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Week ending 22nd April 2022.
25th April 2022
Many markets were closed on Monday for the Easter holidays, and whilst you would be hard pressed to miss the festivities in the UK, of course many markets are based in countries that do not celebrate Easter as a national holiday, and remained open.
Week ending 15th April 2022.
19th April 2022
Whilst in the UK, many were focussing on the Grand National at the weekend, in France, another type of race was taking place. We saw opinion polls for the French presidential election, and whilst the sitting president took the lead, Marine Le Pen is giving Emmanuel Macron a run for his money
Week ending 8th April 2022.
11th April 2022
Following allegations of appalling civilian killings in Ukraine, we saw the EU, G7 and US pile on further pressure towards Vladimir Putin by coming together to coordinate further sanctions against Russia.
Week ending 1st April 2022.
4th April 2022
It may have been another week, but the themes driving global equity markets remained the same: inflation (and with it the potential for higher interest rates) and the war in Ukraine -
week ending 25th March 2022.
28th March 2022
A number of key markets closed the week higher, and in the final week before British Summer Time begins in the UK, the weather is heating up, and so is inflation.
Week ending 18th March 2022.
21st March 2022
We have had a week packed full of central bank monetary policy meetings, coupled with tentative progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine (neutrality) – which was not only positive for global equity markets, but it also helped take some of the speculative heat out of the oil price,