UK retail sales ‘lacklustre’ but still growing
While UK retail sales registered a monthly increase of 0.3% between September and October, annually they dropped 0.3% according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Tilney’s Hollands: UK troubles are temporary
Tilney’s Jason Hollands has argued that the UK’s struggling economy is likely to be a short-lived beast.
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Managers showing ‘irrational exuberance’ as cash balances drop
Despite perceiving equities to be overvalued, global fund managers cut cash allocations and admitted taking above normal levels of risk, according to the November BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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Could rising technology spark low inflation?
Rathbones has ranked technology as the second most-likely cause of low inflation in the UK over the next 20 years, just behind Bank of England monetary policy as the first.
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Should 3% inflation change your portfolio position?
Now may be the time to go defensive investors have argued after data revealed UK inflation held steady at 3% in October.
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Bearish Brooks Macdonald hires manager duo
Brooks Macdonald has strengthened its Hampshire-based investment team with the appointment of Jennifer Carter and Johnathon Rivers as investment managers, while reiterating its bearish stance on UK domestic stocks.
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Why Miton’s Jane thinks it really could be different this time
This time it really could be different for markets according to Miton’s multi-asset manager David Jane, who argues investors are in for long-periods of low volatility rather than boom and bust.
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Barnett: Short-term pessimism clouding investors’ judgment
Stock markets have become overly sensitive to profit warnings from UK domestic companies and overseas earners, argues Invesco Perpetual’s Mark Barnett, but many of these firms are in much better shape than investors give them credit for.
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Woodford-backed report says City will be ‘hub of prosperity’ post-Brexit
The City will remain prosperous even after the initial shock of Brexit according to a report commissioned by Woodford Investment Management.
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Blackrock: Rate rise will not cause negative bond returns
An upward trend in interest rates does not automatically equate to negative bond returns, despite the commonly-held market belief that it does, Blackrock has argued.
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Are European markets set for a downfall?
Investors have questioned whether it’s time to celebrate after a key European index closed at near-record highs in October.
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Donald Trump drags on US ethical investments
US President Donald Trump has been a drag on corporate America and fund managers cleaning up their ESG act, Edentree’s David Osfield has said.