Trump’s tariffs trigger Wall Street’s biggest losses since 2020 Markets Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff onslaught left global markets with some of their biggest losses since the pandemic. The FTSE 100 sank 1.5 per cent as banking and tech stocks across the globe dragged the index down. The FTSE 350 bank index fell nearly eight per cent, as Standard Chartered, HSBC, and Barclays all suffered heavy losses. Over [...]
The markets in 2025 Opinion Market forces are likely to continue to change into next year and dealmakers need to be ready, says Merlin Piscitelli With elevated wage costs and tax changes, business sentiment has sunk to an all-time low, following the Autumn Budget. But while confidence in growth under a Labour government appears weak, one industry that is booming is mergers [...]
Four ‘outrageous’ market predictions for 2025 Markets Saxo Bank has published the latest in an annual series of “outrageous predictions” for 2025, from Nvidia trouncing its Mag Seven peers to the US dollar blowing up. The Danish bank’s predictions for the year, which do not represent its official views, are “meant to spark discussions and challenge consensus” about a changing world. Here [...]
Strong governments must be prepared to upset the markets (a bit) November 12, 2024 The bond markets are a potent opposition, but governments must be prepared to take risks if they are ever to reap rewards, says Charles White-Thomson With a large majority and an election years away, the Prime Minister and Chancellor likely don’t feel the need to worry too much about what the electorate think. But one [...]
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Time To ACT PLC November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Time To ACT plc (TTA) is an engineering business focused on technology in the energy transition sector. It currently has two principal operating divisions within its group of companies: Diffusion Alloys and GreenSpur. TTA acts as the holding company for the group, providing strategic and operational support to the operating companies and capital to enable [...]
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How will the bond markets react to the Budget? October 30, 2024 For all the government’s promises of stability and hoped-for reductions in interest rates, UK yields on government bonds are now, in fact, very similar to the levels to which they rose under the ill-fated Truss government, says Paul Ormerod There has been a huge amount of speculation about the Budget. Later today we will of [...]