Investment Updates
Weak retail sales for the UK economy?
It had all been going swimmingly for the UK retail sector. In November all the signs pointed to a buoyant Christmas period and recovery at last for the previously lacklustre high street.
Higher interest rates on the horizon
Despite the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, major equity markets around the world ended 2021 in positive territory, boosted by mounting hopes that the variant would prove less serious than initially feared.
An optimistic start to 2022
Markets have opened with a flourish – dismissing the new variant and inflationary pressures: should investors follow this new-found optimism?
Bank of England makes its move
In an unexpected move, Bank of England (BoE) policymakers opted to tighten monetary policy at their December meeting in a bid to address surging inflationary pressures.
Inflation: not so transitory after all
Inflationary pressures are real and are looking increasingly persistent rather than transitory. Investors need to be wary of the assumption that all equities can weather an inflation storm.
Omicron triggers uncertainties
Investor sentiment was shaken during November by the discovery of the new “Omicron” Covid-19 variant in South Africa.
Bear market lockdown winners.
Lockdown winners have become recovery losers. Is value emerging?
Targeting Pricing Power
As UK inflation ticks higher, will the traditional strategies adopted by fund managers to deal with rising prices prove effective?
Stock markets to power onwards?
A lengthy bull market is always nerve-wracking. Investors start to fret on valuations, on earnings, on the strength of economic growth.
UK policymakers set to tighten?
Interest rates are widely expected to rise at the October meeting of the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
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