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Where should you invest when central banks stop raising interest rates?
Thursday 14 Sep 2023There are two questions being asked by every investor. When are interest rates around the world going to stop rising and what happens to stock markets when they do? No-one knows for sure when rates will peak, but what we can say is there are two different scenarios which could cause central banks...
Feeding your pension: investment ideas for people in work or retirement
Thursday 14 Sep 2023It can be hard to look past day-to-day cares and worries and give proper thought to achieving a financially comfortable retirement. However, if you want to enjoy a decent quality of life after you bring your career to a close then you must devote more attention to your pension. Investment trusts,...
Property versus pension: which one is a better investment?
Thursday 14 Sep 2023For nervous investors worried about the volatility of stock markets, investing in housing may seem like a safer, less bumpy alternative, but the facts don’t support this seemingly popular view. Duncan Lamont, head of strategic research at Schroders, says investing in global stocks has been the...
What next for wind? Orsted shares blown over on big US warning
Thursday 07 Sep 2023The collapse in the shares of Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (ORSTED:CPH) has been alarming and has wider implications for the renewables sector. While the market reacted with shock to the company’s warning of big impairments in the US, a combination of rising costs, permitting and grid...
Can European shares finally shrug off their ‘value’ tag?
Thursday 07 Sep 2023As we have observed many times, when global investors look at Europe they tend to think ‘value’ rather than ‘growth’ due to the heavy weighting of somnolent sectors like financials, commodities and utilities and the lack of exciting technology companies. Admittedly, that perception is changing...
The economic data points every investor should follow and why they matter
Thursday 07 Sep 2023Markets are very data driven so it is important to stay on top of the latest economic information. This is particularly topical because investors are trying to work out how different data points might influence the decision making of central banks and the trajectory of interest rates. In this...
Everything you need to know about ARM’s IPO and how to buy the shares
Thursday 31 Aug 2023Giant UK microchips designer ARM has filed its highly anticipated Wall Street IPO (initial public offering) prospectus, firing the gun on a long mooted and highly anticipated return to equity markets for the Cambridge-based company that has been owned by Japan’s Softbank (9984:TYO) since 2016. ARM...
Emerging markets: big overseas investment in India and earnings recovery
Thursday 31 Aug 2023Are you an Emerging Markets Guru? 10 quick questions – some amazing answers. Take the quiz and see how you score. 1. Foreign institutional investor (FII) flows into India: Investor flows turned positive in March following a recovery in the equity market, with $15 billion in inflows year-to-date...
Big domestic consumption is driving growth in India
Thursday 31 Aug 2023A big transition in the development of emerging markets tends to be an increase in the contribution of domestic consumption to economic growth. Historically, emerging markets have tended to be much more reliant on exports to the West to grow their economies. Making the transition to greater...
FTSE 100, S&P 500, Nasdaq: Discover the stocks and sectors driving these big global indices and more
Thursday 24 Aug 2023Whether you’re saving for retirement, looking to pay off your mortgage or any other future objective, investing in equities has been one of the most successful ways of generating long-term value creation. According to data from Bloomberg from April 2023, global equities, represented by the FTSE All...