Investing

Lighthouse at Le Tréport, France. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
April 7, 2022

The next waypoint for investors: corporate earnings 

When it comes to the prospect of a recession, and a possible prolonged period of stagflation, the…
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Investing
April 4, 2022

Top 5 inflation-linked: 'Inflation At Work' works best

During the brief period between the release of most Covid-19 measures and the start of the war in…
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Asset Allocation
April 4, 2022

Equities drag neutral portfolio through tough quarter

The first quarter of 2022 was one of the toughest in decades for investors with a neutrally balanced…
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Asset Allocation
March 25, 2022

Top 5: Japanese value stocks hitting back

Japanese shares were hot in the 1980s, but the bubble has deflated mercilessly in the decades that…
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War in Ukraine
Investing
March 18, 2022

Recession looms in Europe

Economic growth in the EU will be “severely affected” by the disruption triggered by Russia’s…
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Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF. Photo: Worldbank
Investing
March 17, 2022

Ukraine war reverberates across the globe, says IMF 

Beyond the suffering and humanitarian crisis from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the entire global…
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Investing
March 17, 2022

Chinese stock market hit by manic depression

Financial markets do not always react in the same way to news. There are times when the stock market…
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Moscow. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
March 15, 2022

Fitch sees 'limited contagion risk' from bond funds

European emerging-market bond funds pose limited contagion risk to the broader financial system in…
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ETF. Image: gotcredit.com via Flickr
Investing
March 10, 2022

BlackRock: global fund inflows picked up in February

Despite volatility sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the end of the month, global inflows…
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Ukraine
Investing
February 28, 2022

Stagflation scenario, so far, looks premature

Russia’s invasion makes it more difficult for central banks to keep inflationary pressures at bay…
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The Tsar Cannon, cast in 1586 and on display at the Kremlin in Moscow. Photo via Flickr/CC.
Investing
February 23, 2022

Buying when cannons roar?

Conventional stock market wisdom says investors should buy when the cannons roar and sell when the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
February 21, 2022

On the way to a new recession?

The difference between US 10-year and 2-year yields has fallen to around 45 basis points. That is a…
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Investing
February 14, 2022

'Long duration trades fading into the background'

Long duration trades are fading into the background because of tighter monetary policy. Markets have…
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Queen Maxima. Photo by King Willem-Alexander, via RVD. 
Asset Managers
February 7, 2022

Citing inflation, Máxima wants action on financial literacy

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has called on European financial supervisors to review financial…
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