martin currie strengthens north american team
Penny Kyle has joined Martin Currie Investment Management’s North American equities team as an investment director.
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Fed chooses Twist above QE
The Federal Reserve has extended Operation Twist and is to spend a further $267bn on long-dated securities by the end of the year.
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fed policy will encourage next risk on phase
Bob Doll explains why he thinks the cyclical bull market for US equities remains intact although Bernanke’s next policy announcements will be crucial in driving the next phase of ‘risk on’ investing.
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us economy fragile but still holding together Doll
Weaker-than-expected job data and a decline in equity and commodity prices contributed to a fall in US stock prices but Bob Doll still sees reasons to be cheerful.
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us economy stable but needs round the clock care
The US economy may still be expanding but Neil Williams suggests that its monetary and fiscal stimuli still need to remain in place with interest rates and inflation likely to stay low for the next couple of years.
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should you follow odey in backing the us
So Crispin Odey plans to increase exposure to the US in his flagship hedge fund at the expense of Europe; but should investors follow his lead into North American equities?
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findlay park builds on impressive
The Findlay Park American Fund has made an impressive start to 2012 and remains the preferred way of “accessing a basket of US corporates”, according to Mick Gilligan, head of research at Killik & Co.
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the good bad and likely for us investors
Bill O’Neill assesses the positives from the six-month rally seen in the US, alongside the downside risks that are still there, to find out what it means for future asset allocation trends.
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us volatility the source for latest jpm etf
JP Morgan and Source have joined forces to launch an ETF based on US equity volatility.
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syz co imports us equity strategy into europe
Syz & Co is to make a new US equity strategy available to European investors, managed by Kansas-based Scount Investments.
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aberdeen adds us income to its inv trust range
Aberdeen is to recommend to shareholders that it changes the investment mandate of its Edinburgh US Tracker Trust to allow it to be managed actively and generate income.
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markets waiting for politicians to play ball
Watching todays pictures of an awkward David Cameron struggling to keep pace with basketball lays bare the lengths image-conscious politicians have to go to rack up on diplomacy points, particularly when the US public may soon call time on his ally President Obama.