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Stocks with a lasting edge: How companies can sustain a competitive advantage
Thursday 11 Sep 2025Identifying companies which have an edge over their competitors which they are able to maintain is an important component of investing. After all, it is the companies which possess these qualities which can deliver above average returns for longer than might otherwise be expected. In this context,...
Dull? The diversified financials sector is anything but
Thursday 11 Sep 2025Since they facilitate the flow of capital and debt, financial companies play a crucial role in oiling the wheels of the global economy and due to the fact it permeates almost every aspect of corporate and personal life, the vast financial services sector has been dubbed the ‘nervous system of...
Hedge fund filings reveal significant shifts in holdings in the second quarter
Thursday 11 Sep 2025Last month we revealed which stocks hedge funds had been shorting in the second quarter after the remarkable post-Liberation Day rally which has seen UK and UK markets hit record highs. This month, with the help of Joachim Klement and Susana Cruz of Panmure Liberum’s strategy, economics and ESG...
Oil's slip: what lower prices mean for the market
Thursday 04 Sep 2025Who would want to be an oil analyst, having to forecast where prices are likely to be in a month or even 12 months’ time? In the last five years alone, Brent crude futures have collapsed to below $20 per barrel – and infamously actually went negative at one point during mid-2020 – before soaring to...
Three crucial things to think about with your Nvidia exposure
Thursday 04 Sep 2025Investors have come to expect Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) to beat forecasts and up guidance as the AI chip tech leader, but it is things outside of its control which give investors cause for caution. The outlook on China remains murky, a market where the US company has struggled with export restrictions...
A ‘stealth’ rally has returned Shanghai stocks to a 10-year high
Thursday 28 Aug 2025While most investors have been fixated on the US stock market, which has been making new highs almost daily over the summer, unnoticed by almost everyone another market on the other side of the world has just hit its highest level in a decade. The Shanghai Stock Exchange or SSE Composite Index,...
Made in China – how important is manufacturing to the Chinese stock market and economy?
Thursday 28 Aug 2025The economic growth seen in China over the last half-century or so has been built on being the ‘world’s factory’ but how central is manufacturing today to the Chinese market and economy? In broad stock market terms, if we take the industrials sector as a rough proxy for manufacturing, the weighting...
Emerging markets: tariffs, interest rates and a China growth air pocket
Thursday 28 Aug 20251 . Tariffs in emerging markets (EMs): The 1 August deadline for reaching a trade agreement with US President Trump has passed, and many EMs have failed to secure a deal. India, Brazil and Taiwan are among the larger countries that are facing tariffs of 25%/40%/20% respectively. We expect...
Five funds for retirement: Ideas to give you protection, growth and income
Thursday 28 Aug 2025It has now been 10 years since the then chancellor George Osborne, introduced the so-called ‘pension freedoms’ for individuals with defined contribution pension savings. ‘Pensioners will have complete freedom to draw down as much or as little of their pension pot as they want, anytime they want. No...
If climate change is here to stay, who are the warm weather winners and losers?
Thursday 21 Aug 2025We have already recently looked at the potential impact of climate change and warmer weather on the financial system, but what could it mean for consumer behaviour and are we already seeing signs people are changing how and where they spend their money? In fact, from our weekly shop to our annual...