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In many ways, parts of this week seemed to follow the usual story that we had become accustomed to over the past year: central banks continued to hike interest rates in response to inflationary pressures.

Looking back to the start of the month, the predominant concern for investors was just how much further central banks would increase rates in March. Given the signs of economic resilience and stickier inflation, the hawkish rhetoric was upped. All of those assumptions were brought into question by a wall of worry over the past seven days. It is easy to see why the many historical comparisons have been made given the week we have just had.

The State Pension top-up deadline has been extended to 31 July 2023 following the UK Government’s review. Swaati Osborne shares the key takeaways from the government’s decision to be aware of.

In this world, full of noise by articles that are sometimes written by AI chatbots (this is not one of them!), it is very easy to get swayed by the headlines of the day. The concern that has been rocking markets over the past few weeks is stickier inflation.

On top of this, it seemed like the rate hikes last year were having the desired effect of cooling demand and moderating price pressures, prompting the US Federal Reserve (Fed) to tighten policy at a smaller increment. This raised the prospect that the US could achieve a soft landing however, conversely, a recent string of better economic data has questioned this view. Nonetheless, rather than focussing on the most recent data, let’s take a step back and examine the reasons for the...

ChatGPT reached 100 million users by the end of January, and naturally with these types of trends, companies and investors alike are jumping at the chance to get involved. When first launched, it was suggested that this could pose a threat to Google’s dominance in search and, in response, parent company Alphabet accelerated the release of their competitor application. AI is not a ‘new’ technology, however it has resulted in a large amount of attention both within and outside of the...

In 1966, The Beatles and other UK celebrities were protesting against a 95% marginal tax rate imposed by the Labour led government.

As we filter through a swathe of Black Friday promotions, signalling that the festive period is well and truly upon us, we use this opportunity to wrap up the US earnings season.

As we filter through a swathe of Black Friday promotions, signalling that the festive period is well and truly upon us, we use this opportunity to wrap up the US earnings season.

As we filter through a swathe of Black Friday promotions, signalling that the festive period is well and truly upon us, we use this opportunity to wrap up the US earnings season.