Market Update

Market Update: December 2025 Third time lucky???? By Craig McAvinue – 6 January, 2026 A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution Martin Luther King Stock markets performance December and 2025 draw to a close and positive numbers across the major markets remain.. Currency performance Also consistent with the pattern for 2025, […]

Market Update: November 2025 A Winning Streak By Craig McAvinue – 5 December, 2025 Stock market bubbles do not grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception George Soros Stock markets performance Despite some bumps along the way, US and UK markets finished fairly […]

Market Update: October 2025 The only way is up? By Craig McAvinue – 5 October, 2025 Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten Guccio Gucci Stock markets performance Quarter four started as quarter three ended – gains across the board… Currency performance Although still down for the year, the USD had a bit of […]

Market Update: September 2025 The best is yet to come? By Craig McAvinue – 6 September, 2025 Know what you own and know why you own it Peter Lynch Stock markets performance September and therefore quarter three has come to an end, and the upward trend in markets continues… Currency performance A fairly benign month […]

Market Update: August 2025 Everybody wants to rule the world…. ♪ By Craig McAvinue – 2 August, 2025 “I am a weapon of massive consumption ♪ And it’s not my fault, it’s how I’m programmed to function ♪” Lily Allen “The Fear” Stock markets performance As August has come and gone and much of Europe feels summer […]

Market Update: July 2025 The bigger they are, the harder they fall? By Craig McAvinue – 1 July, 2025 “The basic story remains simple and never ending. Stocks aren’t lottery tickets. There’s a company attached to every share” Peter Lynch Stock markets performance July has come and gone and the upward trend in major developed […]

Market Update: June 2025 A game of two halves??? By Craig McAvinue – 1 June, 2025 “Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty. Money is made by discounting the obvious and going with the unexpected” George Soros Stock markets performance As we reach halftime in 2025, the overall outlook for the markets is positive. […]

Market Update: May 2025 Back to where we began… By Craig McAvinue – 1 June, 2025 “The more creativity we bring to AI, the more our AI can bring to creativity” Jensen Huang Stock markets performance The merry month of May has been and gone and it certainly looked merry for most as markets had […]

April 2025 Market Update Working 9-5, what a way to make a living…… By Craig McAvinue – 4 May, 2025 “The average man tends to buy high and sell low” Ray Dalio Stock markets performance So April saw a bit of a mixed bag though overall gains and losses for the month fairly modest….unlike what […]

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 […]