Latest Insights
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Latest Insights
All articles are for information only and should not be seen as advice or a recommendation to take action. Please note that investments go down as well as up, you might not get back the original capital invested. Past performance is not a guide to any future.
Jan 20, 2026
January 2026 Outlook
The start of 2026 has brought continued momentum in financial markets, with UK equities remaining am...
Nov 26, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025 – Summary and Key Changes
The Autumn Budget 2025 introduced a wide range of tax and policy updates affecting individuals, save...
Jul 20, 2025
July 2025 Outlook
The July 2025 quarter has brought another period of change across the financial landscape, shaped by...
Apr 25, 2025
April 2025 Outlook
The early months of 2025 have brought noticeable shifts across both the UK and global landscape. Wit...
Mar 27, 2025
Spring Statement 2025
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement 2025 yesterday outlined a range of economic measures that will hav...
Jan 24, 2025
January 2025 Outlook
The start of 2025 has already been eventful, particularly with Trump's inauguration this week.
Nov 1, 2024
Autumn Budget 2024
The recent UK Autumn Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves has introduced significant changes...
Jul 1, 2024
Stock Market Review – April 2024 – June 2024
Performance Markets generally remained firm during the last quarter. The main driver was data ...
May 23, 2024
Initial Public Offering (IPO) Launch Alerts
NEW ISSUE ALERTS Be among the first to hear about new launches. Please note: We are not able to offe...
Apr 12, 2024
A slowly improving picture for the UK?
A slowly improving picture for the UK? After a mixed start to the year in January, we experienced a ...
Apr 4, 2024
You ain’t seen nothing yet
You ain’t seen nothing yet I trust that our readers have had a pleasant and relaxing Easter ho...
Jan 26, 2024
Why is growth so elusive for Britain?
Growth When I was studying economics at university, the theories of John Maynard Keynes were to the ...
Jan 26, 2024
How will 2024 pan out?
As we enter 2024 the markets are treading water, as the global economic landscape appears poised at ...
Jan 26, 2024
Are elections irrelevant?
Some observations Autumn 2024 is set to see a Presidential election in the USA and a general electio...
Jan 26, 2024
Stock Market Review October 2023 – January 2024
Stock Market Review by Paul Coffin Markets saw a good recovery in the last quarter of 2023 and impro...
Jul 27, 2023
Inflation news better than feared
Inflation news better than feared As I began to pen a few words for this month’s quarterly report, n...
May 10, 2023
How to make a million pounds after the Coronation
How to make a million pounds after the Coronation With the coronation upon us, I decided to have a l...
May 9, 2023
Stock Market Review January 2023 – April 2023
Stock Market Review January 2023 – April 2023 The FTSE and Wall Street were flat during the last qua...
May 3, 2023
Interest rates and inflation in 2023
Interest rate rise On the 23rd March the Bank of England raised interest rates to 4.25%, making it t...
May 3, 2023
Banking failures, the economy and outlook for investment
Banking Failures Are your confused as to why we have so recently had a series of individual banking ...
Jan 23, 2023
Stock Market Review October 2022 – January 2023
Happy New Year from all at CFM A new year a new start and so far it is a good one. On the first day ...
Jan 23, 2023
Inflation and Interest Rates
Inflation and Interest Rates The market is still expecting further interest rate rises in the UK, US...
Jan 23, 2023
Technology Disruption
Technology Disruption ChatGPT is a new Artificial Intelligence search engine linked with Elon Musk a...
Jan 23, 2023
Outlook
Outlook Generally, I see the outlook improving as the year progresses due to stabilising or falling ...
Jan 19, 2023
Volatility is also an Opportunity
Despite all the doom and gloom, there is some positivity in 2023 2022 was a very tough year for most...
Jan 19, 2023
Inflation, Cost Push, Strikes, Wars et al
Inflation, Cost Push, Strikes, Wars et al It’s that time of year when Brokers, Analysts and Economis...
Oct 13, 2022
Challenging times, but stay calm
Has the credibility of the government been lost over the last week?….Time will tell.Over recen...
Oct 13, 2022
Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Some quarters it can be hard to think of a subject to write about but not this time. The government’...
Jul 25, 2022
Stock Market Review April 2022 – July 2022
During the April to July quarter there have been some hefty falls in global stock markets. The large...
Jul 22, 2022
UK Financial Outlook Hinges On Who Replaces Boris Johnson
As I write this Blog, the news channels are in a frenzy over who will replace Boris Johnson as UK Pr...
Jul 22, 2022
Politics, War, Philosophy – The Economy & Markets
Politics and the Economic Outlook Now The rapid expulsion of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister needs t...
Jul 20, 2022
Capital Financial Markets open St. Albans Office
We have opened a new office in the heart of St. Albans, located in the picturesque centre and adjace...
Apr 12, 2022
Stock Market Review January 2022 – April 2022
Generally financial markets fell back during the quarter, understandable given rising interest rates...
Apr 12, 2022
Global Inflation and a Bull Market
Over the past few weeks all the headlines have been dominated by the war in Ukraine, which began at ...
Apr 12, 2022
Economic Fallout from the Ukraine Conflict
It is almost impossible not to comment on the Ukraine crisis. Excepting the smaller events in the Bo...
Jan 27, 2022
Looking Into 2022
Not many of us will want to dwell too long on 2021. Unfortunately, a year dominated again by Covid-1...
Jan 27, 2022
Stock Market Review October 2021 – January 2022
The final quarter of the year was positive for most stock markets including our FTSE 100 which rose ...
Oct 28, 2021
Wall Street Climbs A Wall Of Worry
Markets over the last three months have fallen slightly but are still much higher than a year ago. T...
Oct 27, 2021
Fact and Fiction
It can sometimes be hard to decide what to write about but a cursory glance of the performance stati...
Oct 27, 2021
Inflation Post Lockdown
Post lockdown booms and higher prices have elevated inflation around the world as supply bottlenecks...
Oct 27, 2021
A Perfect Storm
The words ‘A Perfect Storm’ are being used increasingly in recent days as several chickens come home...
Jul 30, 2021
Markets, Supermarkets and Private Equity.
The stock market now has some interesting features, some of which have not been seen before in my ti...
Jul 30, 2021
Financial markets post pandemic.
Thoughts from one of our Investment Managers Stephen Lovelock. 2021 has been labelled ...
Jul 14, 2021
Seeking a qualified Financial Planner
Capital Financial Markets are seeking a qualified Financial Planner experienced in producing financi...
Apr 22, 2021
The UK Post-Covid.
After The outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 has resulted in the worst human and economic devastatio...
Apr 21, 2021
Market Miscellany.
This month has many interesting topics on the horizon, and I will cover a good few in this article. ...
Jan 20, 2021
Stock Market Review October 2020 – January 2021
Markets rose across the board over the last quarter. Most markets had been trending up since the Apr...
Jan 19, 2021
Funding Deficits For The Reserve Currency.
There is a fundamental change underway to affect us all. The pandemic has been occupying everyone’s ...
Jan 19, 2021
Looking ahead to 2021
2020 has been an extraordinary year for financial markets, reeling from the economic impact of COVID...
Jan 15, 2021
A tale of two sectors
Today, we look at two contrasting sectors with regard to how they are faring in the pandemic crisis....
Jan 14, 2021
The Wider Picture
The level of economic activity in the UK has improved materially since March. Many companies have re...
Jan 13, 2021
Positive or Negative
General news media would certainly have us believe we are in for a torrid time. However, stock marke...
Oct 12, 2020
CFM Quarter 3 2020 Newsletter
UK Economics Some UK economic indicators are quite strong, indicating that the economy is gro...
Oct 8, 2020
The Post-Covid world and the impact of Brexit on Investments
We are currently experiencing the most unprecedented time in our history, not since WW2 has our gove...
Oct 8, 2020
It’s A Complex World
The stock market and the economy are still dominated by the effect of coronavirus. Hardly a day goes...
Jul 22, 2020
Positive or negative
General news media would certainly have us believe we are in for a torrid time. However, stock marke...
Jul 22, 2020
The Wider Picture
The level of economic activity in the UK has improved materially since March. Many companies have re...
Jul 22, 2020
Did Covid-19 push technology companies into another phase?
We have seen the coronavirus pandemic, force many aspects of life to be replaced by online equivalen...
Jul 22, 2020
A Tale Of Two Sectors
Today, we look at two contrasting sectors with regard to how they are faring in the pandemic crisis....
Apr 30, 2020
Markets and Outlook April 2020
I expect that most clients are fed up with hearing about the Coronavirus news and its sad consequenc...
Apr 30, 2020
Oil and share dividends
Just months ago, predictions that the Oil price would fall below ZERO when it was around $40 a barre...
Apr 30, 2020
Corona Virus and potential for the EURO to break up
The Covid-19 Virus could be very likely to speed up European Integration or cause the Euro to come a...
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Jan 20, 2026
January 2026 Outlook
The start of 2026 has brought continued momentum in financial markets, with UK equities remaining am...
Nov 26, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025 – Summary and Key Changes
The Autumn Budget 2025 introduced a wide range of tax and policy updates affecting individuals, save...
Jul 20, 2025
July 2025 Outlook
The July 2025 quarter has brought another period of change across the financial landscape, shaped by...
Apr 25, 2025
April 2025 Outlook
The early months of 2025 have brought noticeable shifts across both the UK and global landscape. Wit...
Mar 27, 2025
Spring Statement 2025
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement 2025 yesterday outlined a range of economic measures that will hav...
Jan 24, 2025
January 2025 Outlook
The start of 2025 has already been eventful, particularly with Trump's inauguration this week.
Nov 1, 2024
Autumn Budget 2024
The recent UK Autumn Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves has introduced significant changes...
Jul 1, 2024
Stock Market Review – April 2024 – June 2024
Performance Markets generally remained firm during the last quarter. The main driver was data ...
May 23, 2024
Initial Public Offering (IPO) Launch Alerts
NEW ISSUE ALERTS Be among the first to hear about new launches. Please note: We are not able to offe...
Apr 12, 2024
A slowly improving picture for the UK?
A slowly improving picture for the UK? After a mixed start to the year in January, we experienced a ...
Apr 4, 2024
You ain’t seen nothing yet
You ain’t seen nothing yet I trust that our readers have had a pleasant and relaxing Easter ho...
Jan 26, 2024
Why is growth so elusive for Britain?
Growth When I was studying economics at university, the theories of John Maynard Keynes were to the ...
Jan 26, 2024
How will 2024 pan out?
As we enter 2024 the markets are treading water, as the global economic landscape appears poised at ...
Jan 26, 2024
Are elections irrelevant?
Some observations Autumn 2024 is set to see a Presidential election in the USA and a general electio...
Jan 26, 2024
Stock Market Review October 2023 – January 2024
Stock Market Review by Paul Coffin Markets saw a good recovery in the last quarter of 2023 and impro...
Jul 27, 2023
Inflation news better than feared
Inflation news better than feared As I began to pen a few words for this month’s quarterly report, n...
May 10, 2023
How to make a million pounds after the Coronation
How to make a million pounds after the Coronation With the coronation upon us, I decided to have a l...
May 9, 2023
Stock Market Review January 2023 – April 2023
Stock Market Review January 2023 – April 2023 The FTSE and Wall Street were flat during the last qua...
May 3, 2023
Interest rates and inflation in 2023
Interest rate rise On the 23rd March the Bank of England raised interest rates to 4.25%, making it t...
May 3, 2023
Banking failures, the economy and outlook for investment
Banking Failures Are your confused as to why we have so recently had a series of individual banking ...
Jan 23, 2023
Stock Market Review October 2022 – January 2023
Happy New Year from all at CFM A new year a new start and so far it is a good one. On the first day ...
Jan 23, 2023
Inflation and Interest Rates
Inflation and Interest Rates The market is still expecting further interest rate rises in the UK, US...
Jan 23, 2023
Technology Disruption
Technology Disruption ChatGPT is a new Artificial Intelligence search engine linked with Elon Musk a...
Jan 23, 2023
Outlook
Outlook Generally, I see the outlook improving as the year progresses due to stabilising or falling ...
Jan 19, 2023
Volatility is also an Opportunity
Despite all the doom and gloom, there is some positivity in 2023 2022 was a very tough year for most...
Jan 19, 2023
Inflation, Cost Push, Strikes, Wars et al
Inflation, Cost Push, Strikes, Wars et al It’s that time of year when Brokers, Analysts and Economis...
Oct 13, 2022
Challenging times, but stay calm
Has the credibility of the government been lost over the last week?….Time will tell.Over recen...
Oct 13, 2022
Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Some quarters it can be hard to think of a subject to write about but not this time. The government’...
Jul 25, 2022
Stock Market Review April 2022 – July 2022
During the April to July quarter there have been some hefty falls in global stock markets. The large...
Jul 22, 2022
UK Financial Outlook Hinges On Who Replaces Boris Johnson
As I write this Blog, the news channels are in a frenzy over who will replace Boris Johnson as UK Pr...
Jul 22, 2022
Politics, War, Philosophy – The Economy & Markets
Politics and the Economic Outlook Now The rapid expulsion of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister needs t...
Jul 20, 2022
Capital Financial Markets open St. Albans Office
We have opened a new office in the heart of St. Albans, located in the picturesque centre and adjace...
Apr 12, 2022
Stock Market Review January 2022 – April 2022
Generally financial markets fell back during the quarter, understandable given rising interest rates...
Apr 12, 2022
Global Inflation and a Bull Market
Over the past few weeks all the headlines have been dominated by the war in Ukraine, which began at ...
Apr 12, 2022
Economic Fallout from the Ukraine Conflict
It is almost impossible not to comment on the Ukraine crisis. Excepting the smaller events in the Bo...
Jan 27, 2022
Looking Into 2022
Not many of us will want to dwell too long on 2021. Unfortunately, a year dominated again by Covid-1...
Jan 27, 2022
Stock Market Review October 2021 – January 2022
The final quarter of the year was positive for most stock markets including our FTSE 100 which rose ...
Oct 28, 2021
Wall Street Climbs A Wall Of Worry
Markets over the last three months have fallen slightly but are still much higher than a year ago. T...
Oct 27, 2021
Fact and Fiction
It can sometimes be hard to decide what to write about but a cursory glance of the performance stati...
Oct 27, 2021
Inflation Post Lockdown
Post lockdown booms and higher prices have elevated inflation around the world as supply bottlenecks...
Oct 27, 2021
A Perfect Storm
The words ‘A Perfect Storm’ are being used increasingly in recent days as several chickens come home...
Jul 30, 2021
Markets, Supermarkets and Private Equity.
The stock market now has some interesting features, some of which have not been seen before in my ti...
Jul 30, 2021
Financial markets post pandemic.
Thoughts from one of our Investment Managers Stephen Lovelock. 2021 has been labelled ...
Jul 14, 2021
Seeking a qualified Financial Planner
Capital Financial Markets are seeking a qualified Financial Planner experienced in producing financi...
Apr 22, 2021
The UK Post-Covid.
After The outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 has resulted in the worst human and economic devastatio...
Apr 21, 2021
Market Miscellany.
This month has many interesting topics on the horizon, and I will cover a good few in this article. ...
Jan 20, 2021
Stock Market Review October 2020 – January 2021
Markets rose across the board over the last quarter. Most markets had been trending up since the Apr...
Jan 19, 2021
Funding Deficits For The Reserve Currency.
There is a fundamental change underway to affect us all. The pandemic has been occupying everyone’s ...
Jan 19, 2021
Looking ahead to 2021
2020 has been an extraordinary year for financial markets, reeling from the economic impact of COVID...
Jan 15, 2021
A tale of two sectors
Today, we look at two contrasting sectors with regard to how they are faring in the pandemic crisis....
Jan 14, 2021
The Wider Picture
The level of economic activity in the UK has improved materially since March. Many companies have re...
Jan 13, 2021
Positive or Negative
General news media would certainly have us believe we are in for a torrid time. However, stock marke...
Oct 12, 2020
CFM Quarter 3 2020 Newsletter
UK Economics Some UK economic indicators are quite strong, indicating that the economy is gro...
Oct 8, 2020
The Post-Covid world and the impact of Brexit on Investments
We are currently experiencing the most unprecedented time in our history, not since WW2 has our gove...
Oct 8, 2020
It’s A Complex World
The stock market and the economy are still dominated by the effect of coronavirus. Hardly a day goes...
Jul 22, 2020
Positive or negative
General news media would certainly have us believe we are in for a torrid time. However, stock marke...
Jul 22, 2020
The Wider Picture
The level of economic activity in the UK has improved materially since March. Many companies have re...
Jul 22, 2020
Did Covid-19 push technology companies into another phase?
We have seen the coronavirus pandemic, force many aspects of life to be replaced by online equivalen...
Jul 22, 2020
A Tale Of Two Sectors
Today, we look at two contrasting sectors with regard to how they are faring in the pandemic crisis....
Apr 30, 2020
Markets and Outlook April 2020
I expect that most clients are fed up with hearing about the Coronavirus news and its sad consequenc...
Apr 30, 2020
Oil and share dividends
Just months ago, predictions that the Oil price would fall below ZERO when it was around $40 a barre...
Apr 30, 2020
Corona Virus and potential for the EURO to break up
The Covid-19 Virus could be very likely to speed up European Integration or cause the Euro to come a...
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