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The case for and against US equities as Q4 reporting season approaches

This is already the longest-running US equity bull market in history and investors will be looking to the upcoming fourth-quarter reporting season for clues as...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 17:09

World Investment Outlook - Chapter one: UK

Politics

Brexit can already lay claim to the scalp of two Conservative Party Prime Ministers, in the form of David Cameron and Theresa May, although...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:19

World Investment Outlook - Chapter two: USA

Politics

Hard to believe as it may be, the November 2020 Presidential Election is not the biggest story in Washington, DC as the New Year...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:17

World Investment Outlook – Chapter three: Japan

Politics

He has made it. No sooner had Prime Minister Shinzō Abe overseen Japan’s successful stints as the host of both the G20 meeting in...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:16

World Investment Outlook – Chapter four: Asia

Politics

Hard to believe as it may be, Hong Kong found a way of upstaging even the trade tensions between America and China and the...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:15

World Investment Outlook – Chapter five: Western Europe

Politics

The year 2019 began with Donald Tusk, the outgoing President of the European Council, saying that he thought there would be a “special place...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:13

World Investment Outlook – Chapter six: Emerging Markets

Politics

Russia remains the subject of certain EU (and American) economic sanctions and Ukraine remains a bone of contention in more ways than one. Eastern...

Tue, 07/01/2020 - 11:11

The best and worst performing global stock markets in 2019

The best performers in 2019 have been Russia, Greece and Dubai-Kuwait, with Brazil, Italy and America next in line. The US represents almost two-thirds of...

Fri, 27/12/2019 - 15:03

Best and worst performers in the FTSE 100 in 2019

The FTSE 100 may have confounded a few doubters with a 17.2% total return in 2019 (including the reinvestment of dividends), despite concerns over weak...

Fri, 20/12/2019 - 08:47

Why the FTSE 100 has a chance to challenge 8,000 in 2020

The FTSE 100 is barely any higher than three years ago and the pound is still way below where it was in summer 2016, so...

Tue, 17/12/2019 - 10:13

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