In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled a series of measures designed to shore up the UK’s finances. Against a backdrop of intensifying inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, UK households face their most dramatic decline in living standards since records began in 1956.

It’s been a turbulent week in technology, with weak results prompting a significant sell off. Should it tempt contrarian investors?

The gilt and currency markets weren’t the only problem areas after the Chancellor’s risky budget. Property assets also took a hit.

The US central bank surprised markets with another 0.75% rise in rates. There is little comfort for investors in the move.

The pound has seen further weakness, maintaining a pattern seen for most of the year. Can it fall further?

Corporate earnings held up reasonably well in the second quarter, but there are increasing jitters about their direction from here. Could earnings weakness prompt markets to lurch lower?

Despite an increasingly clouded economic backdrop, share prices around the world generally rose during July. Investor sentiment was buoyed by encouraging US earnings reports and by hopes that central banks might moderate their tightening activity in order to avoid undermining economic growth.