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3rd November 2025
Market Matters-Eerie Easing, Trade Tensions Thaw & Other October Oddities
Alliteration is one of the last great art forms no? The Hang Seng was closed for the Lunar New Year, while the Nikkei 225 was closed for Japan’s National Day ...
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27th October 2025
Market Matters – “Goldilocks Continues the climb via earnings optimism”
Last week, markets continued their rally, with major indices approaching all-time highs. Momentum that had already been building gained strength after a ...
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20th October 2025
Market Matters – Credit Jitters, Calm Heads
Jamie Dimon’s ‘cockroach’ metaphor might have stolen the headlines this week, a reminder that the odd default can sometimes hint at broader credit fragility, but so ...
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7th October 2025
Markets continue their upward march
September ended without the drama many had feared, and October has begun on a quietly confident note. Equity markets moved higher again last week, with both the ...
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29th September 2025
Market Matters – Investor fatigue shows up as we approach Q3 end
Market Overview Markets seemed to lose a bit of steam last week. After a strong run through the summer, investor appetite flagged as quarter-end approached, with ...
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22nd September 2025
Record Highs for US Stocks as the Fed cuts rates
Markets don’t often make history in September, but last week was an exception. All four of the major US benchmarks, the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow and Russell 2000 ...
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15th September 2025
Market Matters: US Inflation up, Job’s down – Equities up – Go figure!
Market Overview It was one of those weeks where the numbers and the markets seemed to be reading from entirely different scripts. The data darkened as weekly jobless ...
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21st August 2025
Emily Goldring Appointed Compliance Director at IDAD
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Emily Goldring to Compliance Director at IDAD, as well as her appointment as a full board member of IDAD Limited. Since ...
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18th August 2025
Market Matters- Markets Shake off Inflation Worries.
Market Matters 158 – Markets shake off Inflation worries Despite a steady flow of data that might once have rattled investors, particularly stickier inflation and ...
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11th August 2025
Market Matters – Quiet Week but lots bubbling under the surface
Market Overview After last Friday’s wobble, markets regained their footing this week. Global equities are back within sight of record highs, helped by a combination ...
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28th July 2025
Market Matters- Summer Calm or the Eye of the Storm?
Summer calm or the eye of the storm? After returning from a summer break in Turkey (if you can call it a break with a villa full of teenagers at drinking age) I feel ...
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21st July 2025
MARKET MATTERS – Earnings Power, Policy Pressure!
Market Overview Global financial markets presented a cautiously optimistic picture over the past week, with investor sentiment driven by robust corporate earnings in ...
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