Author: The Investor

Whilst tensions remain in the Middle East, Company Earnings will be in focus this week.

A difficult week for the popular AI shares, but the FTSE 100 showed resilience and falling oil prices helped ease inflation worries.

Another important week, with US sentiment indices, US inflation and central bank signals set to test whether the global market rally can keep going.

It was a week where falling oil prices and a tentative US – Iran peace deal took some of the heat out of inflation worries, even as central banks kept reminding investors that rates won’t fall quickly.