Return of meaningful volatility biggest risk
A return of market volatility is the predominant risk to investors in 2015, says PanAgora Asset Managements Bryan Belton.
A return of market volatility is the predominant risk to investors in 2015, says PanAgora Asset Managements Bryan Belton.
The Federal Reserve is getting ready to raise the interest rate in the United States during the summer, according to Hermes Investment Managements chief economist Neil Williams.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen dropped the word patient from her rhetoric at the March FOMC meeting as anticipated, but soothed markets with alternative language which was equally dovish.
While the plunging euro has grabbed most of the headlines, Iain Stealey, manager of the J.P. Morgan Global Bond Opportunities Fund, says the gyrations underscore a more fundamental point for bond investors: the need to be nimble.
United States retail sales numbers released today have served to take some heat out of the mounting expectation of an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate rise
One of the most striking divergences since the start of the global financial crisis has been the speed and magnitude of the US recovery relative to that of the rest of the world.
Assessing the health of the global economy is a bit like watching the Commonwealth Games; each triumph is something to celebrate, yes, but you wonder what difference it would make if the Americans got involved.
Credit Suisse has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist US customers in presenting false income tax returns and has paid a settlement to the US Government of $2.8bn.
The bull market in equities is more than five years old, with massive injections of liquidity from the worlds central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, fuelling the rally.
The nature of historically low interest rates is that the only way is up, but which central bank will make the first move, and when, is a matter of fierce debate.
Gustavo Medeiros, portfolio manager at Ashmore, has compared the US Federal Reserve to the Oracle of Delphi in its ambiguity.
The continuation and intensification of ultra-low interest rates has amplified the chance of capital misallocation with central banks one accident away from a wave of inflation, according to Ruffers Steve Russell.