Justin is one of the most recognisable and trusted market commentators on television, radio, and in the press.
Originally trained as a lawyer, he has observed the retail market industry for 20 years whilst at Barclays Stockbrokers and developed a unique understanding of the market’s roles and benefits for the private investor.
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“As goes January..” – Read the full article here.
Happy New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai – well Happy New Year and welcome to the year of the Red Fire Monkey. So given what has happened to the stock markets in the first few weeks of the occidental new year, I think I might just go and start again with the Chinese one and see if that is going to be any better! Of course none of us can have the opportunity just to start again, but maybe we should look at the future economic trends and see if we can give ourselves any greater comfort for a better return later
this year – from whichever global compass point we may choose.
One point that is worth noting is the old market rhyme of “where January goes, so goes the year”. With a loss of 6.9% on the S&P 500 in the US for January, that seemingly does not bode well for the rest of 2016. However, I am grateful to my colleague, Alex Scott, who gave some useful stats from previous years to see if this old phrase is just bunkum or in fact believable.
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