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Cave’s Quarterly – Q3 2016 Round-Up
To get up to speed with the economic and market developments of the last three months, please take a read of the latest edition of our quarterly update – Cave’s Quarterly. CLICK HERE TO READ
Read MoreUS to ‘Trump’ Brexit?
Had you been told 12-months ago that Donald Trump would be the Republican’s Presidential candidate, and in with a very real chance of becoming the 45th President of the United States, you wouldn’t have been alone in responding with disbelief. But then again, I doubt this time last year many would have predicted that Britain,…
Read MoreBREXIT – Volatility here to stay
As voting closed on 23rd June, like most, I watched the start of the referendum results coverage and with Sterling rallying to 1.5 $/£, headed to bed expecting to wake to a ‘Remain’ vote confirmation. As my 10 week old son decided 3am was a good time for a feed, I reached for the phone…
Read MoreBREXIT; Leave vote update
Congratulations to the polling companies on another stunning job well done! As predicted in the run up to the vote, share prices and sterling both began trading sharply lower this morning following the vote to leave the EU. Prime Minister David Cameron is one of the early casualties, confirming his intention to step down in…
Read MoreMany years of hurt, from football to FTSE!
On the day that I sat down to write this article it was exactly 20 years since England played their first match in the Euro 96 football tournament, which was a rather inauspicious 1-1 draw against Switzerland. The memories of this tournament are fresh in my mind having seen two documentaries about it aired on…
Read MoreRunning for the Brexit
My advice on the differing views emanating from interested parties (Vote Leave, Remain, Bank of England, IMF, ECB etc.) on the likely effect on UK economic and individual prosperity, as we approach voting day is – believe no-one! Unfortunately, both sides of the ‘Brexit’ debate have stretched their credibility more than a little with ‘facts’…
Read MoreYen Flies, Dollar Dives
One of the intended consequences of a country adopting a Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) is a sharply lower domestic currency, which usually is considered a positive as it stimulates a region’s growth and inflation expectations. So when, in late January, Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda shocked the markets by introducing negative rates…
Read MoreCave’s Quarterly – Q1 2016 Round-Up
To get up to speed with the economic and market developments of the last three months, please take a read of the first edition of our new quarterly update – Cave’s Quarterly. CLICK HERE TO READ
Read MoreThat’s LISA with a P!
Leading up to the Budget there were endless articles, commentary and sometimes heated debate over the Chancellor’s intentions with regard to pensions and in particular tax relief. On the day though, there was hardly a mention of the ‘P’ word other than some much needed amendments to badly drafted sections of the last Pensions Act.…
Read MoreOil Slips Further
Goldman Sachs 2008 prediction that oil would reach $200 per barrel seems a lifetime ago, with oil currently trading close to multiyear lows. The recent decision to lift Western trading sanctions against Iran which, in turn, will see Iranian crude exports come back to market, has piled even more pressure on an already tumbling oil…
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