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Throughout your clients’ investment journey the markets will experience highs and lows in response to social, political and economic events. Timing the markets involves trying to anticipate when these highs and lows will occur, with investors hoping to buy when prices have reached the bottom and sell when they have peaked.

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It was a relatively quiet week in the markets, with activity across the main asset classes remaining muted, writes Ian Slattery. 
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady for the fourth consecutive meeting, writes Ian Slattery. 
US stocks showed a narrow gain last week as performance was mixed due to changing sentiment amongst investors, writes Ian Slattery. 

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Last week saw US stocks return to positive territory after a slow start to the year. Although a relatively quiet week for economic data, Thursday saw the release of the US consumer price index (CPI), which came in slightly hotter than expected, writes Ian Slattery. 
2023 was another year which saw considerable changes to the Irish pension landscape with pension providers, financial brokers and clients having to navigate their way through this ever-changing landscape.
Markets ended the first week of 2024 in negative territory as stocks gave back some of the gains from December, writes Ian Slattery. 
As 2023 drew in to a close, most major indices were in positive territory following a holiday shortened week, writes Ian Slattery. 
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Zurich was awarded 'Fund Management Company of the year 2023' at the recent Business & Finance Financial Services Awards. All of us at Zurich Ireland are very pleased with this recognition as it reflects the focus Zurich puts on supporting investors to achieve their financial goals.