With many of its countries now coming out of lockdown and with Western economies struggling to come to terms with the long-term impact of the coronavirus, could the case for investing in Asia be reaching a tipping point? We take a look at four...
With the country coming to a grinding halt in March, UK GDP (a measure of the...
Over the past 100 years, there have been at least four periods when dividends...
The co-managers of Kames Global Sustainable Equity fund, Craig Bonthron and Neil...
Over the past 100 years, there have been at least four periods when dividends have fallen sharply. During the recession after World War One and the Spanish Flu pandemic, dividends fell by around 35%*. After the Great Depression in the 1930s, they...
The synchronised global shutdown, caused by the Coronavirus, presents an unprecedented challenge to...
Dividend growth from UK companies has been strong over the past decade and, at the moment, the UK...
While home-owners in the UK naturally focus on the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions,...
Morgan Stanley has completed a hat trick by claiming the number one spot in the FundCalibre Fund Management Equity Index for the third successive year. Each year, FundCalibre’s research team identifies the asset management companies that have the...
January had a rocky a start. Stock markets around the world – worried that the US central bank would...
The 21st century didn’t have a very auspicious start for the investment world. It began with the...
It’s the St Leger this Saturday – the oldest of Britain’s five horse-racing...
2020 started strongly for the US. Its stock market had led a ten year-bull market and continued to make new gains, with the S&P 500 (the index of the US’s largest 500 companies) reaching an all-time high of 3,386 on 19 February 2020*. Then the...
Going right back to basics, oil, like most commodities, trades with both a spot price (which is what...
Lenin’s quote: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen,”...
While diversity is a subject fund managers now regularly engage about with businesses, fund...
Having shown remarkable resilience since the Brexit vote of 2016, UK smaller companies find themselves under pressure once again, as thousands of them look to survive the financial implications of the imposed lockdown to tackle the spread of the...
Unstable politics and Brexit played a key role in what was a difficult decade for those investing in...
UK dividends soared to a new record in 2019, but 2020 could see declines, according to the latest...
As I walked down Portobello Market recently I was immediately drawn to a couple selling candles. Did...
With many of its countries now coming out of lockdown and with Western economies struggling to come to terms with the long-term impact of the coronavirus, could the case for investing in Asia be reaching a tipping point? We take a look at four...
On 23 January 2020, when China announced it was shutting down Wuhan (the centre of the coronavirus...
Believe it or not, emerging market bonds have outperformed emerging market equities over the past...
With government bond yields in the developed world remaining historically low for the foreseeable...
Going right back to basics, oil, like most commodities, trades with both a spot price (which is what it would cost to buy a barrel of oil today) and a future price. The trouble is, where do you store a barrel – or even several hundred barrels?...
“I have never been so sure that we are going to have a recession.” Those were the first words of...
Starting a new job can be both exciting and daunting. So spare a thought for Andrew Bailey, who...
“Be cautious about corporate bonds in 2020. The margin of safety – or lack of one – means...
How we shop has changed markedly over the past few years. I can remember trips to the high street with my girl friends being all-day, sociable affairs. These days, idly browsing in the shop is a rare treat as I’ve either got an unwilling...
After a surge in redemptions following the Brexit vote, many property funds were forced to suspend...
A number of fund management companies have suspended trading on their physical property funds....
Perhaps reflecting uncertainty in the asset class in the lead up to and following the UK’s...
With many of its countries now coming out of lockdown and with Western economies struggling to come to terms with the long-term impact of the coronavirus, could the case for investing in Asia be reaching a tipping point? We take a look at four...
With the country coming to a grinding halt in March, UK GDP (a measure of the total value of goods...
This time last year, Google searches were simpler and more optimistic, with people wondering ‘What...
As we await more details from the government on how lockdown will be eased, some areas of the...
The co-managers of Kames Global Sustainable Equity fund, Craig Bonthron and Neil Goddin, have left the company, along with ESG specialist Ryan Smith, who worked closely with the managers and had an effective veto on any holdings. They have been...
Following its latest meeting, the FundCalibre investment committee has made a number of changes to...
Morgan Stanley has completed a hat trick by claiming the number one spot in the FundCalibre Fund...
Following our annual investment committee meeting, FundCalibre has awarded five new funds an Elite...
Globally, 56%* of power generated is wasted. In the UK alone, 16%* of domestic household electricity bills are for appliances on standby and only 5%* of the power drawn by a phone charger is used to actually charge the phone – the other 95% is wasted...
It’s no secret I favour responsible and sustainable investing. But with so much jargon and...
Liontrust Monthly Income Bond doesn’t have the word ‘sustainability’ in its title,...
5 October 2019 marks the start of ‘Good Money Week‘, an annual campaign designed to...
It’s a sector which is always going to grab a significant amount of attention, but the spotlight is now shining brighter than ever on healthcare, as the search for a vaccine remains the world’s top priority. And, as we head into a recession –...
Just before lockdown, I attended a conference hosted by F&C Investment Trust and had the...
Even before the Coronavirus pandemic, we knew that healthcare budgets in many countries were...
Globally, 56%* of power generated is wasted. In the UK alone, 16%* of domestic household electricity...