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October 2017

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The third quarter of 2017 has ended and despite the heavy political news, investment returns were generally positive. Index Change 30 June – 29 September FTSE 100 +0.8% FTSE All-Share +1.2% Dow Jones Industrial +4.9% Standard & Poor’s 500  +4.0% Nikkei 225 +7.7% Euro Stoxx 50 (€) + 4.4% Shanghai Composite +3.9% MSCI Emerging Markets (£) +3.6%   Think about the third quarter of this...

30 October, 2017 /

The Chancellor has announced the date of his first Autumn Budget as Wednesday 22 November. The second Budget of 2017 will be both Mr Hammond’s first Autumn Budget and the first Budget after the general election. Traditionally, the first Budget of a new parliament is the chance...

23 October, 2017 /

The Bank of England has signalled that interest rates may rise soon. Early in September, the money markets were expecting the first Bank of England interest rate rise to occur in late 2018, at the earliest. A little more than a week later, the markets’ view...

09 October, 2017 /