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Financial markets remain capricious and volatile says investment reportFlexibility is the key after a bumpy 2011 and an uncertain outlook for 2012, says Charles Mesquita of Newton Investment Management Latest issue |
Lack of consumer spending continues to dampen economic recoveryThe latest economic data suggest that growth in the economy continues to disappoint. Latest issue |
Tracker troubleCheviot's David Miller explains why an active management approach is necessary to track indices Latest issue |
What the purchasing managers sayInvestors have reacted with caution as recent economic news has proved to be lacklustre. Latest issue |
Positive energy for dividend growthDespite persistently high inflation in the UK at the moment, the outlook for real dividend growth from UK equities in 2011 appears positive. We anticipate that, in 2011, total accrued nominal UK dividends (in sterling terms) will be around 13 per cent higher than in 2010. July 2011 |
Enjoy yourself - it's later than you thinkThe gloomy economic picture is very different when you take a global perspective. June 2011 |
Global markets looking solid for now and equities remain reslientApril proved to be yet another eventful month for the financial markets according to a recent report. May 2011 |
Why Spain is differentEvery five months since early 2010, a fiscally-challenged euro area country has had to seek EU-IMF financial assistance. May 2011 |
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Unemployment changes workforce dynamicsIn the past unemployment in the UK has been a lag indicator of economic health. April 2011 |
Running the gauntlet in 2011A number of the challenges of 2010 remain in place for 2011, not least the fact that the world has too much debt. Underlying economic conditions are disinflationary in the developed world, as governments impose austerity and higher tax demands on their populations. March 2011 |
RPI tax and prices indexThe UK RPI Tax and Prices Index (TPI) measures how much the average person’s gross income needs to change to purchase the RPI basket of goods and services, allowing for income tax and national insurance. February 2011 |
Economic growth for 2011 - but with risksAfter the slowdown in the second half of 2010, hopes are high that the economic momentum will pick up again in 2011. January 2011 |
All aboard QE2The Federal Reserve in the United States has announced a second phase of quantitative easing (QE) to boost activity in an economic recovery which has failed to gain real momentum and where unemployment has remained high. December 2010 |
UK soon reaching the ‘threshold of debt intolerance’A huge number of column inches have been devoted to the issue of debt to GDP ratios and ‘fiscal austerity’. But the numbers quoted – bad enough as they are – take no account of unfunded liabilities. November 2010 |
Credit crunch still hinders economic activityAlthough the recession in the UK economy officially came to an end in the final quarter of 2009, growth since then has been pedestrian and far below the pace historically associated with the ‘recovery’ phase of the economic cycle. October 2010 |
Housing market takes a wobbleThe Nationwide and Halifax house price indices suggest that the rally in UK house prices has petered out over recent months September 2010 |
Unemployment in focusHistorically UK unemployment has been a laggard indicator of activity, companies have held on to their workforce as long as they could into the downturn but then been reluctant to hire when conditions improve, relying instead on overtime and extra shifts. August 2010 |
The TED spreadAt the height of the Lehman’s crisis, one of the most watched statistics was the so-called ‘TED spread’. July 2010 |
Commodities - an overlooked asset class?The Bank of England’s February Inflation Report mulls over the deflationary effects of people paying off their debts and of the size of the gap between trend and actual output. May 2010 |
Interest rate outlook - lower for longerOver the past couple of months there has been an interesting development in financial markets April 2010 |
