Stock Take Last week saw global equities post some of their worst returns since the COVID-19 pandemic started,...
Stock Take As inflationary pressures continued to mount last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) revealed it would raise...
Stock Take Last week, many people in the UK enjoyed a shorter week, as businesses and markets closed for...
Stock Take After weeks of increasing political pressure, last week Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £15 billion support package...
Stock Take Volatility continued in equity markets last week, as economies struggled with ongoing inflation. In the UK, the...
Stock Take Volatility in the global equity market continued last week, as consumer confidence and tightening monetary policy continued...
Stock Take Equities experienced a sharp sell off in the second half of last week, as investors reacted to...
Stock Take As the war in Ukraine and resulting humanitarian crisis continues , the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
Stock Take The big news of last week came from France on Sunday, where incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron...
Stock Take The rate of inflation continued to rise last week, as figures from both the US and UK...
Stock Take US markets continued to struggle last week, as members of the Federal Reserve signalled they were willing...
Stock Take Last week once again saw financial markets grapple with uncertainty, as ongoing military conflict in Ukraine and...
Stock Take Any UK investors hoping for a big Spring Statement giveaway from Chancellor Rishi Sunak might have been left disappointed,...
Stock Take Global equity markets surged last week as cautious optimism that a peace deal could be agreed between...
Stock Take Volatility continued to rip through global markets last week with commodities in particular having an eventful week....
Stock Take The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continued to dominate headlines last week, as military actions intensified, and...
Stock Take The unfolding crisis in Ukraine dominated the headlines last week as Russian forces invaded the country during...
Stock Take The large scale Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border continued to dominate headlines last week, causing...
Stock Take Western financial markets wobbled last week after US economic figures revealed inflation hit 7.5% in January. This...
Stock Take Global markets remained volatile last week as traders assessed mixed results from some of the tech giants,...
Stock Take Tough trading conditions continued last week, as hawkish noises from the US Federal Reserve combined with ongoing...
Stock Take Global equities had one of their worst weeks in the past 12 months last week. The FTSE...
Stock Take Last week, world stock markets continued reacting to data related to how economies are recovering from the...
Stock Take US technology stocks dipped last week, after a better-than-anticipated jobs report reinforced expectations that the US Federal...
Stock Take This is the last issue of WeekWatch in 2021. We’ll resume service on Monday 10th January. Until...
Stock Take US stocks had their best week since February last week, as the S&P 500 Index closed at...
Stock Take Last week the new Omicron variant continued to impact markets, as new data began to emerge on...
Stock Take Last week a new COVID-19 variant emerged, weakening markets, as investors were reminded just how tenuous the...
Stock Take Despite strong retail sales in the UK, the FTSE 100 struggled over the last week. Retail sales...
Stock Take Market growth stalled last week, as continuing US inflation began to dent market confidence. Last week, US...
Stock Take Global markets were pushed up further last week by ongoing strong results, although there was a sting...
Stock Take Global markets continued their recovery last week, even as the Bank of England suggested an announcement of...
Stock Take Investor fears around supply constraints, and inflation worries, were eased by a series of strong results posted...
Stock Take US markets rose through the second half of last week, after the US Senate approved a deal...
Stock Take The ongoing fuel crisis, fears around inflation, slowing growth, worries around the Chinese property market and hardening...
Stock Take Fears around wider fallout from the crisis engulfing Chinese property developer Evergrande brought global shares down last...
Stock Take Last week revealed that the annual rate of consumer price inflation in the UK had jumped to...
Stock Take Gross domestic product (GDP) in the UK grew just 0.1% in July, according to figures released by...
Stock Take Japanese markets spiked on Friday, following Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s announcement that he will not run for...
Stock Take Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell bolstered markets on Friday, as he signalled a potential future shift in...
Stock Take A strong early August helped push the S&P 500 index on Monday to double the figure it...
Stock Take US markets enjoyed a strong week, moving further into record-high territory, in part thanks to the progress...
Stock Take UK markets experienced growth over the past week, as the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee...
Stock Take Asian stocks hit a 7-month low early last week, as the market was weighed down by a...
Stock Take Markets generally ended the week up, despite recording drops earlier in the week. Rising numbers of the...
Stock Take The market growth slowdown seen in recent weeks continued last week, as persistent worries about the Delta...
Stock Take Markets ended Friday recovering from a midweek dip, caused by – among other things – a worry...
Stock Take Better-than-expected employment figures capped a strong week for US markets, which had continued to chart into historic...
Stock Take US stocks rose last week, after dovish overtures from Federal Reserve officials and the Biden administration secured...
Stock Take A week after the US posted inflation of just over 5%, the Federal Reserve (the US central...
Stock Take Global stocks generally performed well last week, as markets reacted to improving economic conditions and some central...
Stock Take US and European stocks continued climbing last week, after Wall Street responded well to a US jobs...
Stock Take US stocks ended May higher last week, reaching their fourth consecutive month of gains. The S&P 500...
Stock Take US stocks enjoyed a lift towards the end of last week, having fallen the day before on...
Stock Take As vaccination programmes gather steam, economists are busy predicting how quickly countries around the world will bounce...
Stock Take As the UK enters the next phase of its lockdown easing today, it does so against the...
Stock Take US stocks reached new highs at the end of the four-day trading week, with technology stocks enjoying...
Stock Take US stocks ended the week at new highs after a volatile few days that saw a continuation...
Stock Take The major US stock indices were choppy again last week, led up and down by the same...
Stock Take The share prices of large US technology businesses led stocks higher last week. After a couple of...
Stock Take US stocks rallied on Friday, after a volatile week that saw technology shares fall again. Although the...
Stock Take The share prices of US technology companies lowered last week. On Thursday, the Nasdaq index of US...
Stock Take Last week, Chinese stock markets briefly rose above their all-time high. Fresh from the Lunar New Year...
Stock Take US and world stocks hit new highs at various points last week as investor optimism carried markets...
Stock Take As more and more people got vaccinated, world stocks had their best week since November last year....
Stock Take “We’ve learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and, at this hour my friends, democracy...
Stock Take Global markets slowed last week after a positive start to the year, as they weighed up news...
Stock Take President Trump’s term in office approached its end last week with a crowd of rioters sieging Capitol...
Stock Take This is the last issue of WeekWatch in 2020. We’ll resume service on Monday 11 January. Until...
Stock Take “Despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over, we think it is responsible at...
Stock Take After the flurry of vaccine breakthroughs in recent weeks, and with 2020 drawing to a close, investors...
Stock Take Global markets are on track for their best month ever, after the announcement of several vaccines to...
Stock Take Vaccine announcements proved themselves to be like buses last week, after two arrived in quick succession. Moderna...
Stock Take Six countries, 44,000 trial participants, 90% effective: the numbers in Pfizer’s press release last week were promising....
Stock Take At the time of writing on Monday lunchtime, markets were rising thanks to a rare piece of...
Stock Take Investors remained on edge last week as the US election drew closer. It was the worst week...
Stock Take Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated publicly for the final time last week, in a session that...
Stock Take There was a sharp escalation of no-deal Brexit rhetoric on Friday, after the prime minister said the...
Stock Take Last week began with President Trump being helicoptered back to the White House, after his discharge from...
Stock Take “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately....
Stock Take There have been plenty of landmark political speeches in the past few months, and last week provided...
Stock Take A statement by the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, was the biggest driver of markets last...
Stock Take US equities steadied last week after their recent fall, which had been prompted by a decline in...
Stock Take The share prices of big US technology companies ended their record-breaking run last week. On Thursday, the...
Stock Take Shaking off their losses from earlier this year, global stocks reached a record high last week. The...
Stock Take “There is a sense of waiting for markets to come back to life at the start of...
Stock Take British holidaymakers in France got some bad news last week, when the government said anyone not back...
Stock Take Technology companies haven’t just survived the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve thrived. Many big technology companies in the US...
