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Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 26 Sep 20191. August saw US-China trade tensions escalate with several rounds of retaliatory actions following US President Donald Trump’s announcement early in the month of new tariffs on Chinese goods. The United States also formally labeled China as a currency manipulator after the Chinese renminbi...
Understanding how the Hong Kong stock market relates to China
Thursday 26 Sep 2019China is one of the world’s largest economies yet its stock market can be difficult for private investors, and even some professionals, to follow. There are three main types of Chinese share. A-shares: renminbi-denominated shares in mainland China-based companies whose ownership is restricted to...
The FTSE 350 stocks making our lives better
Thursday 29 Aug 2019Invest in what you know is the golden rule for first time investors. This advice has stood the test of time and is a great way for people to get to know what investing is all about. Fortunately, there are many companies on the FTSE 350 which are household names. But when you get more comfortable...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 29 Aug 20191. For the first time in more than a decade, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut the policy interest rate by 25 basis points. While the cut was widely expected, the market was disappointed by the reference to the rate as a ‘mid-cycle adjustment’ and not likely the beginning of a prolonged easing cycle...
Why Brazil’s Bovespa index is buoyant
Thursday 29 Aug 2019The election of the perceived market-friendly Jair Bolsonaro as president in October 2018 has proved a strong catalyst for Brazilian equities in 2019. The flagship Bovespa index is up a healthy 13.2% so far this year, compared with an 11.1% advance for the FTSE All-World, according to data from...
Should you snap up the income on offer from retail bonds?
Thursday 01 Aug 2019Income-seeking investors have had a notoriously difficult time in recent years. As interest rates have remained at rock-bottom and quantitative easing sparked a flood of money into fixed income assets, the yields paid by bonds collapsed. As a result, investors have been forced to move up the risk...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 25 Jul 20191 . The United States and China agreed to resume trade talks at the G20 summit in late June. The United States also decided against imposing new tariffs and easing some restrictions on Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, while China agreed to substantial purchases of agricultural and other...
Middle East investing moves into the mainstream
Thursday 25 Jul 2019The elevation of the Kuwaiti stock market from frontier to emerging market status is the latest sign that the region is moving steadily towards the mainstream in investment terms. Index providers FTSE Russell and MSCI both welcomed Saudi Arabia to the emerging markets club earlier this year in a...
Franchise firms can earn you tasty capital gains and juicy income
Thursday 11 Jul 2019Companies with franchise business models have often been very good investments over the years. Many have been able to pay generous dividends as well as deliver capital growth for shareholders. Well-run franchises provide investors with defensive characteristics as well as growth opportunities, and...
Our 2019 picks are beating the market hands down
Thursday 04 Jul 2019At the halfway point of the year our key selections for 2019 are doing superbly. Our average gain of 18.3% compares with an 11.2% gain for the FTSE All-Share over the same time period. Pleasingly not a single selection is in negative territory and four names are up by more than a quarter on our...