In this edition of Monthly Market Commentary, our European Strategist, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, examines gold’s recent resurgence and a spike in government bond yields, as geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty continues.
Investment Strategy Quarterly – July 2026
In this Investment Strategy Quarterly, we look at the continuing impact of the Iran conflict, the outlook for the UK, economic growth in the US, and the resilience of the S&P 500. Plus, how political and geopolitical landscapes remain the key drivers of policy uncertainty.
Wrecking Ball
In this edition of Monthly Market Commentary, our European Strategist, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, examines the contrasts between US and Asian stock markets, considers the impact of agentic AI and highlights resilience in the UK market. This piece also touches on the recent events in the Middle East.
Investment Strategy Quarterly – January 2026
In our first Investment Strategy Quarterly of 2026, we examine the continued demand for electricity, optimism for the bond market, the importance of selectivity in equities, plus the potential risks and opportunities for the year ahead.
Autumn Budget Newsletter 2025
Our Autumn Budget Newsletter breaks down the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, outlining its impact on individuals. Read an in-depth analysis on the following areas, plus more:
- Personal allowances for individuals and savers
- Considerations for estate planners
- Points for business owners
- Salary sacrifice changes
- Pensions
Mind the gap!
In this month’s Market Commentary, European Strategist, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, discusses inflation and affordability in the UK, debt ceiling negotiations and compromise in the US, plus how enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has shifted into overdrive, and more.
Winter is coming, but greener pastures lie beyond
The summer months are typically characterised by limited news, thin trading volumes and illiquid conditions which, can serve to accentuate moves in financial asset prices both to the up and the downside. The summer of 2022 has proved an exception.
Welcome to February!
There is a famous quote by the legendary Belgian professional cyclist Eddy Merckx that he “raced from 1 February to 31 October every year, competed for everything”. Unfortunately for financial markets there is never a defined season, and, whilst 2021 ended positively, January 2022 will go down into the history books as being a little bit more difficult.
Challenges and Opportunities
Whilst the application of many millions of booster jabs have given a strong protection against the Omicron variant, offering the hope of COVID normalisation, global financial markets have not had a positive first few weeks of 2022.
In The Month Before Christmas
The key for writing any monthly report is not to do it too early, especially during the end of November which saw the word Omicron become much better known than just by followers of the Greek alphabet. Whilst progress against COVID-19 challenges have helped almost all developed market stock markets generate attractive returns year-todate, many indices fell during the second half of November following concerns about the new virus strain.