U.S. Interest Rate Hike

During the last Federal Reserve System meeting of 2016, Janet Yellen has announced an increase to interest rates in the United States by 0.25%. As it stands, interest rates in the U.S. are at 0.75% but the Federal Reserve has signaled for approximately three more rate...

U.S. Election Result

I must admit I have been quite surprised by the resilience of the market yesterday and what I am seeing in the futures this morning. Statistically, the day after an election, the U.S market is down on average 1.8%. When President Obama was elected 8 years ago, the...

Current State of the Markets

​Happy New Year! ​The opening trading days of 2016 for global stock markets have not been ideal. These large swings in volatility I suspect will continue which may be a challenging turn of events for investors who have grown accustomed to the unusually low levels...