February 2018 Newsletter

As investors look ahead to a new year, they could be forgiven for wondering whether they will be as pleasently surprised in 2018 as they were in 2017.

A number of political worries on the horizon this time last year signally failed to materialise, including the likely shape of President Trump’s trade policies, the rise of populism in Europe and fears over North Korea. As it turned out, the market shrugged all these aside, with both interest rates and market volatility remaining close to historic lows, while stockmarkets hit new highs.