U.S. Jobs Data Beats Expectations

Quilter Investors believes it is prudent risk management for investors to begin to prepare for a Democratic victory in November.

Gold futures prices have clocked up repeated new record highs of late amid a downturn in the Dollar and uncertainty about the global recovery, although the rally needs the U.S. economy to fend off the spectre of 'deflation' more than anything else if it's to endure. 

Mortgage Direct - a Spanish mortgage broker specialising in the provision of mortgages for expats - have confirmed they have secured their Spanish license.

The Eurozone economic recovery remains on track according to latest Eurozone and Germany data which shows that while a sharp 'v-shaped' recovery might not be attainable, a 'tick-shaped' recovery is plausible.

House purchase mortgage approvals rose to 40.0K in June according to Bank of England data, which is a print that comes in above the consensus expectation for 35.0K while making for a significant recovery from the record low of 9.3K recorded in May.

UK retail sales surged in June while IHS Markit PMI surveys suggested that manufacturing and services companies operating in the troubled UK economy pulled ahead of the Eurozone rivals in July, although economists have cautioned that the retail data likely overstates the broader economic recovery.