Author: The Investor

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.

A big central bank week lies ahead, with the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan all in focus.

Markets started nervously after last week’s tech sell-off, but finished stronger as hopes of a US-Iran peace deal pushed oil prices lower.