Grab A Seat Belt As Market Volatility Shakes Confidence And Prices!

This is our weekly market update. Another crazy week on markets, as geo-political worries collided with the stronger “higher for longer to fight sticky inflation” mantra, and big-tech looking over-valued. The brief latest flare-up in Middle East tensions seemed contained with a flight to bonds, gold and the US dollar waning. Oil fell. The Dow Jones Index rose 0.6 per cent after Tehran downplayed reports of an Israeli strike on Iran. US Treasury 10-year yields dropped to 4.62 per cent. The US dollar was little changed. The regional escalation also briefly sent the price of gold back near its record […]