HAMISH MCRAE: Crisis in Ukraine unites world's economies

HAMISH MCRAE: Crisis unites world’s economies – overriding fact is entire democratic developed world is more united than at any stage in my adult life By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EST, 5 March 2022 | Updated: 16:50 EST,

HAMISH MCRAE: Ukraine is a blow but recovery will go on

HAMISH MCRAE: What is happening in Ukraine is unbearably horrible in human terms, but in economic terms it is a middle-weight blow By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EST, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 17:46 EST, 26 February 2022

HAMISH MCRAE: US still a safe haven for investors

HAMISH MCRAE: Where will troubled investors place their funds this year? The answer will I think be mostly in America By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:51 EST, 19 February 2022 | Updated: 16:51 EST, 19 February 2022 Where is

HAMISH MCRAE: Finish what Big Bang in London started

A new Big Bang for the City? That is the way the ideas outlined last week by John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, for a new more competitive and agile regulatory framework have been greeted.  For anyone familiar with the

HAMISH MCRAE: We have reason to stay bullish

About time too! On Friday the FTSE 100 index at last pushed back up through the 7,000 mark. That sounds great until you recall that it started last year above 7,600, and that its peak back on May 22, 2018 was 7,877.

HAMISH MCRAE: Time to reflect as world reopens

This Eastertide is not yet as joyful as we all hoped it would be even a few weeks ago, and the past year has been joyless indeed.  The lockdown may be easing, but achingly slowly. However, Easter is a time for reflection

HAMISH MCRAE: UK is poised to prove its worth

It is just over a year since share prices hit rock bottom – and what an astounding year it has been. If you managed to keep your head last March when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5200, its close on Friday at