Technology: they think it’s all over? 25th April, 2022 Over $50bn was wiped off Netflix’s share price this year as it announced falling subscriber numbers for the first time. Its customers proved more price sensitive than its management team had thought amid an...

Investors are abandoning fixed income, as rising inflation and interest rates take hold, but could they be leaving themselves vulnerable?

Global government spending has increased by a quarter over the pandemic. It’s a tough time to be in charge of the government’s purse strings.

Gold: from damp squib to safe haven 6th April, 2022 Gold is once again proving that it can dance to a number of different tunes. Weakened by rising real yields, it has fulfilled its traditional role as a safe haven through the Ukraine crisis. What is likely to...

Fed: first rate increase since 2018 17th March, 2022 The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised the key federal funds rate for the first time since March 2018 in a move designed to curb inflationary pressures. The members of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) implemented...

The impact of geopolitical events on markets is often short-lived – will it be different for the Ukrainian crisis?