With less than one week to go before election day on November 3rd, former vice-president Joe Biden, is polling ahead of incumbent President Donald Trump in key battleground states. In Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where Mr Trump won by a…
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All pre-election forecasts are putting Joe Biden on course to win the race to the White House. US polling firm Election Projection suggests Biden will win 334 electoral college votes which is comfortably over the 270 needed to become the…
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In Italy, The Governor of the Bank of Italy, Mr Ignazio Visco has warned that ‘as the pandemic continues families and business will batten down and massive monetary and fiscal intervention will be needed’ His concerns were echoed by the…
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Global stock markets have continued to record healthy gains in Q3 after a strong bounce back in Q2. This equity lift can be put down to a recovery in global activity, hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine and the on-going financial…
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Britain’s V shaped recovery is coming under pressure with the rise in virus cases and new regional lockdowns threatening to reverse the recent growth in the UK’s GDP. Households are increasingly fearful over wages and jobs as the furlough scheme…
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We will soon be starting our research and analysis for Edition 34 portfolios, and at this stage we are feeling reasonable positive over the outlook for global equity markets despite the recessionary pressure, unemployment levels and second wave lockdowns. Equity…
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Edition 33 – New Portfolio Selections We are publishing the new Edition 33 of the Estate Capital investment portfolios tomorrow and sending clients either through our new portal, by email or by post our rebalance request. We fully recommend that…
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The steady upward march of global stock markets was brought to a halt last week with the threat of a second wave of coronavirus and a bleak economic outlook hitting sentiment. The past ten weeks has seen a remarkable rebound…
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently predicted that the UK will suffer a greater annual hit on our economy, due to coronavirus, than other leading nations. Their report predicts a -11.5% fall in GDP and up…
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