There was a time, before the Global Financial Crisis, when the job of the central banker was relatively straightforward. The main objective was simply to control inflation and, as long as that sat around the 2% to 4% level, by and large, everyone was happy. Interest rates around 4% were tolerable. Indeed, by the time the Federal Reserve officially adopted…
It’s always too easy to put off the idea of investing and as markets head lower in light of growing global economic uncertainty, 2022 is certainly proving no exception. However, history shows us that despite the inevitable short-term volatility, over a ten, fifteen or twenty-year time horizon, investing in the financial markets will invariably offer a more profitable outcome, rather…
There’s no hiding from the fact that markets are already looking fragile as we approach the end of the first quarter of 2022, with the effects of monetary policy tightening and the overhang of supply chain disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic being further compounded by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is leading to spiralling commodity prices as Moscow looks increasingly…
