Volatile first half: how markets fared around the world

Investors have a lot to think about as the president’s policies gather momentum

UK equities are having their time in the sun. The FTSE 100 recently hit an all-time high of 9,000, driven by a broad recovery in equity prices. To put it another way, the rally wasn’t just driven by a

Issue of the week: Europe’s capitulation Trump’s ...

A lot of investors have been “hiding in European stocks this year” as a “safe haven” from turmoil caused by Donald Trump, says Dan Coatsworth of AJ Bell. They’ve now received “a short, sharp shock” –

Reaction suggests investors may no longer swayed by earnings ‘beats’

The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t