Negative interest rates: Keynes revisited
Negative interest rate policies have started to unnerve investors, even though Sweden, Denmark, the eurozone and Switzerland have all had negative policy rates for over a year.
Equities
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Markets are from Mars, economies are from Venus – JPMAM
Equity markets have become increasingly disconnected from how the economy is doing recently; a cautionary tale for index-based investors, said Stephanie Flanders of JP Morgan Asset Management.
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Rathbones sticks with risk assets as investors overreact
Rathbones has said it continues to favour risk assets including an overweight to United States equities despite recent volatility, due to a belief that investors are overreacting to negative news headlines.
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Expand your mind
Following the global financial crisis, interest rates and bond yields saw investors broaden their demand for income by increasingly turning to equities – yet these same investors are reticent to broaden their equity search beyond their domestic market.
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PA ANALYSIS: Yellen reminds markets the Fed is in charge
Janet Yellen’s Economic Club of New York speech provided a timely reminder that nobody can move markets like central bankers.
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Yellen sends equities upward once again with dovish speech
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has once again lifted European markets with a dovish speech.
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The freedom to perform
Equity investors want to have their cake and eat it, demanding ever-more sophistication from an increasingly selective list of funds, which gives unconstrained investing greater prominence in their hunt for the best possible risk-adjusted returns.
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China and Brexit – the two triggers for a market correction
The majority of fund buyers in the Basque country and in much of the rest of Europe expect another market correction this year. Fund managers at Expert Investor Spain, held in Bilbao last week, identified China and Brexit as the main possible triggers for this.
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Franklin Templeton targeting MENA opportunities
Oil price concerns and a weak economic outlook in the Middle East and North Africa are factored into the region’s equity valuations now, according to Franklin Templeton Investments.
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SLI: China’s higher fiscal target to dent growth
While there is little room for significant increase following last year’s fiscal expansion, monetary policy will continue to play a part in China.
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Disruptive mid-caps the winners in India – Neptune
Mid-cap companies will be the drivers of economic growth in India through their disruptive business models, according to Kunal Desai, manager of the Neptune India Fund.
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PA ANALYSIS: Investors strangely confident on Europe
Research by UBS has revealed what seems a surprisingly high level of confidence in European equities among investors.