Pharma giant AstraZeneca slides on lacklustre results
AstraZeneca shares were trading slightly lower this morning after the firm reported a 12% fall in revenues thanks to a decline in sales of a flagship cholesterol treatment.
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Lloyds Banking Group rockets by 3.6% as profits surge
Shares of Lloyds Banking Group have rallied after the group beat expectations in its first-quarter results.
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Bullish managers up European equity exposure
Architas’ Nathan Sweeney has doubled his exposure to European equities across the firm’s suite of active multi-asset funds following the French election results.
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Best and Worst US sectors during Trump’s first 100 days
Trump’s first 100 days in office have been jam packed with outrageous tweets, ‘alternative facts,’ a failed healthcare bill and foreign policy blunders. But, what were the best and worst performing US sectors during Trump’s first 100 days?
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Five funds with niche styles to diversify your portfolio
The Share Centre’s Sheridan Admans has tipped five funds with niche styles that might offer investors a diversification opportunity.
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Schroders expands Maximiser range with US Equity Income launch
Schroders has launched a US Equity Income Maximiser fund targeting 5% of income a year from the world’s largest stockmarket.
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PA ANALYSIS: Stars aligned for a European equities rally
The fact that the Euro Stoxx 50 index recorded its largest one-day gain since July 2012 on Monday suggests the importance for investors of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the first round of the French presidential elections can hardly be overestimated.
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PA ANALYSIS: The European funds to back if bank rally continues
European shares rallied after the first round of France’s presidential election yesterday, but which funds stand to take advantage of any change in market leadership?
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Hermes’ Greenberg banking on EM ‘normality’ trade
Top-performing emerging market fund manager Gary Greenberg is banking on a “return to normality” in developing markets.
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Sterling-driven dividend bonanza continues but underlying numbers fall
The UK equity market pumped out 9.5% more dividends in the first quarter than the previous year as sterling’s weakness continued to magnify the payouts.
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Massive investor shift from US to eurozone equities
Investors’ rotation from US equities into eurozone stocks in April was the fifth largest such shift since 1999, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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PA ANALYSIS: Does snap election signal time to cut UK equities?
The murky state of UK politics is cementing wealth manager and asset allocator aversion to domestic equity markets, as exposures continue to shrink.