Macro News

  • Surprising sector top consistency tables

    Surprising sector top consistency tables

    The most consistent sectors for top quartile returns over the past three months were Emerging Markets, UK Smaller Companies and, surprisingly, Europe ex-UK, according to Thames River Multi-Capital.

  • greek pm stands down as coalition is formed

    greek pm stands down as coalition is formed

    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is to help form a new colaition government but will not be its leader.

  • eurozone crisis to lead to further rate cuts

    eurozone crisis to lead to further rate cuts

    The ECB is likely to cut interest rates back to 1% in coming months as the Greek crisis lacks any near-term resolution, according to commentators.

  • eus dash to china dampens markets

    eus dash to china dampens markets

    Euphoria seen on Thursday after the announcement of a three-pronged eurozone deal has retreated today to leave the FTSE 100 and other European indices trading in negative territory.

  • european deal sees greek haircut

    european deal sees greek haircut

    After 11 hour negotiations following months of conversations, a number of agreements have been reached to help reduce eurozone sovereign debt.

  • becket bear markets more common in future

    becket bear markets more common in future

    Investors might have to get used to more frequent bear markets and shorter, sharper downturns, leading to muted returns in future years, according to Thomas Becket, manager of PSigma’s Dynamic Multi-Asset Fund.

  • Markets rise on merest hint of European plan

    Markets rise on merest hint of European plan

    European stock markets rose this morning on some news that not much had been agreed at the weekend’s summit in Brussels so imagine how markets could react when there is a full-blown plan in place.

  • high yield bond funds post record inflows

    high yield bond funds post record inflows

    High yield bond funds saw their biggest weekly inflow on record last week as investor confidence received a boost and risk was put back on the table.

  • nine in ten fund managers expect greece to default

    nine in ten fund managers expect greece to default

    More than 90% of fund managers say Greek default is now unavoidable, while seven in ten expect it to come before April next year, according to BofA Merrill Lynch’s October survey of fund managers.

  • china consensus still positive

    china consensus still positive

    China’s third quarter GDP figure is not a real cause for concern and investors should be on the look out for signs to increase exposure to the region, according to Tony Yousefian, Investment Director at OPM Fund Management among others.

  • us not emerging markets

    us not emerging markets

    A slowdown in corporate growth could put the kibosh on any continuing economic growth in emerging markets.

  • investors seek buying opportunities amid market volatility

    investors seek buying opportunities amid market volatility

    Investor confidence still has some way to fall before it hits the 2008 lows, with many planning to increase their stock market exposure over the next few months, according to the AIC.