Emerging bonds are a good bet this year May 11, 2010 LOW interest rates have been one of the less attractive aspects of holding developed market debt in recent years. But after recent events in Europe you can now add sovereign risk to that list. Investors who want a safer fixed income alternative should look at bond funds in emerging markets. It’s not that long ago [...]
FUND MANAGEMENT NEWS May 11, 2010 EARTH CP LAUNCHES FORESTRY FUND Earth Capital Partners last week announced the launch of its newest fund, ECP Forestry Fund One LP. A vehicle for institutional investors to engage in forestry projects in Latin America, the fund will have a 10-year maturity and intends to invest in six to eight projects to generate non-correlated returns. [...]
Asian indices will not move at the same pace May 10, 2010 ASIAN indices have not been immune to the Greek crisis and the wave of risk aversion that has been sweeping across the world, despite traders’ relatively bullish attitude towards the region. Major stock indices have all suffered: the Chinese Hang Seng H-Shares index has dropped 10 per cent since the middle of April, while the [...]
DEBT FEARS PROPEL GOLD AND SILVER May 10, 2010 CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT THESE are truly extraordinary times. There is so much affecting financial markets that it’s difficult to know where to start. We’ve seen some odd movements recently, not least the drop in US equities last Thursday. US indices were already down 3 per cent when liquidity suddenly dried up. Bids in thousands [...]
Protect your portfolio from stormy markets May 10, 2010 TIPS on how to safeguard a portfolio from spikes in volatility could have saved investors a lot of money after a perfect storm of events sent markets reeling last week. A meltdown in Greece, a “fat finger” problem in the US and a hung parliament in the UK served as reminders that there are many [...]
CFD ANALYST PICKS May 10, 2010 TECHNICAL STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Buy FTSE 100 at 5,000 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 5-10 days The market has come under intense pressure in recent days and the FTSE has fallen just shy of the previous 2010 lows of 5,038. At this point we would not rule out the potential [...]
Banks boost FTSE after Euro bailout May 10, 2010 BRITAIN’S leading share index scored its biggest one-day per cent rise in nearly 18 months yesterday as the $1 trillion (£645bn) Eurozone rescue package doused concerns of EU debt defaults and further economic dislocation. Bank stocks, which plunged last week on their exposure to debts of Greece and other EU states, led the advance as [...]
Wall St up as credit fears ease May 10, 2010 US stocks racked up their best one-day gain in over a year yesterday as an agreement on a $1 trillion (£645bn) emergency rescue package from the EU quelled fears a new credit crisis would derail European economies. The bailout fund approved by European leaders yesterday drove the S&P 500 to its highest opening jump on [...]
Score the winner at this World Cup May 9, 2010 WE ARE just under a month away from the start of the World Cup and Fabio Capello has instilled a new-found confidence in England’s players and fans. While he is the right man to sort out England’s mentality issues, the national team has only ever made it to the semi-finals once since their win in [...]
Mid-sized UK firms poised to create profits May 9, 2010 WHO would have thought that the FTSE 250 – often considered a better reflection of the UK economy than the FTSE 100 – would have outperformed the larger index? Even after the swings in the financial markets at the end of last week, the mid-cap 250 index is currently 5 per cent higher than it [...]
