Welcome to the Hundle market review of April 2024. The stickiness of US inflation has had negative implications for both equity and bond investors. Global interest rate expectations have started to diverge and the prospect of cuts in the US are looking increasingly distant.
In our first guest contribution to Hundle Insights, Diana Chambers, renowned Family Wealth Mentor™, shares her thoughts on the challenging topic of divorce.
What are the potential consequences of Labour's announcement? Andrew Sams, Hundle's Head of Wealth Structuring, shares his thoughts.
Welcome to our latest quarterly client update. I would like to share some of my personal highlights from the past 3 months. The team have made a flying start to 2024, and it is important to take time to pause, reflect, and recognise the progress we have made as a firm.
Welcome to the Hundle market review of Q1 2024. The equity market continued to perform well on the back of the strength of the US economy. Bonds lagged behind due to higher-than-expected inflation.
The Bank of Japan has ended an era of negative interest rates, raising borrowing costs for the first time since 2007. This historic shift adds further weight to our positive outlook for Japanese equities.
Welcome to the Hundle market review of February 2024. The performance of equity and fixed income assets diverged once again, as the strength of the US economy pushed back expectations for interest rate cuts.
In 1989, when the Japanese stock market hit its previous record high, the country was in the middle of one of the biggest asset price bubbles in history. After a 34-year wait, the Nikkei 225 finally broke through its previous peak. Could the Japanese equity market have much further to climb?