Wanted – Bond Champions: Why it pays to be a fixed income investor
Yields at low or even negative rates have prompted questions about the relevance of investing in bonds. However, Baillie Gifford’s Phil Annen insists that this is an asset class that can still form a...
Baillie Gifford 29th May 2020
The Week: Does size really matter?
Size has provided little protection in the recent market rout. The appeal of large caps has historically been their defensiveness and their dividend payments, but does this still stand?
Adviser-Hub 28th May 2020
Why This Crisis Favours Growth Stocks
Growth stocks have been more resilient during the pandemic. Tom Slater of Scottish Mortgage explains why now is not the time to hunt for value stocks.
Baillie Gifford 28th May 2020
Fidelity International | Analysing the effects of monetary explosion
While the response from global central banks has helped to stabilise markets, the sheer size of the intervention could be storing up problems for the future. Fidelity CIOs Andrew McCaffery and Steve E...
Fidelity International 27th May 2020
Fidelity International | Market Perspectives: Global Special Situations
Jeremy Podger, portfolio manager of Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund, explains why as time has gone on, he believes it’s clear that the length and duration of consolidation in the Western world...
Staying the Course for Scottish Mortgage
The disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic extends far beyond the narrow world of investment, but as Scottish Mortgage’s Catharine Flood explains, within that sphere the trust remains committed...
Baillie Gifford 26th May 2020
Navigating a Stock Market Crisis
What has a century of investing taught us about navigating a stock market crisis? Scott Nisbet, partner at Baillie Gifford, discusses the benefits of thinking long term.
Baillie Gifford 25th May 2020
The Week: Does value investing still have a place in your portfolio?
It’s been a rough time for value managers. Has quantitative easing killed off value as a strategy? Or can it stage a comeback?
Adviser-Hub 21st May 2020
The five most important investment rules in a crisis
There is no apparent improvement in the global economy, the outlook for corporate earnings is still highly uncertain, but markets have bounced almost 20% from their lows. Those waiting until the crisi...
Adviser-Hub 20th May 2020
UK bond market review: The economic outlook deteriorates
Although sentiment showed signs of improvement in April after March’s plunging stock markets, investors remained nervous. A survey conducted by GfK found that consumer confidence slumped to its lowest...
Adviser-Hub 19th May 2020
Global bond market review: A bleak outlook
Although equity markets recovered to some extent during April, investors’ appetite for risk remained weak. Bond yields picked up towards the beginning of the month amid cautious optimism.
Europe market review: European economies shrink in Q1
European equity markets generally rebounded in April after sustaining steep falls in March.
Emerging markets review: All eyes on China
Demonstrating the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, China’s economy contracted at an annualised rate of 6.8% during the first quarter of 2020, compared with growth of 6.4% in the same perio...
Asian Japan market review: “A crisis like no other”
Asia is facing “a crisis like no other”, according to the IMF, which warned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the region will be “severe and unprecedented” and will outstrip that of the Global...
Market briefings looking back at April
A selection of articles, written by our expert investment writers that cover the markets looking back through April.
UK equity income market review: Dividend cuts continue
Having experienced a difficult March, in which share prices plunged and dividends were cancelled, income-seeking investors experienced fresh pain in April as more companies opted to suspend their payo...
Adviser-Hub 18th May 2020
US market review: US economy shrinks
Despite the news that the US economy had contracted for the first time since 2014 during the first quarter, US equity markets ended April in positive territory in April as investors began to focus on...
UK equity market review: UK plc on the back foot
Although UK share prices picked up slightly in April, the coronavirus continued to take a heavy social, corporate and economic toll and the UK overtook Spain to become the third-worst affected country...
Fidelity International | Fidelity CIOs: Shining a spotlight on solvency
As we move into a phase where solvency becomes the priority, Fidelity CIOs Andrew McCaffery and Romain Boscher assess the different shapes of company recoveries and why investors need to become more d...
Fidelity International 15th May 2020
Fidelity International | Market Perspectives: Sterling Fixed Income
Fidelity co-portfolio managers Sajiv Vaid and Kris Atkinson discuss the outlook and opportunities across domestic fixed income markets.
Fidelity International | Market Perspectives: Emerging Market Debt
Fidelity portfolio manager Eric Wong discusses the outlook and opportunities for the Fidelity Emerging Market Debt Fund.
The Week: China: the longer-term consequences of Covid-19
China may be seeing an economic bounce-back, but there may yet be economic consequences from the Covid-19 pandemic as the US sharpens its claws.
Adviser-Hub 14th May 2020
Lessons from a crisis
Stock market crises may not feel much fun at the time, but they can provide a handy lesson in the right way to run a portfolio.
Fidelity International | The income conundrum
Fidelity’s Andrew McCaffery, Global CIO Asset Management, and Henk-Jan Rikkerink, Global Head of Solutions and Multi Asset, discuss the risks and trade-offs that income investors need to consider movi...
Fidelity International 12th May 2020
Investing in sustainability: the power of ESG
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a worrying time for companies and investors globally, but has also put a spotlight on the importance of ESG needs and responsible investing.
BNY Mellon Investment Management 12th May 2020
Fidelity International | Market Perspectives: Asia and Emerging Asia
Fidelity Asia Fund manager Teera Chanpongsang talks us through how Asian businesses have adapted to the pandemic, the potential for increased US-China trade tensions and his latest portfolio positioni...
Global update: Painful consequences
Following March’s collapse in share prices, global stock markets made a partial recovery in April, although most major indices still sustained double-digit losses compared with the start of the year....
Adviser-Hub 11th May 2020
Fidelity International | Fidelity Market Perspectives: China Consumer
Fidelity portfolio manager Hyomi Jie discusses the outlook and opportunities for the Fidelity China Consumer Fund.
Fidelity International 6th May 2020
Fidelity International | Fidelity Market Perspectives: Multi Asset Open range
Fidelity portfolio manager Chris Forgan discusses the outlook and opportunities for the Fidelity Multi Asset Open range.
The Week: Dividend cuts become the norm
Shell became the latest company to cut its dividend last week. Can investors rely on dividends returning?
Adviser-Hub 6th May 2020
A short history of market crashes (and why they don’t matter)
Since Tulip mania took hold of the Dutch in 1637, stock markets have been subject to crashes. In the longer term, the price of any individual investment may reflect its real value, but in the short-te...
Adviser-Hub 1st May 2020
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