by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Jan 26, 2024 | News
Stock Market Review by Paul Coffin Markets saw a good recovery in the last quarter of 2023 and improved sentiment has carried over into 2024. The reason was a change of consensus over the future direction of interest rates. For most of 2023 we had been expecting...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Jul 27, 2023 | News
Inflation news better than feared As I began to pen a few words for this month’s quarterly report, news broke that the headline inflation in the UK dropped sharply in June. Down to 7.9% from 8.7% the previous month. This was indeed better than had been expected and...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | May 10, 2023 | News
How to make a million pounds after the Coronation With the coronation upon us, I decided to have a look at how Stock markets performed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. She came to the thrown on the 6th February 1952 and died on 8th September 2022, 70 years! ...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | May 9, 2023 | News
Stock Market Review January 2023 – April 2023 The FTSE and Wall Street were flat during the last quarter. Markets had been looking for indications that interest rates would stop rising. This did not occur as inflation remained stubborn. However, it has fallen to...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | May 3, 2023 | News
Interest rate rise On the 23rd March the Bank of England raised interest rates to 4.25%, making it the 11th consecutive rate hike. This was against speculation that rates may not rise this time, considering the turmoil in the banking sector, caused by the collapse of...