Market Update

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 […]

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 […]

December 2024 Market Update Why AI? By Craig McAvinue – 1 January, 2025 “The future depends on what you do today” Mahatma Gandhi Stock and currency markets performance As we close out the year, global markets have delivered a mixed performance in December. While some indices have managed to extend their upward trajectory from November, […]

November 2024 Market Update Oh when the reds go marching in By Craig McAvinue – 3 December, 2024 “The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory” Napoleon Bonaparte Stock and currency markets performance As we enter the last month of the year, most markets continue on an upward trajectory, with November gains wiping out […]

October 2024 Market Update How Emerging are the Emerging Markets? By Craig McAvinue – 3 November, 2024 “I cannot forecast you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” Winston Churchill Stock and currency markets performance As October came to an end, we saw a small decline in […]

September 2024 Market Update Return of The Dragon?? By Craig McAvinue – 2 October, 2024 “If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking” Benjamin Franklin Stock and currency markets performance Quarter three and the month of September comes to an end and the majority of the markets experiencing more growth. Stand out performer […]

August 2024 Market Update What was that about a recession?? By Craig McAvinue – 1 September, 2024 “Behind every stock there is a company. Find out what it is doing” – Peter Lynch Stock and currency markets performance The month of August draws to a close and despite previous fears and more volatility than some […]

July 2024 Market Update The bigger they are, the harder they fall? By Craig McAvinue – 1 August, 2024 “ The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything but the value of nothing” – Philip Fisher Stock and currency markets performance As the second half of the year gets underway, […]

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 […]