Three reasons you should start shorting now
As investors fret about the demise of “the most unloved bull market of our lifetime,” now is the perfect time to start shorting according to FundCalibre’s managing director, Darius McDermott.
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Black Monday: 30 years on, will history repeat itself?
Glancing at the titles of my past few blogs, you could be forgiven for thinking I’m a ‘glass-half-empty’ kind of guy.
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Mifid II: it’s not all costs, quality counts too
The Mifid II directive continues to dominate headlines, ahead of the all-important January deadline.
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PA ANALYSIS: Should fund raters also answer to the CMA?
After the Financial Conduct Authority’s bombshell that it is referring the investment consulting industry to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), should the ratings agencies be concerned that they’re next in the firing line?
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Will ETFs be the downfall of the US bull run?
The summer has been a quiet one for markets (so far at least). Trading and volatility are low. Indeed, the VIX index recently recorded its longest ever run of nine days below 10.
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Three credit funds to hold through the dark days ahead
Central banks have upped the rhetoric in recent weeks, with all but the Bank of Japan hinting at rising rates and/or winding in quantitative easing. It seems a strange time to be talking this way – just as the hard economic data looks to be in danger of peaking.
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Nasdaq correction: warning shot or the start of a bubble bursting?
While all eyes were on the FTSE All Share and how it would react to a hung parliament last Friday, something a little more dramatic was occurring the other side of the pond and, for once, it wasn’t Trump-related.
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Artemis, Schroders, Jupiter and Lazard nab FundCalibre ratings
FundCalibre has rated four more funds as ‘elite’, taking the total number with the prestigious ranking to 158.
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FundCalibre expands research into ‘daunting’ investment companies
FundCalibre has expanded its research ratings to help users better understand the ‘daunting’ world of investment companies.
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River and Mercantile tops FundCalibre index
River and Mercantile Asset Management has topped FundCalibre’s Fund Management Equity Index 2017 with a five-year average outperformance of 51.33% as their value style returns to favour.
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FundCalibre planning trust ratings roll-out
FundCalibre is responding to growing demand for investment trusts as it plans to roll out closed-ended ratings next year.
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Brexit gains momentum
Central banks continue down the path of crazy monetary policy: the Fed has a lot on its mind, but doesn’t feel inclined to share its thoughts in case they trigger a melt down, whilst in Blighty the Bank of England have said they are testing the efficacy of an interest rate cut if Brexit occurs.