Month: August 2020

Market Update August: Big tech gets bigger while the Fed takes the easy option

In a week where Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign in earnest, global investors showed it is indeed “America first”. US equities continue to push at all-time highs, having recovered everything lost in March’s frantic sell-off – and then some.

/ 30th August 2020

Market Update August: Fed leaves bond investors with that sinking feeling

Capital markets were mostly steady – if a bit on edge – this week, as they have been for most of August. At least the US maintained positivity, although the extent of gains were not spectacular. Even so, both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices surpassed their February peaks in midweek trading, leaving the stock market nosedive of March a distant memory.

/ 24th August 2020

Market Update August: COVID II the sequel – as scary as the original?

The pleasures, and then increasing discomfort, of the UK’s unusually broiling August weather offered a welcome distraction from the seemingly never ending COVID news flow of gloominess. As the heatwave came to an end with a thunderous bang, so too did many of the UK’s summer freedoms.

/ 16th August 2020

August Team News

As we try to get back to a level of normality, the staff at Vizion Wealth have been trying to make the most of the post-lock down summer, whilst also adhering to the government safety guidelines in and out of the working environment.

/ 12th August 2020

Guide to Securing your Financial Future

We can’t foresee what is waiting around the corner, but we can ensure that we’re financially prepared to protect what are the most important things in life should the worst happen. This means protecting what matters most, whether it’s our family, our income, our mortgage or our health, should the unexpected happen.

/ 11th August 2020

Market Update August: Living with COVID- settling into an interim ‘new normal’

At the other end of the scale, poor returns from Japanese and UK equities confirms the trend of investors preferring long-term growth prospects of the ‘new economy’, versus short term earnings stability or recovery potential (value) of the ‘old economy’. This has much to do with the fact that the yield investors could safely earn...

/ 10th August 2020

Market Update August: Summer Sunshine Beckons but Politics Still Casts a Long Shadow

As July ends with stifling temperatures, thoughts can turn to the month ahead. August capital markets can be either quiet or decidedly choppy. As investors go on their summer holidays, daily trade volumes decline and liquidity drops out of the market – meaning even small buying or selling pressures can have outsized effects. Of course, this year we doubt many traders will be planning an August trip to Spain...

/ 3rd August 2020