This year’s pain to mark end of bear market – Toogood
Peter Toogood, investment director, City Financial, gives his view on the current investment climate.
Analysis
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Analysis: The pros and cons of one of 2016’s biggest asset allocation calls
There are currently very few screaming buys in the market. Years of quantitative easing and a still rickety economic recovery have left most quality assets very fully valued and the rest seeming cheap for a reason.
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ANALYSIS: Another tough year for value investors?
The FTSE’s felled and the bears are back out in force, so could now be a good time to entrust your wealth with a dedicated value investor?
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ANALYSIS: Time for investors to run for the hills or be brave?
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.
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China at a watershed, says T Rowe Price
The renewed turmoil in China’s financial markets in the first two weeks of 2016 has undermined investor sentiment, wiping trillions of dollars off the value of global stock markets. Anh Lu, lead portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price’s Asia ex-Japan Equity Strategy fund looks at whether this could mean China faces a Japanese-style ‘lost decade’…
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Will multi-asset funds really deliver as markets head down?
Since Markowitz, multi-asset investing has been increasingly “en vogue”. The other trait that has caught the imagination – as well the attention of the regulators – is risk assessment.
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ANALYSIS: Are investors clutching at straws with their Japan overweights?
Japanese equities are enjoying a place in the rising sun in terms of the preferences of many investors, but is this a sound decision destined to yield rewards or an act of desperation?
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ANALYSIS: Bears in ascendence as 2016 stutters into being
After a spectacularly dismal start to the year last week, all eyes turn this week to the start of corporate earnings season.
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OPINION: Situations vacant – chief executive, FCA
With the news that the FCA’s search for its next chief is ongoing, here’s our crack at what the job description might look like.
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ANALYSIS: Oil slide could get worse, won’t get much better
The news that Brent Crude oil slipped below $35 a barrel for the first time since 2004 on Wednesday should come as little surprise.
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ANALYSIS: US equity tea leaves do not make for easy reading
Like any good rollercoaster, global equity markets had, by the end of the year, returned pretty much to where they started, while at the same time leaving investors somewhat shaken and a little nauseous for all the ups and downs along the way.
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Technical briefing: Full disclosure impacts
Manufacturers will shoulder the burden when new European rules, which enable consumers to compare retail savings and investment products, come into force on 31 December 2016.