Last week, coronavirus fears led to markets worldwide crashing to their worst week since the financial crisis. Although markets have risen at the start of this week, the intense volatility is prompting many clients to contact their advisers. New Model...
Update: The FTSE 100 has climbed back into positive territory in a choppy day of trading, helped on its way by US stock markets opening higher. The UK blue-chip index rose 81 points, or 1.3%, to 6,662, up from a low of 6,503 reached after the Organization for...
Even though 2020 is a leap year, I do not think many people will have been glad of the extra day in February. It has been a fairly miserable month; storms have raged, locusts have swarmed and coronavirus is causing pandemonium. You could be forgiven for thinking it is...
Update: (12:00) Growth warning knocks FTSE FTSE 100 has swung into the red, giving away gains made at the open after the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned global growth could halve this year due to the coronavirus...
The FTSE 100 has tumbled, sliding deeper into correction territory as fears over the spread of the coronavirus continued to grip investors. The UK blue-chip index fell 203 points, or 3%, to 6,592 after a heavy sell-off in US markets overnight, with the S&P...
The FTSE 100 has slumped more than 100 points to fall below the 7,000 mark as fears over the spread of the coronavirus continued to take their toll on global stock markets. The UK blue-chip index lost 102 points, or 1.5%, to trade at 6,916, dropping below the 7,000...
The FTSE 100 has rallied as a fall in the number of new coronavirus cases buoyed investors while shares in house builders were lifted by upgrades from analysts at HSBC. The UK blue-chip index rose 59 points, or 0.8%, to 7,441, as the number of new coronavirus...
Join Karen as she delves deeper into the 2020 investment outlook and uses charts from the new Q1 Guide to the Markets to discuss the key themes shaping global markets in the coming year.
Hargreaves Lansdown has dropped the £2.1 billion M&G Recovery fund from its Wealth 50 buy list after a prolonged period of poor performance.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has demanded that Andrew Bailey’s appointment as governor of the Bank of England be suspended until an inquest into his conduct as head of the Financial Conduct Authority be completed.
[UPDATED] National advice firm LEBC has seen its profits wiped out after a turbulent 2019 which saw it abandon a pl...
Update: The FTSE 100 has fallen back under the 6,000 mark after a 7% plunge at the US open triggered a suspension t...
‘Investment, be it in human capital or physical infrastructure, must be the way to level the country up’. The UK has a p...