INSIGHTS

The narrative for the oil market for the bulk of the year has been relatively straightforward. An excess of supply through increases in production from

‘Unsettled’ seems like an apt choice of word to describe 2025. Unsettled markets were duly unsettled by unsettling policy from a US administration determined to

Unsettled That the year has started off on the wrong foot might well be an understatement. If anything, it’s stumbled out of the gates, tripped

Humankind have been attracted to gold for millennia. Most obviously in jewellery form as a sign of wealth and status, but also as an investment

After years of the market being led by US mega-cap companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, and a steady procession of articles fating

Whilst we remain in an interest rate cutting cycle, the journey may be shorter than previously anticipated. This is particularly the case in the United

With some trepidation I started the Investment Strategy at the beginning of last year, raising the hope that 2024 would deliver a more settled year

Once upon a time, not so long agoTommy used to work on the docks, union’s been on strikeHe’s down on his luck, it’s tough, so

From February 2025, HFMC Asset Management will consolidate its Core range of model portfolios, removing the distinction between those “including property” and “excluding property.” This

During September, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) joined the Bank of Canada, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, in beginning to cut