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Cave’s Quarterly – Q4 2016 Round-Up

06 Jan 2017
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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

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US Election Update

09 Nov 2016
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Good work from the polling companies again! Having read through a number of early research pieces this morning, the main thrust seems to be as follows in respect of the implications of a Trump presidency. Republican control of the upper houses should permit most reasonable Trump policies getting through. Some of the more ‘controversial’ campaign…

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Cave’s Quarterly – Q3 2016 Round-Up

11 Oct 2016
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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

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US to ‘Trump’ Brexit?

21 Sep 2016
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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,…

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BREXIT – Volatility here to stay

13 Jul 2016
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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…

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BREXIT; Leave vote update

24 Jun 2016
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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…

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Many years of hurt, from football to FTSE!

22 Jun 2016
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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…

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Running for the Brexit

13 May 2016
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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’…

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Yen Flies, Dollar Dives

04 May 2016
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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…

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Cave’s Quarterly – Q1 2016 Round-Up

11 Apr 2016
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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

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