Weekly market update – week ending October 30, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week with US shares up 0.2% and Japanese shares up 1.4%, but Eurozone shares down

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02 Nov 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 23 October, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares got a strong boost from the ECB signalling further monetary easing ahead and from some better earnings reports in the

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26 Oct 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 16 October, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While shares had a rough patch mid-week, they recovered into the end of the week helped by better US earnings reports

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19 Oct 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 9 October, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen the rebound in share markets and other growth related assets gather pace led by US shares

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12 Oct 2015

Crystals and investor worries as we go from seasonal weakness to strength

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Key points Risks regarding China and the Fed may be receding a bit for now but there remains plenty to keep an eye on including the risk of an “accident”

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09 Oct 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 2 October, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen a real roller coaster ride for shares, with sharp falls early in the week – which

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06 Oct 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 25 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week It’s been another volatile week in financial markets with most share markets (except Chinese shares) dragged lower as global growth worries

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28 Sep 2015

Fed on hold with dovish commentary

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Following the most anticipated and hotly debated Fed meeting in years the Fed has decided to leave interest rates on hold. More importantly, the commentary around the decision was relatively

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21 Sep 2015

Putting recent share market falls in context

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Key points Periods of declines and volatility in share markets are a normal part of the way they work. Share market falls tend to be deepest when associated with recession

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18 Sep 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 11 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had another volatile week as worries about China and the Fed linger, but most markets saw gains. While

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14 Sep 2015