by James Weir | Oct 8, 2025 | Market Updates / Reviews
The September quarter saw global financial markets continue to power on, with 17 share markets around the world hitting all-time highs, led by the barn storming emerging markets. Economic data continues to show recession fears, particularly for the US, are overdone....
by James Weir | Aug 28, 2025 | Market Updates / Reviews
There’s an old saying that share markets climb a wall of worries. In other words, every time the share market is trending upwards, there’s a multitude of arguments as to why it shouldn’t be. Right now is one of those times. As if simultaneous wars in Europe and...
by James Weir | Jul 23, 2025 | Market Updates / Reviews
Ever since Donald Trump started campaigning to win the presidency of the United States, he made it clear that he thinks the US has been getting ripped off by its trading partners, and that tariffs offer the best solution to solve that problem. However, most economists...
by James Weir | May 28, 2025 | Market Updates / Reviews
I know what you’re thinking: you’d have to be crazy to believe we’ve seen the last of potentially market-crunching pronouncements from the Trump administration. The share markets aren’t so much gripped by complacency as blind hope. And yet, from its recent bottom on 8...
by James Weir | May 7, 2025 | Education Series
In Part 2 of our estate planning series, Steward Wealth’s James Weir continues the conversation with John Collins, principal of Black Pearl Private Clients, diving deeper into the complexities that can undermine even well-intentioned plans. They explore critical...
