ANALYSIS: Inflation is here to stay – invest wisely
With rising prices for fuel, restaurants and hotel rooms pushing up UK inflation, is it any great surprise we’re all staying at home watching Netflix?
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ANALYSIS: Is commodities a key call for 2017
2016 has been a good year for commodities. Year-to-date, the FTSE World Mining index is up just less than 56% in dollar terms, while the FTSE oil and gas index is up just less than 20%.
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Impact of a Trump or Clinton presidency on US citizens
Amid all the claim and counter-claim, it may be difficult to take a clear-eyed view of the policies of the presidential candidates ahead of the US election in November, however much we know about their private lives.
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ANALYSIS: Should you buy sterling credit as an ECB hedge?
ECB intervention has pushed European corporate bond yields down to unrealistic levels. It may therefore be a good idea to buy some sterling credit, regardless of how the Brexit saga will play out.
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ANALYSIS: A flash in the pan or echoes of Black Monday?
As budding financial detectives seek the culprit for last week’s ‘flash crash’ in sterling, others are reminded of crises past.
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ANALYSIS: Sterling ‘flash crash’ sign of things to come?
The pound has collapsed under the pressure of aggressive post-Brexit rhetoric, but is it destined to fall further in the short-term?
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ANALYSIS: Have bond markets entered Twilight Zone territory?
There is a change happening in the City. One that would not be out of place in an episode of the Twilight Zone.
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ANALYSIS: A passporting trade-off looms for Brexit Britain
With Britain’s impending exit from the European Single Market all but confirmed, it’s time to face the possible consequences for asset managers.
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Generali, Schwab in UAE set ‘impossible’ choice for US expats
Two big providers have ripped the carpet from under a group of American investors in the UAE, says Vince Truong, partner at Dubai-headquartered financial planners Holborn Assets.
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ANALYSIS: Has the FTSE peaked?
The FTSE 100 closed just short of its record high on Tuesday, the same day the International Monetary Fund revised lower its projections for for global growth.
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ANALYSIS: 101 days of Brexit
In Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece 1984, Room 101 represents the “worst thing in the world”. 101 days on from the EU referendum, it’s up to Theresa May to convince the dissenters that Brexit is not a portal to their worst nightmares.
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Henderson/Janus merger highlights increasing need for scale
The ink is not dry and already commentators are hailing the merger of Henderson Global Investors and Janus Capital as an example of what is to come.