TEAM Talk
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The State of Play
Confidence, and by extension sentiment, is a fragile thing. We are currently hitting an air pock...
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Recession Fears Rattle Markets
US blue-chip stocks endured their worst week since September as concerns over the near-term impact o...
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MEGA Not MAGA
Only three months ago, widespread discontent over the perilous state of Europe’s largest economy led...
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Tariffs Send Markets Into a Spin
Markets have quickly become accustomed to the noise and volatility under Trump 2.0, but last week sa...
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Reality Check?
Major US equity indices managed to eek out marginal new all-time highs during the month, before turn...
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Leverage Works Both Ways
One of the developments that caught our attention heading into 2025, amongst many, was the dramatic...
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Unforgiving
The good news: EPS ‘beats’ are outpacing EPS ‘misses’ by approximately 1.7x. The bad news: the aver...
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Investor Caution Amid Volatility Increase
After achieving new stock market highs, investors turned cautious as the spectre of a world trade wa...
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Noise Cancelling Headphones
We start the week in quieter fashion with the US and Wall Street closed for Presidents Day but plent...
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Markets on Edge: Tariffs, Jobs Data, and Interest Rate Uncertainty
During the week Wall Street succumbed to nervousness with major technology names struggling amid Pre...
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Thunderstruck
Last week’s Deep Seek revelations prompted panic-sell activity in Nvidia and all things AI, before r...
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DeepSeek Triggers a Rout in AI Tech Stocks
Markets started off the week on the front foot as Donald Trump’s inauguration underlined his commitm...
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All That Glitters
To recap, 2024 was the first calendar year in recorded history that gold achieved a +25% return in t...
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We’re Going on a Growth Hunt*
UK bond markets have, once again, been thrust into the limelight.
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Stormy Waters
A strong gale whipped up across the financial market landscape this week, displacing the calm sailin...
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Investment Review 4th Quarter 2024
Animal spirits were reignited in the fourth quarter as Republican candidate Donald Trump completed o...
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A New Year's Hangover for Alcohol Stocks
Shares in Nvidia, the semiconductor powerhouse, gained 171% last year as the AI frenzy took hold and...
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Where to for the US 10-Year?
The only prior easing cycle in this sample with weaker US 10-year Treasury performance was all the w...
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Record Breakers
The close association between Donald Trump and the markets was underscored by his attendance at the...
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A Ceasefire, Wall Street Highs but Europe Still Troubled
Wall Street reached new highs this week buoyed by the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Howeve...