The Chinese year of the Earth Pig was a pretty good one for investors in the country’s stock market: the MSCI China index rose 14%* (2%* more than the wider Asian stock market) and the average China equity fund returned 20.1%*. Not a bad result...
Last year, US stocks had their best year since 2013: the S&P 500 Index rose...
Following our annual investment committee meeting, FundCalibre has awarded five...
As our millennial writer has pointed out to us, her generation has gained a...
Dividend growth from UK companies has been strong over the past decade and, at the moment, the UK stock market yields around 4.5% – almost 50% more than the MSCI World index. That makes it very attractive for income-seeking investors, but is...
While home-owners in the UK naturally focus on the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions,...
The UK has traditionally been a hotbed for dividend paying companies’ and UK equity income funds,...
After a decade of low interest rates and the Bank of England showing no signs of increasing them...
January had a rocky a start. Stock markets around the world – worried that the US central bank would go too far raising interest rates and put an end to global growth – had spent the previous two months or so in free-fall. The FTSE 100, having hit an...
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...
New research from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has ranked Elite Rated Jupiter...
While interest rates on cash have remained stubbornly low since emergency rates were introduced in the global financial crisis, company dividends around the world have almost doubled in the past decade, according to Janus Henderson. In its latest...
Global equities have had a resurgence in popularity in recent months. According to the Investment...
Digital transformation is all around us: from the seemingly mundane (finally being able to book a...
Last year was not a good one for Far Eastern equities. As trade-wars escalated between the US and...
As I walked down Portobello Market recently I was immediately drawn to a couple selling candles. Did I need another candle? No. And I certainly didn’t need one costing £18 when I could just as easily find something similar costing less than a tenner...
It’s almost three years since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union plunged the UK...
February 2009 was a scary time for investors. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the...
On Monday 15th September 2008, I remember walking into the office, not knowing quite what to expect....
With government bond yields in the developed world remaining historically low for the foreseeable future, the search to find alternative sources of income is unlikely to slow down any time soon. One of those potential sources is emerging market...
Negative headlines have dominated the sphere of emerging markets in 2019, with the region facing...
Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund cut its estimate for India’s growth this year...
According to a recent survey commissioned by Franklin Templeton Investments, UK investors are more...
Following the election result overnight, Darius McDermott, managing director of FundCalibre, gives his take on what a Tory majority could mean for our investments. “A majority government is exactly the result Boris Johnson was hoping for. He will now...
It’s been a momentous year for Japan. On 1 May it entered a new Emperor’s era, on 20 November...
On 1 November 2019, Mario Draghi will step down as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and...
2019 has been an interesting year so far. Global stock markets started January in the doldrums, only...
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...
The Chinese year of the Earth Pig was a pretty good one for investors in the country’s stock market: the MSCI China index rose 14%* (2%* more than the wider Asian stock market) and the average China equity fund returned 20.1%*. Not a bad result...
Last year, US stocks had their best year since 2013: the S&P 500 Index rose more than 30% in...
As our millennial writer has pointed out to us, her generation has gained a reputation for...
Making it cheaper to trade goods across borders was deemed to be an unquestionable good at the start...
Following our annual investment committee meeting, FundCalibre has awarded five new funds an Elite Radar rating. The Elite Radar is a special badge for funds whose managers may not have the minimum track record to gain a full Elite Rating, but which...
As the year draws to a close, FundCalibre has revealed the top 20 most viewed funds and trusts on...
Invesco has announced that Nick Mustoe is stepping down from his role of CIO and lead fund manager...
At the start of each year, we conduct an extensive piece of research to identify which fund...
It’s no secret I favour responsible and sustainable investing. But with so much jargon and abbreviations it can be hard to understand exactly what’s what amongst all the different options: from ESG to SRI, CO2 to SDGs, the terminology can be a bit...
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...
A lot of talk about sustainability revolves around the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. But a...
Over Easter, I unfortunately found myself a victim of fraud. Now, I like to think I’m computer savvy, as do most millennials; I don’t store any card details and all my “big” accounts have unique passwords. What I didn’t foresee is Uber creating a...
Last week, FundCalibre hosted its annual fund manager ‘speed-dating’ event. However,...
Spending two weeks without the internet over Christmas was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing...
Infrastructure is all around us; roads, railways, airports, water, gas, electricity, oil and gas...