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The World In A Week – Remember, remember the 5th of November!
November 8, 2021
Written by Richard Warne. Wow! Just like Guy Fawkes night, both equity markets and bond markets have kicked off the month at a rocketing pace, with the MSCI All Country World Index +3.3% in Sterling…
The World In A Week – Metamorphosis & other Market Machinations
November 1, 2021
Written by Cormac Nevin. There was a sense of fearlessness in markets last week as we entered the Halloween weekend, with the MSCI All Country World Index returning +0.9% in GBP. The continuation of…
Wealth Manager Top 100 2021: The first 25 heavyweight selectors
November 1, 2021
The first 25 names to make the cut in Citywire Wealth Manager's annual study into the UK's top fund selectors have been revealed, including YOU Asset Management.
The World In A Week – Pricing in the power
October 25, 2021
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week was a strong week for equities with the MSCI All Country World Index returning +1.2% in GBP terms, largely driven by a good earnings session in the US. The…
The World In A Week – Circus Act
October 18, 2021
Written by Shane Balkham. Inflation is the lion that every central banker is trying to tame and ahead of the UK’s inflation figures that will be published on Wednesday, the Bank of England readied…
The World In A Week – Facebook, faceplants
October 11, 2021
Equity markets were generally flat last week in Sterling terms, with the only real exception being MSCI Japan that sold-off -3.0% in Sterling terms, though a large portion of this was down to Yen…
The World In A Week – Shaken, Not Stirred
October 4, 2021
Bonds took centre stage last week, and it wasn’t just the premiere of ‘No Time to Die’ at the Royal Albert Hall. The interest rates on global government bonds rose on the back of increased concerns…
The classic 60/40 portfolio no longer suits retirees
October 1, 2021
Reports of the death of the 60/40 portfolio for retirees have not been exaggerated. Most top advisers have abandoned balanced portfolios containing a split of 60% equities and 40% bonds for their…
Interest rates ‘very unlikely to go up this year’
September 28, 2021
Investors say it would need a big inflation shock for the Bank of England to hit the economy with higher borrowing costs.
The World In A Week – The Dot-Plot Thickens
September 27, 2021
Last week saw the Bank of England signal their intention to raise interest rates from February 2022 with mounting concerns regarding this “transitory” inflation. Interest rates are currently at…
The World In A Week – All Over the Shop
September 20, 2021
After a sedate summer, August has proved to be a bit more of a challenge for markets as global equities (as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index in GBP) lost -0.2% last week and are now down…