Tax Thresholds & Allowances The Budget announced the following thresholds and allowances will take effect from the 2019/20 tax year. The government had previously planned to increase the personal allowance and higher rate thresholds to these levels by April 2020…
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World markets took a heavy fall last week due to the concerns that US interest rates are likely to rise for further than previously expected. New York’s Dow Jones Index fell 5% over two days of trading while the FTSE…
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The Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell recently announced that “The US economy is enjoying a remarkable positive set of economic circumstances and there was no reason to think it cannot continue for some time”. His comments are a result of…
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Our last blog post and newsletter entitled ‘A Soft Affair’ was written soon after Prime Minister Teresa May published her governments negotiating position with the EU over Brexit. Since the publication of the so called ‘Chequers Agreement’ there has been…
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With the publication of the government’s white paper – The plan for the UK’s Brexit, it now seems almost inevitable that there will not be a substantial break away from the EU when Brexit formally occurs in March 2019. Instead,…
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This edition of the investment portfolios has been one of the most demanding with so many factors at play at one time. We have taken into consideration global inflation, interest rate rises, US tax incentives and government spending, Brexit, trade…
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2017 was a year of exceptional equity returns for investors as global growth was synchronised across developed and emerging economies. The combination of both low inflation and low interest rates has been the foundation of strong returns across risk assets.…
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The USA is further down the path to normalised economics than any other developed country. The labour market is tight with only 3.9% of the eligible workforce unemployed, wage growth is improving, and the combination of President Trump’s recent fiscal…
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There is some evidence of the world economy slowing in part due to a reduction in global money supply. Europe is starting to feel the effects of the European Central Bank (ECB) reducing its quantitative easing (QE) bond purchasing programme…
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