It’s done! U.S and China signed their Phase One trade deal on Wednesday 15th January 2020. And the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reach new all time highs! The deal in numbers China bought $186 billion of U.S. goods and services in 2017 and now agreed to purchase an ‘additional’Read More →
President Trump is due to sign the U.S. China Phase One trade deal today, 15th January 2020. The deal is clearly a positive move in the right direction and very welcome. It’s definitely injected steroids into the U.S. economy and helped stocks enjoy an end of year rally. But willRead More →
Before Friday, U.S stock markets were still in a very bullish mood after stellar gains in 2019. After a recent number of positive data sets such as good employment, good company reports, revised GDP (up) and the Fed’s helping hand, markets remained extremely bullish. The FOMO brigade took over pushingRead More →
U.S. President Donald Trump announced 31st December 2019 that he will be signing the U.S. – China Phase One trade deal on 15th January 2020 in Washington. The deal, is expected to reduce tensions between the two countries. The U.S. president said, the treaty would be signed in Washington inRead More →
U.S. economic growth pushed up slightly in the third quarter, the U.S. government confirmed on Friday 20th. December 2019 There were signs the U.S. economy more or less maintained the moderate pace of expansion as 2019 came to a close. This was supported by a strong labour market. GDP –Read More →
Brexit update: Johnson wins vote on his deal, requests MPs to move on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Friday, placing the UK on course to leave the European Union next month. MPs voted by 358 to 234 for it to proceed to its nextRead More →
U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the house of representatives on 19th December 2019 becoming only the third U.S. president in history to be impeached. Trump was impeached on charges connected with abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine as well as obstruction of Congress. He is theRead More →
November 2019 saw U.S. stocks benefit from continued speculation surrounding the possibility of a U.S. – China trade deal. Positive comments such as, ‘trade talks progress’ and ‘we’re close to a deal’, blindly pushed U.S. stocks to all time new highs! The DOW, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all becameRead More →
Another rate cut likely – and then what…? How likely is it that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates for the third time in a row as US stock markets touch all time records? The general consensus among market analysts and pundits alike appear to suggest a cut isRead More →
Finally the UK parliament makes a positive move to back Boris Johnson’s call for a December election. Will it deliver an opportunity to break the Brexit deadlock or will it deliver yet more uncertainty? Referendum by proxy? My worry is that the UK public will see this as a secondRead More →