Are investors being sufficiently compensated for taking asymmetric risk? In this article, portfolio manager Aneet Chachra and David Elms, Head of Diversified Alternatives, evaluate changing market conditions for equity volatility in the US and UK.
Oliver Blackbourn, a portfolio manager on the UK-based Multi-Asset team, discusses the abrupt escalation in hostilities between the UK Parliament and a bellicose Prime Minister.
Andrew Gillan, Head of Asia ex Japan Equities and Co-Manager of the Asian Growth Strategy, discusses the reasons why investors should be less preoccupied by the machinations of the trade war and instead focus on Asia’s long-term structural growth story, strong fundamentals and the diversification benefits that the region can add to a balanced portfolio.
Andrew Gillan, Head of Asia ex Japan Equities and Co-Manager of the Asian Growth Strategy, discusses the reasons why investors should be less preoccupied by the machinations of the trade war and instead focus on Asia’s long-term structural growth story, strong fundamentals and the diversification benefits that the region can add to a balanced portfolio.
Although the current economic expansion is aging, leading indicators do not indicate a sharp contraction.
Fixed Income Portfolio Managers John Lloyd and John Kerschner discuss the inverted yield curve and its implications for bond investors.
Euroland money measures grew strongly in July, more than compensating for softer June data and suggesting improving economic prospects.
Incoming narrow money data for July have been disappointing, suggesting that a global economic recovery will be delayed until Q2 2020. The US, China, Japan, India and Brazil have released July monetary data, together accounting for two-thirds of the global (i.e. G7 plus E7) aggregate tracked here. Incorporating near-complete CPI data, six-month growth of global
Job Curtis, Fund Manager of the City of London Investment Trust, explains why cash flow is so important when investing in equities for the purpose of income, using two stock case studies.
The Euroland manufacturing PMI fell further in July but the view here remains that the index is bottoming, based on the leading signal from a rise in six-month real narrow money growth since late 2018.