Economy
Year-end reminder: You can’t buy past returns
As the year winds down, we approach the season when some investors do an annual portfolio review. Checking in on…
Why the Eurozone Economy Shouldn’t Mind Draghi’s Departure
Mario Draghi’s term as head of the European Central Bank (ECB) doesn’t end until next October, but we are already…
Britain: you’ve been placed on hold
Richard Buxton, head of UK equities at Merian Global Investors and manager of the Merian UK Alpha Fund, weighs up the implications of Budget 2018 for UK companies and the broader economy.
Risks Aren’t Only for Equities
In our experience, we find many investors approach choosing securities based on odd criteria—like perceptions of safety from risk. A…
Autumn Budget: the importance of UK spirits
UK spirits are key to our economy. Take, for instance, Scotch; sold in 200 markets worldwide, it supports 40,000 jobs…
The joy of a Greek summer
Some jerk know-nothing writes in an unreadable American newspaper that Greece is back — Athens, actually. He would, he’s an…
‘No-deal’ Brexit and equities: A Fisher Investments UK perspective
All summer, financial media and UK policymakers have been preoccupied with the possibility of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, in which the…
The death cross isn’t stocks’ Grim Reaper, according to Fisher Investments UK
Here at Fisher Investments UK, we think that looking at the death cross has major flaws as a technical indicator…
Successful investing doesn’t require chasing the latest fad
In our review of financial media, headlines tend to highlight areas of the market that are either doing very well…
Why oil's recovery may not be rocket fuel for the UK
People respond to incentives. And in market economies, few incentives top profits. In the energy industry, oil prices are a…
Why it is impossible to know whether Brexit really made every household £900 poorer
In his recent testimony to MPs, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney made headlines by claiming the Brexit vote had…
The City still leads the financial world, but it faces a fight on all fronts
Should we place faith in a survey, conducted in June but published this week, that says London is still the…
The economy isn’t all roses, but that’s no reason not to vote for Theresa May
As the election campaign goes into full swing, we hear surprisingly little about the state of the UK economy —…
Brexit hysteria blinds us to the real danger: an out-of-control boom
It’s not a recession we need to worry about; it’s an out-of-control consumer boom
The seven moments that lost the referendum for Remain
If any of the following had happened, Remain could have won
Philip Hammond – just about managing
From the moment she arrived in 10 Downing Street, Theresa May has been commendably clear about her economic priorities for…
In defence of David Cameron’s achievements
It is too early to tell what sort of Prime Minister Theresa May will turn out to be, but we…
The Brexit bounce that’s making doom-mongers look foolish
Remainers promised instant catastrophe. It’s not happening. What are they to do now?
That Brexit apocalypse? It just isn’t happening
There’s very little sign of the predicted post-Brexit economic crisis
Don’t count the Brexit doom-mongers out yet
I enjoyed the Daily Mail’s lambasting of the Financial Times as ‘panic-monger-in-chief’ for its doom-laden post-Brexit tone: ‘Is it determined…
Brexit is already hurting growth – and George Osborne won’t mind a bit
Has the shadow of Brexit already cost us a slice of GDP — and if so, is it a blip…
Donald Trump's angry America
Welcome to Trump’s America, where greed is great and viciousness beautiful
If there’s a crash now, the markets will have done it to themselves
All this talk of a new financial apocalypse, so soon after the last one, is starting to annoy me. Partly…
Sorry, George: Britain’s economy is still a tale of two nations
Upbeat or downbeat? I asked last month whether the mood where you live is energised by enterprise or demoralised by…
Why British investors are wrong to panic about China
The western stock-market panic over China is excessive and irrational … so buy now
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