Uncertain times, strong performance May 18, 2021 | Sponsored Watch Alex Crooke, Fund Manager of The Bankers Investment Trust, in the Trust TV studio as he looks back on an extraordinary year for global markets and discusses the particular challenges he faced. Alex will also outline his views on the optimal global asset allocation, the outlook for dividends in 2021 and beyond, his approach [...]
Emerging Asia-Pacific capital markets: challenges and opportunities May 18, 2021 | City Talk CFA Institute has published ‘The Emerging Asia Pacific Capital Markets: Challenges and Opportunities’. The report, compiled by Larry Cao and Luis Garcia-Feijóo, presents perspectives from local authors on the financial history, current status and outlook for 11 countries. Their insights should be particularly valuable for prospective investors. Many have argued that the 21st century will [...]
City A.M. TV: Market Snapshot May 17, 2021 In today’s video we examine the question of whether or not Bitcoin provides any insight into the global equity market direction.
3i Group posts surge in investor returns for full year to £1.7bn May 13, 2021 3i Group posts surge in investor returns for full year to £1.7bn
Investment manager Brewin Dolphin posts record quarterly inflows of £1bn May 13, 2021 UK investment manager Brewin Dolphin toasted record fund inflows of £1bn in the first three months of 2021. The firm said it beat its own record for total discretionary fund inflows in the second quarter, which helped to boost its total funds by 10.5 per cent to £52.6bn in the six months ended 31 March. [...]
FTSE 100 outperforms global peers as Wall Street opens lower May 12, 2021 London’s FTSE 100 rebounded today after stronger-than-expected GDP data bolstered optimism about a sharp economic recovery. The blue-chip index rose 0.9 per cent this afternoon, with drinks giant Diageo adding 4.1 per cent after forecasting profit growth and restarting its capital return programme. Elsewhere, Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower this afternoon after better-than-expected inflation [...]
Why you shouldn’t try to time the top of the market May 12, 2021 | City Talk At the end of March, the S&P 500 index of US large companies was valued at 34 times its earnings over the past 12 months. This is more expensive than at the peak of the dotcom bubble at the end of 1999, when the figure was 31 times. And it’s a long way above the [...]
Wall Street closes lower as inflation jitters spark broad sell-off May 11, 2021 US stocks closed lower today as rising commodity prices and labor shortages fed fears that despite reassurances from the US Federal Reserve, near-term price spikes could translate into longer-term inflation. While all three indexes pared their losses from session lows, the sell-off was fairly evenly dispersed across the sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell [...]
Impact investing becomes the hot topic but terminology confuses investors May 10, 2021 UK investors are prioritising responsible investment but remain confused when it comes to investment terminology, new research shows. Nearly two thirds of investors surveyed by Close Brothers Asset Management, who currently have an average of £320,000 invested, are prioritising responsible investment over ‘traditional’ returns. Interest in so-called impact investing has surged in recent years and [...]
Wall Street closes lower on inflation jitters May 10, 2021 Wall Street closed lower on today as inflation fears drove investors away from market-leading growth stocks in favour of cyclicals, which stand to benefit most as the economy reopens. Industrial and healthcare shares limited the Dow’s decline but the blue-chip average reversed course late in the session to snap a three-day streak of record closing [...]