Paul Durrans, Investment Director, and Joe Forward, Investment Analyst, discuss the economic consequences of higher oil prices, highlighting the sharp contrast for the UK and US, should the ongoing conflict in the Middle-East persist. They also look at impact of this week's UK and US economic data on financial markets.

Oil prices have surged this morning due to the events occurring in the US' war in Iran. Our Head of Investments, Kevin Kidney takes a look at the impact of those events on the asset markets, and analyses wat that means for your money.

Kevin Kidney, Head of Investments, and Paul Durrans, Investment Director, discuss the spike in oil prices following the escalating conflict between the US and Iran, as well as the impact on equity markets. They also explore the broad strength of corporate profitability and how this is translating into portfolio performance.

Paul Durrans, Investment Director, discusses the escalating conflict in the middle-east and how it is affecting equities, energy prices, and safe haven assets.

Paul Durrans, Investment Director, and Faye Graham, Investment Analyst, discuss Nvidia’s Q4 results which exceeded both the markets and the company’s own expectations. There is also earnings results from Salesforce, Rolls Royce as well as US Labour market data.

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Kevin Kidney, Head of Investments, discusses the US Supreme Court's decision to rule against Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, which saw a positive response from equity markets. However, with escalating tensions between the US and Iran, market volatility is expected to persist, with oil prices up 6% in the last week.

This week saw UK unemployment data come in higher than expected, yet UK equities have remained steadfast. What will this mean for the Bank of England’s interest rate decision next month? Our Investment Director, Kevin Kidney and Trainee Investment Analyst, Lexi Herriot discuss.

George Bell, Investment Director, recaps on markets so far this year and points to the key data prints to look out for in the week ahead. This includes UK labour data, German Inflation Data, Corporate earnings and the Minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve. 

Paul Durrans, Investment Director, and Sam Elliot, Portfolio Manager, discuss the strong month for US jobs, the UK’s GDP which came in lower than expected, and strength of returns from Emerging Markets and Japanese equities.

Kevin Kidney, Head of Investments, discusses Japan, and the new all-time highs in Japanese equities after the landslide victory for Prime Minister Takaichi in parliament. This allows the party to move ahead with there growth positive fiscal plans which has seen an uplift in wider global stock markets.