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DarnellsWM
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Client Update - 11th November 2022
I wonder when we will get a quiet week with no news of note to report on and I can instead write about England’s fantastic semi final...
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DarnellsWM
Nov 7, 20222 min read
A new month, and a new Prime Minister, our third in nine weeks
Liz Truss has taken her place in history, for the time being, as the shortest serving UK Prime Minister, and Rishi Sunak has already...
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DarnellsWM
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Client Update - 4th November 2022
Market focus returned this week to two major interest rate announcements from the US Federal Reserve (FED) and the Bank of England (BOE)....
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DarnellsWM
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Client Update - 27th October 2022
When I wrote to you last Friday, we were expecting a new Prime Minister by the end of this week, and a fiscal statement from our...
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DarnellsWM
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Client Update - 21st October 2022
Five minutes after we sent last weeks email, Kwasi Kwarteng was gone as chancellor, to be replaced by Jeremy Hunt. Now as I write, within...
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DarnellsWM
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Client Update - 14th October 2022
Markets are jumping on any good news and as Kwasi Kwarteng flies back early from the US where he was attending the International Monetary...
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DarnellsWM
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Client Update - 7th October 2022
Over the year to date, it has felt at times like the headlines each and every day are filled with bad news and our trading screens are...
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DarnellsWM
Sep 30, 20223 min read
Client Update - 30th September 2022
A week is a long time in politics, or so the saying goes. I am sure Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss may well agree. It seems a long time...
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DarnellsWM
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Client Update - 23rd September 2022
The focus of markets this week returned to the central banks attempts to slow inflation, with the US Federal Reserve certainly being the...
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DarnellsWM
Sep 16, 20223 min read
Client Update - 16th September 2022
Before I return to politics and inflation, I wanted to take a further moment to pay our tribute to Britain’s longest reigning monarch,...
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DarnellsWM
Sep 9, 20221 min read
Client Update - 9th September 2022
As we come to terms with the very sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I believe we can afford to take a week away from the day...
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DarnellsWM
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Client Update - 2nd September 2022
My apologies that once again my weekly email is dominated by comments from major central bankers on their interest rate policy. The US...
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DarnellsWM
Aug 26, 20223 min read
Client Update - 26th August 2022
The new leader of the Tory party and our new Prime Minister has some options to consider with regards to shielding families from further...
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DarnellsWM
Aug 19, 20223 min read
Client Update - 19th August 2022
The current macro-economic data from the United States has, when combined with more dovish comments from the US Federal Reserve (FED),...
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DarnellsWM
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Client Update - 12th August 2022
As temperatures continue to rise here in the UK, expectations of a 0.75% interest rate rise in the US in September cooled somewhat over...
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DarnellsWM
Aug 5, 20222 min read
Client Update - 5th August 2022
The Bank of England have accidentally stumbled into the campaign rhetoric of the two would be Prime Ministers this week. There was an...
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DarnellsWM
Jul 29, 20224 min read
Client Update - 29th July 2022
Was this the week that the US Federal Reserve (FED) blinked first? As expected, US interest rates rose by 0.75% for a second consecutive...
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DarnellsWM
Jul 8, 20223 min read
Client Update - 8th July 2022
There can be no question what the biggest story is for UK investors this week. Boris is gone, well, almost. After numerous brushes with...
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DarnellsWM
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Client Update - 1st July 2022
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”, or at least that is my recollection from my 1980’s music collection. Rather than...
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DarnellsWM
Jun 24, 20223 min read
Client Update - 24th June 2022
On a dull and dreary Friday morning here in the West Country (we should have expected it for the Glastonbury music festival after all),...
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