Craig McAvinue

Mar 2025 Market update

March 2025 Market Update: Keeping calm amidst the storm

March 2025 Market Update Keeping calm amidst the storm By Craig McAvinue – 1 April, 2025 “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful” Warren Buffet Stock and currency markets performance An extremely volatile month saw developed markets end the month down. With the exception of the FTSE, this was also […]
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Jan 2025 Market update

January 2025 Market Update: Trump Card?

January 2025 Market Update Trump Card? By Craig McAvinue – 5 February, 2025 “Ten people who speak make more noise that ten thousand who are silent” Napoleon Bonaparte Stock and currency markets performance So 2025 starts off with a generally positive month. Though as is often the case the devil is in the detail and […]
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June 2024 Market Update: A Game of two halves?

June 2024 Market Update A Game of two halves? By Craig McAvinue – 1 July, 2024 “The worst form of inequality is trying to make unequal things equal” Aristotle Stock and currency markets performance A bit of a mixed month, with a slight pull back in the UK FTSE and China, though the S&P 500 […]
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February 2024 Market Update: High 5

February 2024 Market Update High 5 By Craig McAvinue – 5 March, 2024 “It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” William O’Neil Stock and currency markets performance Data table is from Google Finance Two months […]
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January 2024 Market Update: China time?

China time? By Craig McAvinue – 1 February, 2024 “Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you’ll make in your lifetime.” Tony Robbins Stock and currency markets performance Data table is from Google Finance January came and went in a flash, with somewhat […]
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A new year a new frontier

December 2023 Market Update: A new year, a new frontier?

A new year, a new frontier? By Craig McAvinue – 3 January, 2024 “It has been said that arguing against globalisation is like arguing against the laws of gravity.” Kofi Anan Stock and currency markets performance Data table is from Google Finance Stock markets were up for December and for the year, so as is […]
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November 2023 Market Update: Is the trend your friend?

Is the trend your friend? By Craig McAvinue – 1 December, 2023 “Using volatility as a measure of risk is nuts. Risk to us is 1) permanent loss of capital or 2) the risk of inadequate return.” Charlie Munger Stock and currency markets performance On the heels of a run of negative monthly returns in […]
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