Equity valuations are rich at present, but investors can still find opportunities if they look beyond overly simplistic valuation methods when picking stocks, according to Manulife Asset Management.
European investors have been responding to this year’s dollar weakness by hedging their investments in US equities, according to Morningstar data.
The euro has reached multi-year highs against all other major currencies this week as ECB-president Mario Draghi gave a blank speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting.
The aggregate pension deficit of the UK’s top 350 companies accounted for 70% of total profits, a higher proportion than in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis.
An impasse over raising the debt ceiling could see the US hit the financial buffers in early October failing to meet around 23% of its short term obligations, an analysis by Washington think tank the Bipartisan Policy Centre has said.
HM Revenue & Customs claims that of the 26 litigation decisions in 2016/17 where tax avoidance was involved, 22 of them (86%) went in its favour.
The performance of net trade since sterling’s depreciation remains the worst in UK history Pantheon Economics has warned.
With the global population booming the ‘pillars of a functioning economy’, as Sanlam Four’s Mike Pinggera labels them, will undergo serious changes. Here, he looks at the six biggest themes to watch.
Household spending and business investment in the UK remained under pressure during the second quarter, igniting concerns over the economy’s slowdown.
Collapsing employers’ confidence in the UK economy is a red flag, despite the jobs market still appearing strong according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Investors are moving on from US equities in favour of UK gilts and gold according to the latest Lloyds Bank Investor Sentiment Index.
The UK was the only region in the world to see dividends fall in Q2 according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index.
