What does a crisis teach us about investing?
Too often the lesson that investors learn from a market crash is simply to avoid the last problem area – technology in 2000, banks in 2008 and today, travel, leisure or oil. However, history shows tha...
Adviser-Hub 24th Jun 2020
Remember these five things about a crisis
Investors tend to look at collapsing index value and conclude they should be out of the market. However, in reality, the S&P or the FTSE 100 are disparate groups of companies, some of which will be be...
Investment advice worth listening to
There’s no shortage of people offering advice on investment: Some – Warren Buffet or George Soros – may be worth listening to.
A potted history of market crashes (and why they don’t matter)
From tulips to technology, railroads to real estate, asset price crashes are centuries old. Investors have been prone to getting very excited about innovation in the short-term, only to realise its li...
Opportunity in a crisis: COVID-19 has accelerated the move to hybrid advice
Financial advisers have historically been cautious when integrating technology into their business models.
FundsNetwork’s personal tax and trust planning training resources
The CII AF1 exam is just around the corner! To help you prepare, FundsNetwork have a new video training resources with industry expert Sue Cox.
Fidelity Adviser Solutions 18th Jun 2020
The Week: The resilience of Asian dividends
With UK dividends under considerable pressure, have Asian companies continued to deliver payouts to shareholders?
Adviser-Hub 17th Jun 2020
What’s the Purpose of Investing?
Over the last decade, the investment industry has become increasingly short term and complex. Stuart Dunbar, partner at Baillie Gifford, explains why he believes the industry has lost its way.
Baillie Gifford 15th Jun 2020
US market review: US/China relationship sours again
Relations between the US and China deteriorated further during May as the US blamed China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the pandemic.
Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020
UK equity income market review: Companies continue to cancel dividends
The outlook for income-seeking investors continued to deteriorate during May as companies sought to shore up their balance sheets by cancelling dividend payouts
UK equity market review: UK retail sales plunge
UK share prices continued to rally during May as investors became more hopeful that the lockdown would lift, and the economy could restart.
UK bond market review: BoE keeps its options open
Demand for gilts remained strong during May as the economic outlook continued to deteriorate. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to take a heavy toll on UK and global growth.
Global bond market review: Corporate defaults on the rise
US Treasury bond yields rose during May: government spending continued to rise and central bank policy showed signs of shifting as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasised that the Fed would tak...
Asia Japan market review: Concerns over Hong Kong’s future
Share prices in Hong Kong dived during May on the news that China was set to make national security laws for the territory, clamping down on dissent and raising questions over Hong Kong’s special econ...
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