by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Jan 27, 2022 | News
Not many of us will want to dwell too long on 2021. Unfortunately, a year dominated again by Covid-19 with restrictions on social and work life, travel difficulties, cancelled arrangements and far too much time spent in front of screens. But during the first half of...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Jan 27, 2022 | News
The final quarter of the year was positive for most stock markets including our FTSE 100 which rose 7.45%. This compared favourably with other major stock markets and better than the NASDAQ’s 4.13% rise. The NASDAQ which is home to many technology companies has...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Oct 28, 2021 | News
Markets over the last three months have fallen slightly but are still much higher than a year ago. This is despite all the negative stories. A saying when I first came into stockbroking was that “Wall Street climbs a wall of worry.” When times are bad often the market...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Oct 27, 2021 | News
It can sometimes be hard to decide what to write about but a cursory glance of the performance statistics for the last 3 months and then viewed slightly differently, over the previous 1 and 3 years clarified a theme that has been developing in my mind recently. Namely...
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Oct 27, 2021 | News
Post lockdown booms and higher prices have elevated inflation around the world as supply bottlenecks, shipping distribution and recovering demand have been driving up prices. Higher commodity prices and cost of energy have also been lifting headline inflation....
by Capital Financial Markets Capital Financial Markets | Oct 27, 2021 | News
The words ‘A Perfect Storm’ are being used increasingly in recent days as several chickens come home to roost. The evidence that the recovery in GDP from the COVID-19 pandemic may be starting to slow down is gaining credence. There are twin brakes on prosperity. These...