Japan’s economy has been progressively improving over recent years due to the progressive reforms introduced by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government. A key objective was to introduce inflation and wage growth into the Japanese economy. Unemployment is at its lowest…
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We have taken a strategic review of our current eight investment portfolio range and decided to add a new portfolio to our client offering. This new portfolio will be an active growth portfolio with a risk profile of 4. The…
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India is struggling to maintain its growth momentum and needs further fundamental reform in order to address its underlying problems. The recent reforms that have included removing certain bank note denominations as legal tender, the introduction of a uniform national…
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Oil prices hit US$80pb in mid-May. This is the highest price for oil in nearly four years due to the decision of the USA to impose new economic sanctions on Iran. Such a move will result in oil supplies losing…
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The demand for high quality income is a major financial demand with ageing demographics around the world. Too much money has been chasing bond yields at historically low levels. Low yields and corresponding high prices offer little protection from raising…
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The new tax year has provided us with an opportunity to take up this year’s annual ISA subscription of £20,000 (unchanged from last year) This can be invested either into an investment stocks and shares ISA or Cash ISA in…
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Global stock markets over the past few years have exhibited historically low levels of volatility and that some key events that would normally cause at least some short term volatility like elections did not rattle them. Synchronised economic growth through…
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After a week of stock market falls, equity markets have since settled and are now more confident. The minutes of last month’s US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting were released on Wednesday. Fed funds interest rate futures suggest a 25-basis-point hike…
Read more... Investor sentiment had been extremely optimistic in recent months and markets have been overbought, but that is now no longer the case. After last weeks near-4% decline, the S&P 500 is now officially in correction territory, being down by more…
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