we entering a slowdown?

The last three weeks have been volatile which is in no way reflected by the figures below. For example, on Monday 24th August we saw the FTSE 100 fall as ...

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September 14, 2015

Black Monday or just a Black August?

The turmoil in global financial markets accelerated last week with most areas seeing declines. Following on from the devaluation of the Yuan two weeks ago, there has been continuous turbulence ...

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August 24, 2015

Last week was another difficult one for equity markets

Last week was another difficult one for equity markets. The surprise move by the Chinese Central Bank to devalue the Yuan will have a far reaching effect. China has become ...

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August 18, 2015