A resilient economy strengthens President Xi Jinping at a crucial political juncture, comments Craig Botham, Schroders Emerging Markets Economist: The long-awaited China slowdown barely materialised this morning, with headline...
As party conference season comes to an end, one of the few issues that had any chance of besting politicians’ bids for the spotlight was that of housing. In what seems like a lifetime ago, Conservative leader Theresa May called...
By Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor On the FTSE 100 rally: There have been a number of key drivers behind the FTSE 100’s latest rally, among them a weaker pound, likely increase in UK interest rates,...
By Philip Smeaton, Chief Investment Officer at Sanlam UK A roller-coaster news agenda has failed to destabilise markets so far this year. Even the threat of a nuclear war has failed to dent market confidence. It goes to show...
By Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor For now, it seems investors have little to fear. A weak pound remains a boon for British firms making money overseas, and there’s a lack of easily accessible...
By Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor Decent economic data has kept records tumbling on Wall Street, and who’s to say this run will unwind any time soon. Overnight, it’s talk Donald Trump could name Fed...
Author: Willem Verhagen, Senior Economist, Macro & Strategy at NN Investment Partners Global economic growth in recent years has been fairly stable at a level clearly below that of expansion periods before the global...
Is the ‘Trump trade’ ‘higher yield’ trade back? By Michael Stanes, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management Donald Trump’s ‘tax framework’ has been finally unveiled and cautiously welcomed by financial markets....
By: Dr. Johnny Hon, Chairman and Founder of The Global Group. The Chinese purchase of UK-based chip manufacturer Imagination Technologies has created widespread confusion about what this means for the future of UK industry....
Business reactions to yesterday's German General Election. Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, said: “The season of general elections in Europe has now ended for 2017, but it also ends with a...
Theresa May’s speech confirmed that the UK is seeking a transition period but gave few further details on the final shape of Brexit, according to Azad Zangana, Schroders Senior European Economist: "Investors had hoped that Prime...
By Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management According to Bloomberg’s poll of polls, it looks likely that Angela Merkel will be re-elected as Chancellor for a fourth term. Far from the confrontations...
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