Last October marked the 70th anniversary of when the Mao lead Communist Party took power in China in 1949. The past four decades particularly have been a period of unprecedented growth and improvements in living standards of millions upon millions…
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The effects of US trade tariffs upon Chinese imports are starting to have an impact upon both USA and Chinese GDP growth. US imports from China have been falling and were down 16.2% year-on-year in October according to Trading Economics.…
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India’s new Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has cut corporation taxes from 30% to 22% and new companies set up since 1st October will have even lower rate of corporation tax at 15%. India has also merged 10 regional public sector…
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The bull market in bonds has resulted in strong gains for government bond markets with US Treasuries, global bonds and UK gilts up around 10.3% this year. The bond markets have benefited from reduced interest rates, subdued global inflation and…
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It is easy for investors to be concerned about the state of the world at the moment. Climate change is impacting our lives with increasing frequency. We have witnessed severe flooding in South Yorkshire and the intense forest fires in…
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There has been very little ‘united’ about the United Kingdom in recent months. The political temperature certainly increased as we got closer to the second Brexit deadline of October 31st with so much at stake and with so little compromise.…
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Estate Capital held their 12th annual Charity Croquet Tournament on Friday 6th July. The event was hosted by Lord Mayor Cllr Peter Black and held for the second time at the Lord Mayors Mansion House in Ffynone. Twelve teams, representing…
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We see global growth slowing as this prolonged business cycle keeps running. The US continues to outperform other markets with emerging markets and Asia being supported by the recent fiscal and monetary stimulus in China. Global monetary policy is expected…
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While we were compiling the research for our 30th Edition portfolios last November, we were concerned about several factors that were unsettling world markets. On the back of some outstanding growth figures for 2018, Jerome Powell the Chairman of the…
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