Alan Bartlett: Four macro factors changing investor behaviour
Goodhart Partners’ Alan Bartlett discusses four world-shaping factors
Macro Views
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Infrastructure: Global investors, investing locally
Hannah Smith speaks to investors about the increasing infrastructure opportunities in AI, renewable energy and utilities
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US economy contracts 0.3% as companies race to beat tariffs
Annualised 0.3% fall was largely attributed to companies building inventory ahead of the 2 April tariffs announcement
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Macro matters: The big deal
Will a US/Ukraine mineral deal ultimately act as a stimulus or inject yet more volatility into an already fraught global commodity market?
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UK inflation eases to 2.6% in March
The print, which came in below expectations, could pave the way for further interest rate cuts
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Fed has ‘no room for complacency’ as US inflation falls to 2.4%
Fall from 2.8% ‘smooths the way’ for interest rate cuts in the coming months, says Principal AM’s Seema Shah
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Markets fall further as US/China trade war escalates
Imposition of additional tariffs sends another ‘jolt of pessimism’ through markets
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‘Recession fears grow’ as S&P 500 slips into bear market territory
Third day of sizeable losses following tariffs announcement
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UK ‘least affected’ but tariffs paint ‘depressing’ picture for people and markets
Tomasz Wieladek, chief European economist at T. Rowe Price, said the UK will be the ‘least affected’ by the new policies
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Natixis: German fiscal ‘bazooka’ makes European bonds ‘a lot more interesting’
‘At last, Germany will spend’, said panellists at the Natixis Thought Leadership Summit
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Macro matters: Is IA Latin America in terminal decline?
The sector could face closure just four years after it was launched as the number of funds dwindles
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ECB delivers second interest rate cut of 2025
25 bps cut announced amid fiscal stimulus in Germany and US tariff fears