PA ANALYSIS: Time for investors to run for the hills or be brave?
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.
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PA ANALYSIS: Nevsky, Edwards and other reasons to be fearful
The past week has left me a little shaken. And, I would argue, I am not the only one. The bears are in full chorus at the moment and I find myself humming along.
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PA ANALYSIS: UK still OK, despite the doomsayers
According to CISI’s latest survey, the financial services industry’s confidence in the UK’s economic prospects is on the wane, but this doesn’t appear to be discouraging investors.
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PA ANALYSIS: Are investors clutching at straws with their Japan weightings?
Japanese equities are enjoying their time in the rising sun in terms of the preferences of many investors, but is this a sound move destined to yield rewards or an act of desperation?
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PA ANALYSIS: Brexit beyond the headlines
Workers at Toyota’s plants in Burnaston and Deeside will breathe a sigh of relief on the car maker’s renewed commitment to the UK, but it’s a sign of further questions to come on Brexit.
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PA ANALYSIS: Bears in ascendence as 2016 stutters into being
After a spectacularly dismal start to the year last week, all eyes turn this week to the start of corporate earnings season.
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PA OPINION: Situations vacant – chief executive, FCA
With the news that the FCA’s search for its next chief is ongoing, here’s our crack at what the job description might look like.
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PA ANALYSIS: Should wealth managers double down on European equities?
As we start 2016 there is at least one thing which is strikingly similar to the same time last year.
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PA ANALYSIS: Oil slide could get worse, won’t get much better
The news that Brent Crude oil slipped below $35 a barrel for the first time since 2004 on Wednesday should come as little surprise.
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Head to head: Man GLG European Growth vs. Schroder European Alpha Plus
The first head-to-head battle takes place in a sector that has done very well for investors over the course of 2015 – European equities.
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PA ANALYSIS: UK consumer still under the weather despite spending power boost
Too hot or too cold, UK retailers’ reasons for poor performance is becoming ever more like goldilocks’ adventures with porridge. So how many more excuses can investors weather?
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PA ANALYSIS: US equity tea leaves do not make for easy reading
Like any good rollercoaster, global equity markets had, by the end of the year, returned pretty much to where they started, while at the same time leaving investors somewhat shaken and a little nauseous for all the ups and downs along the way.
