Gold Tumbling like it is 1982
Gold has had torrid time of late, but is it about to change?
Investment
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global best emerging markets
Emerging market equities have been suffering from investorss’ sell-off mindset for several months but where to next? Stay put or look elsewhere?
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Edinburgh investment trust reshuffle woodford exit
The board of Edinburgh Investment Trust may be “sympathetic” to management proposals from Invesco Perpetual if they centre around its new UK equity head, though analysts have said the fund’s mandate could be tweaked if Mark Barnett takes the helm.
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The land of the rising sun sex and other hot Topix
You may have read a Sunday paper's take on how young Japanese people are holding off having babies, but putting the well-worn debates about demographics to one side, can investors really 'play safe' in Japan?
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John Bennett europe recovery
The recovery in the European economy is pretty tepid, but the fundamentals have stopped getting worse, which is all it takes for investors to profit, says John Bennett, fund manager of Henderson European Focus Trust.
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India woes turnaround
Raghuram Rajan inspired an outbreak of optimism when he took the reins as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Economists now suggest that this is not merely irrational exuberance, and is grounded in realistic expectations of economic improvement.
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threadneedle pulls ABS laucnh
Threadneedle has shelved the launch of its asset backed securities trust.
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US investment trusts 36bn team
BlackRock’s $36bn duo is readying for the inevitable rise in US interest rates.
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europe past austerity weak corporate earnings
Europe may have started to show signs of economic recovery – investor awareness is certainly increasing – but relatively poor corporate earnings may put the dampeners on any sustained market growth.
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royal mail hedge fund
Chris Hohn’s activist hedge fund has emerged as the largest holder of Royal Mail shares.
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us jobs tapering postponed
It looks increasingly likely that tapering will be off the table in the US following the weaker than expected payrolls numbers.
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Where will Siddles fit in at Jupiter
Robert Siddles joins Jupiter with a stellar reputation in US investing, but his continued success will depend upon a prolonged small cap rally, and how his new employer utilises his talents.