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Markets continue to follow the money

This month (4 April) marks the second anniversary of Japan launching its own version of Quantitative Easing (QE). When the scheme was first announced by...

Fri, 10/04/2015 - 12:47

Use the SOXX to test market's appetite for excitement

One of the tracks for which singer-songwriter Ian Dury was best known was Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll and when it comes to...

Fri, 03/04/2015 - 11:25

Portfolios need more virtues than just patience

The financial markets continue to digest the implications of the policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve (18 March), which saw chair Janet Yellen drop...

Fri, 27/03/2015 - 13:45

Watch what the smart money is doing

“I am convinced that if it [the price system of a free market] were the result of deliberate human design, and if the people guided...

Fri, 20/03/2015 - 15:20

Round up of the Budget and what it means for you

Given the General Election is less than two months away, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was always going to try and curry favour with...

Fri, 20/03/2015 - 13:50

Why banks are still too big to ignore

Banks continue to make the headlines and not necessarily for the right reasons. Lloyds may have pleased investors by reinitiating dividends after a gap stretching...

Fri, 13/03/2015 - 09:05

Watch how sentiment could sway the markets

While the FTSE 100's advance toward and then beyond its 1999 all-time high of 6,930 continues to attract headlines, another famous benchmark is making a...

Fri, 06/03/2015 - 17:15

Become a convert to the income cause

While the majority of clients and advisers may have little time for dealing with the intricacies of stock-specific research the dividend cut announced by FTSE...

Fri, 27/02/2015 - 16:10

Why China's central bank may hold sway in the Year of the Sheep

Picking the right asset class, individual geographic market and the right funds or stocks to play that choice is not just about finding the best...

Fri, 20/02/2015 - 09:30

Three key themes stay centre stage

As oil and equity prices flip flop around, the logical conclusion is markets are confused as to whether they should be focussing on growth, fretting...

Fri, 06/02/2015 - 11:14

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