15 October 2018
Investing
The 20-year transformation of environmental investment markets
As the global economy shifts to become more sustainable, the set of related investment opportunities is broadening, widening and deepening. […]
15 October 2018
15 October 2018
Markets and central banks
Monthly market overview – September 2018
Andrew Craig, Head of Financial Market Analysis & Publications, presents our market overview for September 2018. If you are having problems […]
13 October 2018
Markets and central banks
The economic consequences of a resurgence in protectionism
Tensions over trade policy have continued to escalate. The US administration has sought to concentrate its fire on China, and […]
12 October 2018
Uncategorized
October equity rout – higher interest rates not the sole culprit
Key takeaways: US interest rates have moved notably higher on the back of strong data and Federal Reserve communications that […]
11 October 2018
Investing
Emerging markets – buy the dip?
Global equity markets, as measured by the MSCI World index, have not seen a bear market (i.e. a market correction […]
09 October 2018
Markets and central banks
Assessing “Make America Great Again” ahead of the mid-term elections
As the US enters the mid-term election season, pundits have returned to the question of who deserves credit for the […]
08 October 2018
Investing
Batteries: not the main opportunity for investing in electric car market
Electric cars will become the norm sooner than expected. But when exactly this happens will depend on battery costs. And, […]
05 October 2018
Investing
Equity markets in September: Italy stole, in extremis, the headline from Trump
Global equities could have fared worse in September, judging by the first week, when the MSCI AC World index (in […]
04 October 2018
Emerging markets
Webcast: China equities: looking beyond US-China trade tensions
Chinese equity markets have been under pressure since the start of the year as trade tensions with the US intensified. […]
03 October 2018
Investing
Trade, Turkey, Trump – real estate’s home bias helped it survive the summer twitterstorm
The summer saw a host of (political) headlines with the potential to create significant volatility in global stock markets, but […]
02 October 2018
Markets and central banks
Italy’s draft budget – keep calm and carry on?
The Italian government springs a surprise The Italian government‘s Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP), published on 28 September, came as a […]
01 October 2018
Investing
Persistent outperformance of US equity markets
One of the features of 2018 has been the outperformance of US equity markets (see exhibit 1 below): Exhibit 1: […]
28 September 2018
Investing
Global convertible bonds: this is their moment
When we previously discussed the perils of quantitative easing coming to an end in developed markets, we highlighted the relative attractiveness […]
27 September 2018
Markets and central banks
Politics and policy cloud a rosy macro-picture
Economic data releases during the summer of 2018 did little to upset the apple cart: they continued to point to […]
26 September 2018
Markets and central banks
Graphs of the week: Fed pushes ahead with tightening cycle
As expected, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised the target for its federal funds rate by 25bp to 2%-2.25% […]
24 September 2018
Investing
Rechargeable batteries: a key tool in the fight against global warming
At a meeting in Paris on 12 December 2015, 195 countries adopted a climate agreement with the long-term goal of […]
20 September 2018
Markets and central banks
Italy’s 2019 budget – come va ?
Until Giuseppe Conte’s government presents the Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP) for 2019 on 27 September (when Finance Minister Tria will […]
18 September 2018
Investing
Long-term investment opportunities in China
“China’s economy has developed as its industrial revolution and internet revolution occurred at the same time. This leads us […]
