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December 2015 Market View

Tuesday, January 12th, 2016

2015 proved to be a flat year for investors; the FTSE100 ended the year down by 4.9%, whereas the FT World scraped a positive 2.3%, on a capital basis even Gilts fell by 2.6%. But this was always going to be an unpredictable year. The end of QE in the USA has now been followed … Continue reading “December 2015 Market View”

January 2014 Market View

Thursday, February 6th, 2014

2014 started with much optimism, perhaps a little too much optimism? Whilst the global economy is showing steady progress the start of the Taper was always going to cause dislocations as various “false markets” that were supported by QE rather than fundamentals, lost their support. Warren Buffett has famously said in the past “when the … Continue reading “January 2014 Market View”

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