Story by: Nick Rice, Investment Adviser
To momentum invest or not to momentum invest? This is hardly the kind of question that hit Hamlet over the head in Elsinore, but most investment professionals must think about it on at least a weekly basis.
The Americans are coming with familiar-sounding promises of doing it “bigger and better”, which may be good news for UK advisers.
The credit crunch has sparked a period of doom that is not about to lift anytime soon
Investment banks are focusing on structured products due to the range of options offered
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The story in the Global Growth sector over the past 12 months is a broadly familiar one.
The sector is invested heavily in the US, but the world economy is set to shift
If anyone was in any doubt as to whether the UK was heading for a recession, the latest figures on unemployment should disperse the last remaining uncertainty. We are not heading toward a recession, we are already in one.
The atmosphere between Russia and the developed world is, shall we say, radioactive. Gone is the heady new world of the 1990s when US and European economists flocked to Moscow to advise on the break-up of its Soviet empire.
When Nicolas Sarkozy - or president bling-bling, as he is apparently known in New York - took charge of France last year, the local media teased him for being too healthy for his own good.
A Californian man has been charged for allegedly siphoning off $50,000 (£25,000) in six months from online brokerage houses, just a few pennies at a time.
While the current credit crisis may be bad news for investors, it’s rather good news for the environment.
Should anything ever happen to London mayor Boris Johnson, the people of the capital should fret not, as they have a ready-made replacement.
Marlborough revealed it has bought a controlling stake in Guernsey-based Apollo Investment Management as the asset management industry moves further towards greater consolidation.
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