Volatility on global equity markets continued last week amidst various announcements from the Trump administration, big tech earnings and a mixed bag of economic data. Last week was a busy one in the US political sphere. A budget resolution which could lead to significant...

  German stocks started the week with a boost as investors welcomed the conservatives’ victory in the national elections. The hope now is that the conservatives will be able to form a coalition quickly.  Protracted talks will delay long-awaited and necessary measures such as budget...

Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic finished higher last week. Stateside, the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite both closed the week within 1% of all-time highs, showing the most momentum on Thursday after Trump shunned global tariffs in favour of a more targeted,...

  US equities ended lower last week, amid tariff uncertainty stemming from the Trump administration. While proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico were postponed for thirty days after the President spoke with their respective leaders, reaching compromises on border control, 10% tariffs on China went...

By Friday, it seemed as though a volatile week for stocks had ended on a positive note. The damage caused after Chinese AI app DeepSeek hit the financial markets like a cannonball, was quite quickly mended, with the NASDAQ 100 having recovered losses by the...