Due to the pandemic and the enforced closure of showrooms hitting demand, car sales in the UK slumped by almost 30% last year.
As obvious a line as it might be, it is difficult to resist the attraction of ‘vaccine news provides a shot in the arm for markets’ as a succinct review of Q4, offering much-needed hope of a better 2021.
As the world continues its long battle against Covid-19, governments and central banks are still trying to save as much of their economies as possible and ensure they can generate sustained growth post the pandemic without running up unpayable debts.
Anyone who has attended one of our presentations over the last few years will have heard us discuss the concept of winning by not losing, which we often illustrate, care of Aesop, with the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
In March, governments across the world scrambled to contain COVID-19 by imposing draconian restrictions on activity.
During the quarter, economic data proved positive in most major economies with some steady progress resuming out of the Covid-19 driven economic gloom.
New research from Morningstar on the UK fund of funds (Fofs) market shows strategies investing in passive vehicles have produced the best performance over the last five years.
In Q3, markets continued to rise, somewhat surprisingly given that COVID cases also increased, with Europe seeing a particularly marked surge in August.
With the US Presidential Election now upon us, Joe Biden looks to be in an extremely strong position and is a hot favourite to win the race to the White House.
As the global economy ground to a halt, the environment experienced a moment of respite. However, despite the slowdown in greenhouse gas emissions caused by Covid-19, climate change manifestations are set to rise, with fires in California the latest devastating example.
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